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Kazakhstan backs off on religion limits
Kazakhstan, a key U.S. economic partner in Central Asia, has
dramatically reversed legislation curtailing religious freedoms after
the measure and the jailings and expulsions of two religious activists
caused an international outcry.
KAZAKHSTAN: THE COURT HEARING WHICH NEVER WAS?
Kazakhstan has barred the Hare Krishna community's leader in Central Asia from visiting the country. Kazakh officials have claimed that US citizen Seane Hobgood (religious name Govinda Swami) was found guilty of "illegal missionary activity" by Aktobe Regional court in 2008. The alleged "illegal missionary activity" was a private talk to devotees.
Bulldozers threaten Hare Krishna temple
Human rights groups have put Kazakhstan in the spot light for its treatment of religious minority groups. A long running dispute between the authorities and Hare Krishna followers could end with the destruction of the country's only Hindu temple.
KAZAKHSTAN: "ONLY THE PRESIDENT CAN STOP THE DEMOLITION"
Kazakhstan's only Hare Krishna temple could be about to be demolished. Karasai Akimat (administration) has brought a case to seize the buildings on their farm - which include the temple - and demolish them. "We are now almost at the final point," Maksim Varfolomeev of the Hare Krishna community told Forum 18 from Almaty on 9 October.
Kazakhstan: State and former user fight over Hare Krishna farm
A court in Kazakhstan decided on 23 October to hand a confiscated Hare
Krishna farm near the commercial capital Almaty from the regional
authority's ownership into the hands of the man who originally sold it
in 1999. But since the court decision, Forum 18 News Service has
learnt, a battle has emerged between the state and the new "owner".
Prime Minister ordered the resignation of a number of assistant hakims of Almaty province and Almaty city
Astana. - RK Prime Minister, Karim Masimov, ordered the resignation of the assistant hakims of Almaty city Yakov Zayats and Kairat Bukenov, the assistant hakim of Almaty province Alikhan Toybayev, the hakim of Talgar district, Almaty province, Kenzhebek Omarbayev, the assistant hakim of Talgar district Kalimoldu Baibolov, and the hakim of Karasai district, Almaty province, Bulatbek Kutpanov, - reports the correspondent of our news agency.
Krishna land plot in Karasay region returned to owner
Almaty - The supervising body of Almaty
regional court on October 23 made the decision on returning land plot
of 47 hectares in the Karasay region, belonging to the Society of
Krishna consciousness, to its former owner E. Abdykalykov.
Kazakhstan: Hare Krishnas Face Government Repression
ALMATY, August 1, 2007. The Kazakh media covers scandals and the upcoming parliamentary elections, but has mostly ignored a dispute between the Kazakh government and the Kazakhstan Society of Krishna Consciousness (Hare Krishna) that highlights a troublesome situation for those in Kazakhstan whose religion differs from the two traditional and officially approved religions, Sunni Islam and Orthodox Christianity.
Local Property Dispute Grows Into International Issue for Kazakhstan
What began as a property dispute between the Hare Krishna community and the local authorities has ballooned into an international controversy that threatens Kazakhstan's ambition to chair the 56-country Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in 2009.
Demolition of the Krishnas' houses in Almaty province renders a blow on the image of Kazakhstan - says human rights activist
ALMATY. The authorities of the Karasai district, Almaty province, render a blow on the image of Kazakhstan by demolishing the houses and buildings of the Krishnas. This opinion was expressed today at a press conference in Almaty by the director of the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law, Evgeniy Zhovtis.