Freedom of Religion and Belief
KYRGYZSTAN: US Commission on International Religious Freedom alarmed by regressive amendments to the religion laws USCIRF (31.01.2025) – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) decries recent amendments to the religion law and related...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
KYRGYZSTAN: Kyrgyzstan bans islamic niqab as critics warn it could alienate some women By Farangis Najibullah Radio Free Europe (01.02.2025) – Kyrgyzstan has become the latest country in Muslim-majority Central Asia to ban the Islamic niqab, a long garment that...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
OSCE-KYRGYZSTAN: A controversial new religious legislation Oral statement of Human Rights Without Frontiers at the OSCE Human Dimension Conference in Warsaw HRWF (07.10.2024) – Human Rights Without Frontiers is deeply concerned about the newest version of the...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
KYRGYZSTAN: Authorities seek expanded powers to regulate religious affairs Legislative changes would promote separation of church and state, yet enable strict government oversight of spiritual matters. By Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Eurasianet (27.09.2024) – The window...
Human Rights in the World
Kyrgyzstan media under threat of a “foreign agent” law CPJ (25.10.2023) — Kyrgyzstan’s parliament should reject Russian-inspired legislation that would classify externally-funded media rights groups and nonprofits that run news outlets as “foreign representatives” and...