Central Asia
Christian teenagers arrested at a camp in Uzbekistan have been subjected to a television ‘show trial’. Police arrested 43 converts to Christianity from Islam including a number of teenagers, and later tried to get them to ...
A 25-year-old Christian convert from Islam was badly beaten by three Muslim men in the village of Tamchi in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan, on 17 October, leaving him fighting for his life. The attackers cornered Eldos alone ...
Tight state control is continuing to harm Christians, in spite of amendments to Kazakhstan’s 2011 religion law. A number of laws remain unchanged including laws on religious gatherings with only minor changes to fines or ...
Sooronbay Sharipovich Jeenbekov, President of Sooronbay Sharipovich Jeenbekov. Photo credit: Official Portrait A Christian woman in Kyrgyzstan, who recently converted from Islam, was held captive in her own home and beaten by her Muslim family ...
In a crackdown on religious freedom in Kazhakhstan, the Religious Affairs Department in the west of the country is demanding the personal details of all those under 18 years of age who attend Christian meetings. Registered ...
A Christian woman accused of “illegal missionary activity” for demonstrating how to download a Bible smartphone app was acquitted by a regional court in Shymkent, south Kazakhstan, on 13 March 2018. Sultanova Dilobarkhon met a woman in ...
