The office of the human rights commissioner is currently collecting information on the incident
The UN has opened an inquiry into the Moldovan authorities’ move to prevent a senior Orthodox Church bishop from traveling to Jerusalem for an Easter ceremony.
Tamin Al-Kitan, a spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), told RIA Novosti that the agency is gathering information about the incident.
Bishop Marchel, a senior cleric with the Moldovan Orthodox Church, was scheduled to attend the Holy Fire ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. However, he told TASS on Thursday that Moldovan police had stopped him and two clerics at the airport, subjected them to searches, and detained them until 30 minutes after their plane had departed.
“We have received your inquiry about Moldova. We have passed it on to our colleagues who are checking the information,” Al-Kitan told the news outlet, when asked to comment on the incident.
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