Freedom of Religion and Belief
Parliament of Kyrgyzstan KYRGYZSTAN: Raids and fines on Catholics, Protestants, Hare Krishna devotees Mushfig Bayram Forum 18 (02.08.2023) – A Catholic church has been raided and two nuns fined for reading the Bible at Mass, following which the Catholic...
Freedom of Religion and Belief, Uncategorized
KYRGYZSTAN: 60 mosques, madrasas shuttered in Osh region Security services cited extremist concerns and building code violations as grounds for the closures EURASIANET (08.08.2023) – The security services in Kyrgyzstan say they have shut down 39 mosques...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
PAKISTAN: Concerns about two Bills that increase blasphemy punishment and fail minorities CSW (11.08.2023) – CSW is concerned about two Bills passed in Pakistan’s legislature that increase the punishment for blasphemy offences, and fail to adequately...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
CHINA: New massive wave of persecution against the Church of Almighty God Over 900 members were arrested in Zhejiang Province in one day. One died after three days in custody. Bitter Winter (11.08.2023) – The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which has never ceased...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Photo: Svitlana Sushko,62, sobs while visiting the grave of her youngest son, a Ukrainian soldier who was killed last year in the war against Russia, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Aug.3,2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) UKRAINE: Russian shelling hits a landmark church in the...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
RUSSIA: Cassation confirms a 2 ½ years sentence of a Jehovah’s Witness More than 140 Jehovah’s Witnesses are now in prison for practicing their faith in private By Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (04.08.2023) – On 27 July 2023, the Fourth...