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The SOVA Center for Information and Analysis is a Moscow-based Russian nonprofit organization that was founded in October 2002 by a group of people working for the Panorama Center for Information and Research and the Moscow Helsinki Group. Website: http://xeno.sova-center.ru/ In English: http://sova-center.ru/194F418 The SOVA Center conducts informational and research work on such topics as nationalism and xenophobia, relations between the churches and the secular society, and political radicalism. We are also interested in the problem of human rights in general and in safeguarding liberal democracy in the Russian Federation. Please see ENGLISH PAGE ON "NATIONALISM AND XENOPHOBIA" PROJECTS - it is now updated weekly! It includes: - News Releases; - Reports and Analytics; - Conference Papers and Other Documents. OUR ANNUAL REPORTS IN ENGLISH: Annual reports on hate crime, ultra-nationalism and counteraction: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008. Reports on misuse of anti-extremism published in 2008 and 2009. Reports collection "Xenophobia, Freedom of Conscience and Anti-Extremism in Russia" were published in 2008 and 2009. To subscribe to our weekly English language news-release, write us to mail@sova-center.ru and mention that you want English language news-release. Printed publications in English: - "Xenophobia, Freedom of Conscience and Anti-Extremism in Russia in 2007" (July 2008) - includes abovementioned three reports, published in 2008. Subscription: To subscribe to our everyday news (in Russian) send an e-mail: to rel-subscribe@sova-center.ru for news on “Religion and Society” and to hs-subscribe@sova-center.ru for news on “Nationalism and Xenophobia.” To unsubscribe send an e-mail to rel-unsubscribe@sova-center.ru and hs-unsubscribe@sova-center.ru accordingly. To subscribe to our weekly English language news-release, write us to mail@sova-center.ru and mention in the subject that you subscribe in English. The director of the SOVA Center is Alexander Verkhovsky. The deputy director is Galina Kozhevnikova. Contact – by mail@sova-center.ru Sova Centre's ENGLISH PAGE ON "RELIGION IN SECULAR SOCIETY" PROJECT includes reports and articles. Intervention to the 2009 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting by the SOVA Center. Working Session "Fundamental Freedoms" 29.09.2009 19:12 On 28 September, 2009, in Warsaw, started the annual OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. It will end on 9 October. The second working session was dedicated to the fundamental freedoms, in particular freedoms of expression, of belief and religion. We publish the text of the intervention made by Alexander Verkhovsky at this working session. далее...  Statement by SOVA Center and IPHR to the OSCE Meeting on Freedom of Religion 09.07.2009 17:24 On the 9th of july 2009 the OSCE meeting on freedom of religious choice and freedom of opinion opened in Vienna. SOVA Center for Information and Analysis together with International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) issued the following statement. далее... Alexander Verkhovsky, Olga Sibireva. Restrictions and Challenges in 2008 on Freedom of Conscience in Russia 10.04.2009 13:33 The SOVA Center for Information and Analysis presents its third annual report on the freedom of conscience in the Russian Federation. The goal of this report is to identify major trends and problems in this sphere, thus only the most significant and typical incidents are mentioned in this analysis. далее... Intervention to the 2008 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting by the SOVA Center. Working Session "Freedom of Religion or Belief" 08.10.2008 13:43 The SOVA Center for Information and Analysis took part in the 2008 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw. We publish the text of the intervention made on October 7, 2008, by Alexander Verkhovsky at the working session "Freedom of Religion or Belief." далее... Alexander Verkhovsky, Olga Sibireva. Restrictions and Challenges in 2007 on Freedom of Conscience in Russia 27.03.2008 11:55 The SOVA Center for Information and Analysis presents its second annual report on the freedom of conscience in the Russian Federation. The goal of this report is to identify major trends and problems in this sphere, thus only the most significant and typical incidents are mentioned in this analysis. Events that occurred prior to 2007 were presented in the previous report; therefore this report only contains further updates of earlier developments. далее... A. Verkhovsky. Public Interactions between Orthodox Christian and Moslem Organizations at the Federal Level 09.05.2007 00:39 We publish on our web-site the shortened version of paper presented on the seminar «Islam and Orthodoxy: Confrontation, Cohabitation, and Comparison» in Vienna, 12-13 March 2007 далее... Alexander Verkhovsky, Olga Sibireva. Problems Relating to Freedom of Conscience in Russia in 2006 17.04.2007 15:12 The report is based on the findings of SOVA Center’s monitoring. This information is presented in its entirety in Religion in a Secular Society section (http://religion.sova-center.ru), including references to media and Web resources. We only give references here which are not indicated in the section above. Rather than address each and every issue relevant to the activity of religious associations, this paper focuses on issues involved in exercising one's freedom of conscience. Freedom of conscience must be protected by government, so we focus on government practices; however, some problems may be caused by non-state actors. We also understand that the exercise of one’s freedom of conscience, just as any other right or liberty, may result in various conflicts. Some of such conflict situations will be described in the paper. Russia has not yet developed a tradition of reporting on the freedom of conscience; SOVA Center also undertakes this work for the fist time, and we do not claim to be providing exhaustive coverage or unquestionable accuracy of interpretations. We will appreciate any criticism, additions, or corrections. далее... А. Verkhovsky. In search of compromise between "the Liberals" and "the Orthodox" 05.01.2007 13:59 Presentations by Hegumen Philaret Bulekov and Alexander Kyrlezhev at a seminar on Evolution of Moral Principles and Human Rights in a Multicultural Society in Strasbourg last November clarified the position of the Russian Orthodox Church in arguments about the concept of human rights. We can even suggest that the presentations, particularly A. Kyrlezhev’s, while they probably represented the authors’ personal perspective, also helped to advance and further clarify the ROC’s concept of human rights. Without reproducing their presentations available from our website, we will proceed directly to critical remarks or, more precisely, to questions and comments which arise from reading both texts. далее... Irina Papkova. The Russian Orthodox Church and Political party platforms 15.12.2006 19:24 We publish the paper, presented by Irina Papkova (Georgetown University) on American Association for Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) in Washington DC in November, 2006. The paper is long enough and includes many footnotes, so we publish it in Word format (120 Kb). Browse or download the article. The Public Chamber adopted a compromise resolution on the issue of teaching religion at school 04.12.2006 14:25 A long-standing conflict around Basic Orthodox Culture (BOC) courses in secondary schools is a focal issue in relationships between the Russian Orthodox Church and the government. On 27 November, 2006 a joint meeting of three Public Chamber commissions was held in Moscow. The meeting adopted a resolution on the issue, later changed by the Board of the Chamber. See more details... далее... A. Verkhovsky. The Ministry of Justice has proposed restricting missionary outreach 24.08.2006 13:35 According to the Slavic Legal Center, the Russian Ministry of Justice has mailed out a draft legal text to religious associations to consult about the Ministry’s initiative to amend certain federal legislation "to counteract illegal missionary outreach." The Slavic Legal Center is very critical of the proposed law. Similarly, SOVA offers our own, more detailed critical remarks. далее... Alexander Verkhovsky. Is Hizb ut-Tahrir an Extremist Organization? 05.02.2006 18:27 (обновлено 10.04.2006 15:25) This article was originally written in early September 2005 and publushed in Russian in the book "The Price of the Hatred". The original version was translated into English in February 2006 without changes, except for some footnotes. This article is focused on legal issues related to Hizb ut-Tahrir propaganda, that'a why it is published in Nationalism and Xenophobia part of our web-site. See also: Fagan G. RUSSIA: Division over Hizb-ut-Tahrir // Forum 18. 2006. April 10. A.Verkhovsky. Discrimination against religious groups in the context of security concerns. Presented on OSCE Conference 12.06.2005 18:09 SOVA took part in OSCE Conference on Anti-Semitism and on Other Forms of Intolerance, Cordoba, 8 and 9 June 2005. SOVA's contribution included Alexander Verkhovsky's presentation "Discrimination against religious groups in the context of security concerns". Texts of SOVA authors on other web-sites in English. Year 2003. 28.07.2003 16:26 Here we list all links to English-language texts of our Center's author for other editions and organizations. We give the texts in the reverse chronological order. далее... Recommendations to the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Freedom of Religion or Belief (Vienna, 17-18 July 2003) 28.07.2003 15:03 Recommendations were submitted by the SOVA Center for Information and Analysis and the International League for Human Rights. далее... State Policy toward Religious Associations, first of all the Russian Orthodox Church, in the First Years of Vladimir Putin’s Presidency 28.04.2003 20:32 That's an article, written on the basis of the paper presented on British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies Conference at April 2002. The article isn't published yet, so you can download the zipped Word file or read here version without footnotes. далее... Religious Xenophobia: Within Religious Orders and Between Religious Orders 28.04.2003 20:20 It's a chapter from the book published by Moscow Helsinki Group, "Nationalism, Xenophobia and Intolerance in Contemporary Russia" (Moscow:2002). So, the article is written in human rights discurse. All the book will published on MGH web-site in Russian and in English. Here we present only a version without footnotes. Full version may be downloaded in WinWord (zipped with WinZip). See also Russian version далее... Radical Orthodox Anti-Globalism in 1999-2002 28.04.2003 20:13 This paper was presented on seminar in Sussex University in April 2002. See also extended Russian version. Here we present only a version without footnotes. Full version may be downloaded in WinWord (zipped with WinZip). далее... The Orthodox in the Russian Radical Nationalist Movements 28.04.2003 17:57 It's an article published in Religion in Eastern Europe. Volume XXII, Number 3, June 2002 and based on paper presented on 33rd Convention of American Assosiation for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, November 2001. Here we present only a version without footnotes. Full version may be downloaded in WinWord (zipped with WinZip). See also Russian version. далее...
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