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Belarusian Authorities Put Pressure Upon Baptist Pastors 12:54, 05/02/2004, JesusChrist.ru
Forum 18 News Service has learnt of three separate incidents in which unregistered Baptist pastors have been fined for their work.
Three Belarusian pastors, Viktar Yewtyukhow, Aleh Kurnosaw and Kanstantsin Yerameyaw, were charged with "the creation and leadership of a religious organization without registering its charter (statutes) in accordance with established procedure," which is punishable under the Belarusian administrative offences code. They were fined from 7 to 35 Euros.
The International Union of Baptist Churches which was established in 1961 adheres to a rigid principle of separation of church and state, according to which none of its current 3,705 congregations throughout the former Soviet Union are registered, which violates the laws on religion in these countries.
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