State Dept: Concern for religious minorities
The State Dept. has criticized Serbia for discriminating against small religious groups in its latest report
Sunday, 21.09.2008.
16:18
The State Dept. has criticized Serbia for discriminating against small religious groups in its latest report The report on the state of religious freedoms worldwide states that there is no official state religion, but that the law recognizes “traditional” religious communities—the Serbian Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the Slovak Evangelical Church, the Reformist Christian Church, the Evangelical Christian Church, the Islamic and Jewish communities—which enjoy partially privileged status. State Dept: Concern for religious minorities The State Dept. stresses that the government’s respect for religious freedoms continues to be problematic, because of the law on religious freedoms and arbitrary interpretation of that law by the authorities. The report states that political investigations into hate speak and vandalism are usually slow and incomplete, and that certain officials speak negatively about smaller religious communities in public. The report says that there have been cases of abuse and discrimination against citizens on the basis of religion or beliefs, while religious minority leaders have reported acts of vandalism, hate speak, physical attacks and negative media reporting. In a separate section devoted to Kosovo, it is stated that religious freedoms are guaranteed by the Constitution that came into force on June 15, 2008, and that other laws and policies have led to predominantly free religious practice. The Kosovo government has for the most part respected religious freedoms in practice, states the report, adding that there have been no official changes to the status of religious freedoms during the period that the report covers. The level of violence in society has fallen, though tension between communities remains at a high level, particularly following the unilateral independence declaration of February 17, the State Department says. Although social discrimination and violence appear to be mainly ethnically motivated, the close links between ethnicity and religion have hampered the process of establishing whether certain events were motivated by ethnic or religious intolerance, the report adds. As regards Montenegro, the report states that the Montenegrin government generally respects religious freedoms in practice, VoA reports, adding that though there have been cases of religious discrimination, no significant changes to the status of religious freedoms have taken place during the reporting period. The report was published on September 19, and covers the period from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008.
State Dept: Concern for religious minorities
The State Dept. stresses that the government’s respect for religious freedoms continues to be problematic, because of the law on religious freedoms and arbitrary interpretation of that law by the authorities.The report states that political investigations into hate speak and vandalism are usually slow and incomplete, and that certain officials speak negatively about smaller religious communities in public.
The report says that there have been cases of abuse and discrimination against citizens on the basis of religion or beliefs, while religious minority leaders have reported acts of vandalism, hate speak, physical attacks and negative media reporting.
In a separate section devoted to Kosovo, it is stated that religious freedoms are guaranteed by the Constitution that came into force on June 15, 2008, and that other laws and policies have led to predominantly free religious practice.
The Kosovo government has for the most part respected religious freedoms in practice, states the report, adding that there have been no official changes to the status of religious freedoms during the period that the report covers.
The level of violence in society has fallen, though tension between communities remains at a high level, particularly following the unilateral independence declaration of February 17, the State Department says.
Although social discrimination and violence appear to be mainly ethnically motivated, the close links between ethnicity and religion have hampered the process of establishing whether certain events were motivated by ethnic or religious intolerance, the report adds.
As regards Montenegro, the report states that the Montenegrin government generally respects religious freedoms in practice, VoA reports, adding that though there have been cases of religious discrimination, no significant changes to the status of religious freedoms have taken place during the reporting period.
The report was published on September 19, and covers the period from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008.
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