WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Accroding to the report, there were cases of physical assaults on members of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church (UGCC) and Jehovah’s Witnesses, as well as one attack on a Jewish journalist.
Additionally, the report detailed threats of violence directed against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), including efforts to seize the group’s churches.
"The Jewish community remained concerned about the continued existence of Lviv’s Krakivskiy Market on the grounds of an ancient Jewish cemetery," and reported acts of vandalism at Holocaust memorials and a Jewish cemetery, the report added.
The State Department’s annual International Religious Freedom report is a detailed overview of the status of religious rights in 200 nations and includes reports of religious freedom violations by governments as well as terror groups and individuals.
