Kyrgyzstan

KYRGYZSTAN: Literature ban rejected: “repression is postponed for now”

On 2 December, a Bishkek court rejected a General Prosecutor's Office suit to ban Jehovah's Witness books and videos as "extremist", saying it had been filed under the wrong procedure. The General Prosecutor's Office official...

KYRGYZSTAN: Second UN finding over registration denials

The UN Human Rights Committee has again found that the authorities violated the rights of Jehovah's Witnesses by arbitrarily refusing their communities in Naryn, Osh and Jalal-Abad state registration. The State Commission for Religious Affairs...

Kyrgyzstan: Jehovah’s Witnesses Books Will Not Be Banned as “Extremist”

Unexpectedly, on December 2 the Pervomayskiy District Court of the City of Bishkek rejected the prosecutor’s application, based on Russian precedents. On December 2, 2021, a significant victory for religious liberty was scored in Kyrgyzstan....

Kyrgyz officials end criminal case against two of Jehovah’s Witnesses, releasing them from prison

KADAMJAY, Kyrgyzstan—On December 14, 2011, the chief investigator of the Kadamjay region, together with the regional prosecutor, terminated criminal proceedings against two of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 18-year-old Iskandar Kambarov and 22-year-old Jonibek Nosirov. Several weeks earlier,...