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Article #2Re: Greek justice towards a Jehovah Witness.
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Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1992 13:30
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1992 13:30
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In article <9210030201.AA26092@cc.UMontreal.CA> sebr@iro.umontreal.CA (Sebastien Racine *Rocker*) writes: > > Hi, > > I heard that public advocation of religions in You heard wrong. > Greece was strictly prohibited according to a > law (1939). Greek Orthodox church is allowed to > make propoganda of any kind, on the other hand > any public activity of other religious branches > is strictly prohibited. Yesterday I have learned > that a friend of mine working for our organization > in Greece was prosecuted because of his religious > beliefs. We, Jehovahs' Witnesses strongly protest this > behaviour of the Greek government. While allowing TV > programs and prayers for orthodox church but > prohibiting other religious TV programs, talking > about democracy is useless. > > We strongly protest such a law in an EC country > which must be assumed to be democratic. > Why was Greece accepted to the EC, anyway? > Because Greece has one of the best records on human writes and respect to peoples relegons in the world. Many international sorces prove so. Well there is your friend ... > My best regards, > --- > SR > George
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Newsgroups: soc.human.rights,soc.culture.greek,soc.culture.europe Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!metro!usage!hydra.maths.unsw.EDU.AU!8800529 From: 8800529@hydra.maths.unsw.EDU.AU () Subject: Re: Greek justice towards a Jehovah Witness. Message-ID: <1992Oct3.133024.18541@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU> Keywords: Human rights,Greece, religious discrimination Sender: news@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU Nntp-Posting-Host: hydra.maths.unsw.edu.au Organization: school of Mathematics UNSW References: <9210030201.AA26092@cc.UMontreal.CA> Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 13:30:24 GMT Lines: 36