Eastern Europe
USCIRF chair rebukes Azerbaijan for imprisoned Jehovah’s Witness conscientious objector
By Adelle M. Banks — October 5, 2022
(RNS) — Seymur Mammadov, 22, was recently sentenced to nine months in prison after objecting to military service.
Report: Nearly half of Jewish cemeteries in Europe are falling apart
By Yonat Shimron — July 15, 2021
(RNS) — The report, to be published in September by the ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, found that 44% of the 1,700 cemeteries visited by surveyors were in urgent need of protection.
In Europe, religious minorities face mounting hostility, harassment
By Tom Heneghan — June 27, 2018
PARIS (RNS) — Times are getting more difficult for members of minority religions across Europe as nationalism, security fears and anti-immigrant movements gain ground.
The Vatican and China: Making the best of a bad situation
By Thomas Reese — February 20, 2018
(RNS) — The bottom line is that the Chinese government can do whatever it wants to the Catholic Church in China, and no one can do anything about it.
Prague’s synagogue gets first new Torahs since World War II
By Reuters — March 20, 2017
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (Reuters) - The Old-New Synagogue is over 700 years old, one of the oldest existing synagogues in Europe.
‘Lost’ Jewish mural restored, installed in new home
By Elizabeth Murray — August 4, 2015
BURLINGTON, Vt. -- The 'Lost Shul' mural is part of a tradition of wall paintings in Eastern Europe that was almost entirely obliterated during the Holocaust by the Nazis.
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