Father Gleb Yakunin

The Guardian:

"He had noted the signing of the Helsinki Agreement in 1975, which put human rights and religious liberty firmly on the international agenda. The Soviet authorities began systematically to imprison democratic activists, to which Yakunin responded by establishing a Christian Committee for the Defence of Believers’ Rights."







The Guardian: "Father Gleb Yakunin obituary" (full text)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/30/father-gleb-yakunin?CMP=share_btn_fb




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