Saturday, November 29, 2008

New Kazakh law ‘restricts religious freedom’

http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/news/?NewsID=3412

[Religious Intelligence] 29 Nov 2008--Kazakhstan's parliament has adopted a new law which human rights agency Forum 18 describes as “seriously restricting freedom of religion or belief”.

Kazakh human rights defenders and Lutheran, Hare Krishna, Baptist and Ahmadi Muslim representatives have expressed their fear if the legislation. "We expect persecution in the future because of this very harsh Law," said Baptist Pastor Yaroslav Senyushkevich, "not just on us but on others too. It will be like under Stalin."

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