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UN calls on Ukrainian authorities to observe rights of Ukrainian Orthodox Church flock

"Although tensions between Orthodox communities in Ukraine existed prior to the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, they have been significantly exacerbated by the ongoing autocephaly process," the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said in its report entitled Civic Space and Fundamental Freedoms ahead of the Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Elections in Ukraine in 2019-2020

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