Subject Index:
LAW ON FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE
SUBTOPICS
Subtopic: LAW: Prior discussion
American
think tank warns about restrictions on religion in Russia
31 January 1997
Update on draft
of religion law ,
29 November 1996
Alarm about proposed
amendments to religion law,
3 October 1996
Moscow
patriarchate offers suggestions on religion law,
30 August 1996
Moscow patriarchate
continues to lobby for changes in religion law,
1 August 1996
New law on religion
in Russia,
11 July 1996
Moscow patriarchate
seeks to ban independent religious activity by foreigners,
16 April 1996
Subtopic: LAW: Passage, June-Sept.
1997
Religion
law official
1 October 1997
Upper
chamber approves law
24 September 1997
Duma
votes on law
19 September 1997
Russian
Christians reject new version of law
12 September 1997
Revision
removes offensive parts from law
4 September 1997
Duma
urged to act on law by Yeltsin, religious leaders
4 September 1997
Holy
Synod approves revised law
2 September 1997
Church
and parliament leaders on law
13 August 1997
Parliament's
upper chamber approves religion law; protest grows
4 July 1997
English
translation of religion law
29 June 1997
Final
lower house approval of religion law
23 June 1997
Russian
State Duma approves new religion law
19 June 1997
Subtopic: LAW: Presidential
action
Yeltsin
signs law
26 September 1997
State
paper urges duma to support president
13 September 1997
Presidential
press secretary rejects criticism of religion law
10 September 1997
Yeltsin
proposes restrictive changes in religion law
5 September 1997
Revised
law on president's desk
3 September 1997
Yeltsin
administration proposes amendments to law
27 August 1997
Patriarch:
Yeltsin's amendments insult Orthodoxy
20 August 1997
Patriarch
versus president
9 August 1997
Nationalist
Orthodox journal refutes presidential veto
9 August 1997
Journalist
honors Yeltsin's political skill
7 August 1997
Duma
head criticizes Yeltsin's veto
31 July 1997
Yeltsin
explains veto on radio
26 July 1997
Yeltsin
threatens if veto is overridden
23 July 1997
Yeltsin
says Nyet
22 July 1997
Patriarch
Alexis' letter to President Yeltsin
17 July 1997
Russian
rights group petitions Yeltsin on religion law
10 July 1997
Subtopic: LAW: Foreign reaction
Despite
Clinton's conclusion, Russia denied aid
June 3, 1998
Clinton:
Russia not discriminating against religions
May 26, 1998
American
conservatives sponsor critique of religion law
April 16, 1998
Western
defense of religion law
February 20, 1998
Conservatives
hound Russia over law
February 21, 1998
Metropolitan
versus congressmen
January 16, 1998
American
investigation of religion law
January 12, 1998
International
consultation on religion law
January 13, 1998
Western
criticism of law
1 October 1997
PBS
News Hour coverage of religion law
29 September 1997
Patriarch
rejects North American standards of freedom of conscience
27 August 1997
US
State Department views Russia's religion policy
22 July 1997
On
papal and senatorial opposition to religion law
19 July 1997
Pope
John Paul II's letter to Yeltsin
24 June 1997
US
government expresses opposition to Russian religion law
1 July 1997
Subtopic: LAW: Debate and legal criticism
Political
meaning of religion law
July 15, 1998
Tests
of constitutionality of religion law begun
July 25, 1998
Old
Believers criticize religion law
May 20, 1998
Registering
religious organizations
April 15, 1998
Religion
law has not created problems
1998
Attorney
critiques religion law
January, 1998
Testimony
on religion law before Helsinki commission, by Lauren Homer
December 1997
Religion
law benefits few
25 September 1997
Representatives
of religious organizations speak about law
4 September 1997
Attorney
criticizes revision of law
16 September 1997
Orthodox
priest opposes new religion law
24 June 1997
Attorney
analyses draft of religion law
December 1996
Subtopic: LAW: Substatutory
regulations
Additional
rules for implementing religion law
June 3(16), 1998
Is
conscience free?
May 22, 1998
Freedom
of conscience under scrutiny
May 22, 1998
Registering
religious organizations
April 15, 1998
Regulations
on foreign religious organizations
February 12, 1998
Ministry
of Justice issues temporary guidelines
December 24, 1997
Rules
on registration
9 December 1997
Guidelines
promised; Catholic criticism; Baptists restricted
2 December 1997
Government
commission working
30 October 1997
Local
laws cannot contradict federal law
6 October 1997
Subtopic: LAW: Registration
600
nationally registered religious organizations
August 13, 1998
Officials
use law to make difficulties for non-Orthodox
August 11, 1998
Despite
pessimists, new ministry legally registered
June 23, 1998
Registration
of new Pentecostal union
May 29, 1998
Despite
pessimists, Mormons achieve legal status
May 15, 1998
Baptists
reregistered, restricted
May 4, 1998
Registering
religious organizations
April 15, 1998
Presbyterians
denied registration
April 8, 1998
Pentecostals
achieve reregistration
April 1, 1998
Registration
of foreign representations
February 17, 1998
Regulations
on foreign religious organizations
February 12, 1998
Baptist
union to change charter
February 12, 1998
Jewish
synagogue's registration rejected
31 October 1997
Subtopic: LAW: Practical implementation
Judicial
harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses continues
August 11, 1998
Impediments
against foreign missionaries
August 6, 1998
Regional
officials interpret law restrictively
May 29, 1998
Conflict
between center and provinces
May 25, 1998
More
protestants lose rental space
May 5, 1998
American
missionary expelled from Russia
April 18, 1998
Implementation
of the law goes slowly
April 15, 1998
Baptists
reregistered, restricted
May 4, 1998
Protestants
suffer restrictions
April 29, 1998
Religion
law not operating
March 11, 1998
Soviet-era-like
samizdat defends religious rights
February 17, 1998
Siberian
official calls Baptists to observe law
February 3, 1998
Protestants
lose meeting place
January 26, 1998
Violation
of law on freedom of conscience
19 December 1997
Guidelines
promised; Catholic criticism; Baptists restricted
2 December 1997
Salvation
army halls confiscated
30 October 1997
Orthodox
suffer under new law
7 October 1997
Meaning
of the law is in its application
2 October 1997