Violent attacks against non-Muslims in regions outside the capital Bishkek have continued in 2022 and into 2023, local Protestants told Forum 18....
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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Ten months after a previous proposed new Religion Law was made public then withdrawn, religious affairs, National Security and Interior Ministry...