Russia: Customs Impounds Religious Literature With ‘No Court Ruling’
By Victoria Arnold More than ten million items of Jehovah’s Witness literature, including 4,000 Bibles in Russian and Ossetian, remain
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Kazakhstan: Wave Of Prosecutions Against ‘Extremist’ Muslims
By Felix Corley Kazakhstan’s security agencies – the Prosecutor’s Office, the Police and the National Security Committee (KNB) secret police
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Azerbaijan: ‘We Forbid Religious Books, But This Isn’t Religious Discrimination’
By Felix Corley Azerbaijan’s State Committee for Work with Religious Organisations – which enacts the state’s prior compulsory censorship of
Read moreKazakhstan: ‘What Right Do Authorities Have To Scare Our Children?’
By Mushfig Bayram About 20 officials, including police and Prosecutor’s Office officials, raided a church-run children’s camp in Almaty Region
Read moreBelarus: One Week Left For Charismatic Church?
By Geraldine Fagan The New Life Pentecostal Church received notice Tuesday that it must voluntarily vacate its building by 5
Read moreReligious Freedom “Only Viable Option For Consolidating Russia’s Extraordinary Diversity”
By Geraldine Fagan The Orthodox-centred model of national identity is now an ill-fitting one, even when allowing certain ethnicities alternative
Read moreKazakhstan: Criminal Investigation, “Hallucinogenic” Communion Drink, “Extremist” Books?
By Mushfig Bayram Two unrelated Protestant Churches 1,400 kilometres (870 miles) apart were raided in early October as authorities investigate
Read moreRussia: Pussy Riot, Blasphemy And Freedom Of Religion Or Belief
By Geraldine Fagan Three young women from the Russian feminist art collective Pussy Riot were handed down two-year prison terms
Read moreRussia: No More Mosques Outside “Muslim Areas”?
By Geraldine Fagan While vast crowds flock to Moscow’s few official mosques on major Islamic festivals, similarly fast-growing Muslim communities
Read moreKazakhstan: Fears Over Latest Uzbek Extradition Case
By Felix Corley Friends of Uzbek religious refugee Makset Djabbarbergenov – who has lived with his family in Kazakhstan since
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