by admin_HRWF | Sep 21, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Critics complain the draft bill preserves many restrictions. Eurasianet (16.09.2020) – https://bit.ly/2ZX6Coz – Lawmakers in Uzbekistan have approved the first reading of legislation that would, among other things, end a ban on the wearing of...
by admin_HRWF | Aug 4, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Interior ministry says Muslim minors accompanied by ‘close relatives’ can attend mosques, ending a de facto ban. Al Jazeera (03.08.2020) – https://bit.ly/3k9uspz – Uzbekistan has allowed children to attend Muslim prayers again, ending a...
by admin_HRWF | Jul 14, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Tashkent has made progress on the path toward greater religious freedom but must remain vigilant to protect the gains it has made and continue to actively push forward. By Nadine Maenza and Nury Turkel The Diplomat (09.07.2020) – https://bit.ly/32h4Tg5...
by admin_HRWF | Jul 14, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
HRWF has just published a 29-page report about Sunni Muslims in prison for their faith in five Asian countries[1] HRWF (15.07.2020) – Human Rights Without Frontiers urges President Mirziyoyev to release 26 Muslim prisoners who are serving lengthy prison...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 31, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Police searched a woman’s flat in Bukhara to seize a New Testament Shukhrat Safarov had given her. A court fined Safarov and ordered the book destroyed. The government’s Religious Affairs Committee claimed that using the New Testament for “missionary...
