LAND RIGHTS: TENSION HEATS UP BETWEEN CHURCH AND VILLAGERS AMID LAND OWNERSHIP DEBATE
UMBERTO BACCHI, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Georgia…
Georgia set to pass constitutional amendments that ‘violate’ religious freedom
World Watch Monitor Georgia’s parliament is this week set to sign into law changes to the country’s constitution, including restrictions to freedom of religion or belief, which, human rights defenders say, will be used to “legitimise” violations. The proposed amendments would restrict religious freedom on the basis of “state [national] security or public safety”, “the […]