Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-10-22 11:29:50 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: CEB62E3C5A87660492FDD5C9FDBEF8D9E4C142F5ED9D0DADA0119AF892DCBF55
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Original Note:
The law being voted on does not ban the entire Orthodox Church. The ban only affects the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) of the Moscow Patriarchate. It does not ban the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), which is independent of Moscow. https://euvsdisinfo.eu/report/kyiv-persecutes-ukrainian-orthodox-church https://euvsdisinfo.eu/report/the-granting-of-autocephaly-to-ukraine-was-an-unlawful-patriarch-bartholomews-demarche https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-parliament-backs-ban-russia-linked-church-initial-vote-2023-10-19/
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