Ukrainian Baptists publish list of forcibly mobilized fellow believers
The International Council of Churches of Evangelical Christians-Baptists has published the names of 54 community members who suffered from forced mobilization, including those who were killed.
Baptists in Ukraine have published a list of 54 members of their religious organization who suffered from forced mobilization into the army. This was reported by the International Council of Churches of Evangelical Christians-Baptists (ICC ECB), which unites congregations that adhere to the refusal to participate in military actions on religious grounds.
The list is divided into several categories: believers who refused to take up arms and are being held in military units; those being prosecuted by law enforcement for refusing to serve on grounds of conscience; those missing in action; and those killed.
According to the organization, some of those mobilized were harmed directly during the use of force by Territorial Recruitment Center (TRC) officers, two of whom were killed. Believers who refused to serve with weapons are being threatened with imprisonment.
As the Union of Orthodox Journalists reported, clergy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church face similar violations — several hundred clergymen were forcibly mobilized, some of whom were subjected to pressure from the TRC.
