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3 May 2017 KAZAKHSTAN: Five years jail, three year ban |
Jehovah's Witness prisoner of conscience, pensioner and cancer-sufferer Teymur Akhmedov was jailed in Astana on 2 May for five years and banned for a further three years from conducting "ideological/preaching activity". He denied KNB secret police charges of "inciting religious hatred" and will appeal. |
25 April 2017 KAZAKHSTAN: Fined for Easter worship |
Police fined four Baptists for leading Easter worship meetings in Temirtau and Taraz. Council of Churches Baptists speak of a "new wave" of raids. An Almaty court fined a Protestant church and banned all its activity for three months, and ordered a foreigner deported. |
18 April 2017 KAZAKHSTAN: Islamic study in Saudi Arabia a crime? |
Of five Kazakh Sunni Muslims facing criminal prosecution after studying their faith in Saudi Arabia, one has already been sentenced, two face imminent trial and two remain in pre-trial detention. The trial of Nariman Seytzhanov is due to begin in Kokshetau on 25 April. |
11 April 2017 KAZAKHSTAN: Eight Muslim prisoners of conscience sentenced |
Kuanysh Bashpayev was jailed for four and a half years at a closed trial in Pavlodar for "inciting religious hatred" for speaking about Islam. Seven Muslims were jailed in South Kazakhstan for up to four years for alleged membership of Tabligh Jamaat missionary movement. |
3 April 2017 KAZAKHSTAN: Lawyers now face trial for defending client |
The two lawyers for a Jehovah's Witness now on trial in Astana are themselves under criminal investigation. The KNB secret police investigator accuses them of "revealing information from a pre-trial investigation" by appealing to President Nazarbayev for the case against their client to be halted. |
28 March 2017 KAZAKHSTAN: Fined for praying "Amen" in mosque |
The state is prosecuting and fining Muslims for saying the word "Amen" aloud in mosques, after November 2016 Muslim Board behaviour regulations were imposed. Also, moves have begun in one region for the state-backed Muslim Board to seize mosque building ownership. |
7 March 2017 KAZAKHSTAN: Article 174 cases increase, Cancer sufferer tortured |
Jehovah's Witness Asaf Guliyev was given five years' restricted freedom on 24 February. Fellow Jehovah's Witness Teymur Akhmedov, a cancer sufferer, is in pre-trial detention and states he was tortured. Guliyev's conviction is one of an increasing number of Criminal Code Article 174 cases. |
21 February 2017 KAZAKHSTAN: Imam imprisoned after 10 years' absence |
Immediately Imam Abdukhalil Abduzhabbarov arrived in Kazakhstan after over 10 years' absence, KNB secret police arrested the Sunni Muslim teacher. They transferred Imam Abduzhabbarov to Oral, where he awaits criminal trial for allegedly "inciting religious hatred or discord" and "terrorism". |
17 February 2017 KAZAKHSTAN: Atheist writer faces more criminal charges |
Atheist writer Aleksandr Kharlamov faces new criminal charges for a 2014 book. Police searched his home, confiscated books, and brought charges after he sought closure of the 2013 case. "They decided to protect themselves and take new action against me," he told Forum 18. |
6 February 2017 KAZAKHSTAN: Criminal cases for meeting, criticising Muslim Board |
Kazakhstan has detained Kuanysh Bashpayev for criticising the state-controlled Muslim Board, and Satimzhan Azatov for meeting Muslims without state permission. Both face criminal charges of "inciting religious hatred or discord", as does atheist Aleksandr Kharlamov facing a possible new trial. Bashpayev's trial opens 14 February. |
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