Almaty – Impervious to international outcry, government officials in
the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan have intensified their attacks
against members of the Hare Krishna religion, a Vaishnava Hindu
tradition. A local court ordered more homes belonging to the Krishna
devotees to be demolished, the Associated Press reported, threatening
to leave more families homeless in freezing temperatures at any moment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs,
what representations she has made to Kazakhstan on the persecution of
the Hare Krishna community there; and if she will make a statement
We urge you to voice your serious concern about the case of the
Krishna’s Consciousness Community to the government of Kazakhstan and
demand it to ensure that freedom of religion is respected in the whole
country – and to show it in practice in the case of the Krishna’s
Consciousness Community.
New York, Feb 6 (IANS) The Central Asian country of Kazakhstan is
continuing with its persecution of the Hindu community, according to
the North America branch of the International Society for Krishna
Consciousness (ISKCON).
International Herald Tribune (by the Associated Press)
A court has ordered the confiscation of land used
by Kazakhstan's Hare Krishna community, ruling in favor of local
authorities in a legal dispute that Krishnas have called religious
persecution, the community's spokesman said Wednesday.
