No free speech in Ukraine

A Ukrainian court has ordered a leading Orthodox priest who is accused by authorities of condoning Russia's invasion to be put under house arrest.

Metropolitan Pavel, the abbot of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery, Ukraine's most revered Orthodox site, has denied the charges.

After the court's ruling, a monitoring bracelet was placed around his ankle, despite his objections that he has diabetes and should not wear it. The house arrest was to last two months.

"I am accepting this," he said shortly before the bracelet was attached. "Christ was crucified on the cross, so why shouldn't I accept this?"

In the latest move in a bitter dispute over a famed Orthodox monastery, Ukraine's top security agency notified Father Pavel that he was suspected of justifying Russia's aggression, a criminal offence.

Father Pavel has resisted the authorities' order to vacate the complex. Earlier in the week, he cursed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, threatening him with damnation.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-02/orthodox-priest-ukraine-house-arrest/102176766

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