Ukraine cleric pleads with Starmer for help over Zelensky's Orthodox church crackdown
Briefly

Keir Starmer is facing mounting pressure to quickly appoint an envoy for religious freedom, following dissatisfaction over the delay in filling the role after Fiona Bruce's resignation.
Metropolitan Arseniy, abbot of the Dormition Sviatohirsk Lavra, has claimed his arrest is part of a broader repression against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church amidst the ongoing conflict with Russia.
Concerns over the persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church have been echoed by notable figures, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, yet the UK government has yet to appoint a new envoy to tackle these issues.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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