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...
by admin_HRWF | Jul 5, 2018 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
World Watch Monitor (04.07.2018) – https://bit.ly/2KJkUD0 – A church in Kyrgyzstan that is home to many former Muslims has been ordered to cease its Sunday worship. A local source told World Watch Monitor that services at the church, which is led by...
by admin_HRWF | Apr 3, 2018 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers (Brussels)[i] Religious Statistics: 1991 – 2016 Religious Statistics: 2016 Restrictions to Freedom of Association A Questionable Concept Paper on State Policy in the Sphere of Religion of the...
by admin_HRWF | Oct 5, 2017 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Is Kyrgyzstan gradually becoming an Islamic Republic? “Kyrgyzstan is no longer the country that the world community knew and which once followed the course of democratic development…Kyrgyzstan is gradually becoming an Islamic republic.” – Dinara Mukanbaeva, Kyrgyz...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 10, 2017 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
The troubling treatment of converted Baptists highlights the growing problem of radicalization in Central Asia. By Uran Botobekov for The Diplomat The Diplomat (06.02.2017) – The International Crisis Group (ICG), in its annual report “Kyrgyzstan: State Fragility...
