The Chair of the State Commission for Religious Affairs, Toygonbay Abdykarov, insisted to Forum 18 that the proposed new Religion Law it prepared...
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KYRGYZSTAN: Fear of state reprisals for registration applications grows
Many smaller churches have not sought state registration, Protestants say, as they are "afraid of state reprisals for themselves as communities as...
KYRGYZSTAN: Violent attacks continue in 2022 and into 2023
Violent attacks against non-Muslims in regions outside the capital Bishkek have continued in 2022 and into 2023, local Protestants told Forum 18....
KYRGYZSTAN: Raids and fines on Catholics, Protestants, Hare Krishna devotees
A Catholic church has been raided and two nuns fined for reading the Bible at Mass, following which the Catholic Church was threatened with being...
KYRGYZSTAN: Six-month jail term for questioning official religious policy
On 13 September, Protestant Aytbek Tynaliyev completed his six-month jail term. Arrested in May, a Chuy Region court convicted him in July for...
KYRGYZSTAN: Greater financial controls on religious organisations?
Despite Parliament's rejection on 6 June of a Religion Law amendment that would have imposed tighter financial reporting by registered religious...
KYRGYZSTAN: Raids, closures of mosques, madrassahs, Muslim critics arrested
After raids and closures of mosques and madrassahs in Osh Region, three members of the Al-Sarakhsi Mosque community who protested have been arrested...
KYRGYZSTAN: Two Muslim men jailed for mosque closure protest
On 26 February, Kara-Suu District Court jailed prisoners of conscience Asadullo Madraimov and Mamirzhan Tashmatov for three years and two years...
KYRGYZSTAN: Public discussion of latest repressive draft Religion Law
Ten months after a previous proposed new Religion Law was made public then withdrawn, religious affairs, National Security and Interior Ministry...