by admin_HRWF | Jun 15, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
More jailed after “extremist organisation” trials – list As of 9 June, 20 Jehovah’s Witnesses and 1 Muslim convicted on extremism-related criminal charges are in jail or in detention awaiting appeals. Another Jehovah’s Witness is under house...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 25, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
By Mushfig Bayram Forum18 (22.01.2021) – https://bit.ly/2YeT32O – After repeatedly defending Muslims’ freedom of religion and belief, including demonstrating outside President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s residence, Tulkun Astanov has been jailed for five years. A...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 20, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
By Felix Corley Forum 18 (15.01.2021) – https://bit.ly/35SAyoM – Conscientious objectors increasingly face second prosecutions for continuing to refuse compulsory military service. On 11 January, a court in Lebap Region sentenced 20-year-old...
by admin_HRWF | Nov 25, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
By Felix Corley Forum 18 (22.11.2019) – http://bit.ly/2XIAVNy – A court in Mary Region jailed 26-year-old Jehovah’s Witness conscientious objector Serdar Dovletov for three years despite his chronic stomach ulcer that requires medical...
by admin_HRWF | Jul 10, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Kyrgyzstan has registered over 60 communities, most of them Protestant, since December 2018. But some Jehovah’s Witness communities still cannot get state permission to exist, while Ahmadi Muslims remain banned. Amid physical attacks on and burial denials to...
