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    Jehovah's Witnesses faced discrimination in Armenia, says US Dep. of
    State report

    11:44 - 21.05.13


    The US Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and
    Labor has criticized the Armenian authorities of placing restrictions
    upon religious minorities in its 2012 annual country report on
    International Religious Freedom.

    `The constitution protects religious freedom; however, some laws and
    policies restrict religious freedom. There were reports of abuses of
    religious freedom. The law grants privileges to the Armenian Apostolic
    Church not available to other religious groups. Most registered
    religious groups reported no significant legal impedimentsto their
    activities. However, according to the Jehovah's Witnesses, 31 members
    remained in prison for refusing on religious grounds to perform
    mandatory military or alternative labor service. The trend in the
    government's respect for religious freedom did not change
    significantly during the year,' reads the executive summary of the
    report.


    The document highlights the reports on societal discrimination based
    on religious affiliation, belief, or practice. It says further that
    many media outlets in the country demonstrated biased against
    religious minorities.


    It refers to the US embassy efforts to urge the government to adopt a
    law on alternative military service for conscientious objectors.


    The document describes the situation with religious freedoms in four
    different sections: Religious demogpraphy, Status of Government
    Respect for Religious Freedom, Status of Societal Respect for
    Religious Freedom and U.S. Government Policy.

    The full report can be accessed here.


    Armenian News - Tert.am

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