The head of Kazakh Hindus is seeking UN, OSCE and EU help

The Central Asia director of Hindu Society for Krishna Consciousnessin Kazakhstan BB Govinda Swami was in Prague yesterday as the guest of the United Nations on the 25th anniversary of their Religious Freedom Office.

The main representative of the UN was very receptive and guaranteed the UN would wirte to the Kazakhstan government next week.

The in charge of the US Jewish Forum for religious freedom would follow the lead of the UN representative.

Today Govinda Swami was meeting with other OSCE members to present the case, and he will contact the Cekoslovakian devotees to have a protest tomorrow.

He also has a meeting scheduled Tuesday with the Asian chargé d’affaires of the EU Parliament in Brussels, as well as other Belgian representatives.