On 23 August in the capital Tashkent twenty Anti-Terror Police officers raided the regular Sunday afternoon worship service of the registered Donam Protestant church, claiming it was “unauthorised”. Some church members were arrested and Christian literature was confiscated. Three men were soon freed but four – including the church’s pastor, Vladimir Tyo – were sentenced [...]

On Kazakhstan town of Uspen police broke into the house where members of the Pavlodar Grace Church were staying. Some visitors were questioned and beaten by police untill they signed a statement saying they had been forced to submit to a religious ritual. The others of the visitors face administrative trial on 31 August. Inspector [...]

Many scientists from different Russian regions send their responces to support the all-Russian open-ended action “No inquisitors!”, informs the Slavik Legal Center.
Yelena Volkova, a philologist and culture expert, professor of the Moscow State University, says: “I support your action with my whole heart! We should stop Dvorkin and other anticultists, who have already much grieved [...]