Policy Analyst Hails Recent European Court Ruling Protecting Religious Liberty
By Allie Martin
October 13, 2006

(AgapePress) - The president of a U.S.-based think tank on religion and public policy is applauding a decision by a European court regarding the Salvation Army's activities in Russia. Government officials in Russia claimed the Christian charity and social services ministry was a paramilitary organization and had barred it from registering with the government.

Now, however, in a unanimous ruling, a European court has found that the Russian authorities' actions with regard to the Salvation Army violated the European Convention on Human Rights. The court, having determined that the government officials treated the Salvation Army unfairly by classifying it as a paramilitary group, awarded the Christian organization 10,000 euros. the rest