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
Violations of religious freedom of Jehovah’s Witnesses condemned by the UN Human Rights Committee HRWF (14.12.2021) – On 7 December, the 15 members of the United Nations Human Rights Committee (CCPR) unanimously condemned Kyrgyzstan for violating Jehovah’s...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Jehovah’s Witnesses books will not be banned as “extremist” Unexpectedly, on December 2 the Pervomayskiy District Court of the City of Bishkek rejected the prosecutor’s application, based on Russian precedents. By Massimo Introvigne Bitter Winter (03.12.2021)...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Letter of Jehovah’s Witnesses to the President of Kyrgyzstan To the President of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan S. N. Japarov October 29, 2021 Your Excellency Sadyr Nurgozhoevich Japarov: We deeply appreciate Your Excellency’s determination to ensure that all...