Russia: Human Rights and Religious Freedom Reports (Russian Political, Economic, and Security Issues - Human Rights: Background and Issues)

ISBN 10: 1628088486 / ISBN 13: 9781628088489

Published by Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, 2013

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pp. 133 Index.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Russia: Human Rights and Religious Freedom Reports (Russian Political, Economic, and Security Issues - Human Rights: Background and Issues)
• Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1628088486
• ISBN 13: 9781628088489
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Used

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Synopsis

In the context of growing human rights abuses, religious freedom conditions in Russia suffered serious setbacks. The Russian government's application of its extremism law violates the rights of members of certain Muslim groups and allegedly "non-traditional" religious communities, particularly Jehovah's Witnesses, through raids, detentions, and imprisonment. Various laws and practices increasingly grant preferential status to the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church. The Russian Federation has a highly centralised political system, with power increasingly concentrated in the president, and a weak multiparty political system. The most significant human rights problems include the restriction of civil liberties; violations of electoral processes; and the administration of justice. This book provides an overview of Russian human rights and religious freedom reports.