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KAZAKHSTAN: Hare Krishna commune demolition to restart on Friday?

The Hare Krishna community in Kazakhstan is expecting bulldozing of its embattled commune near Almaty to re-start tomorrow, Forum 18 News Service has learnt. Court executors phoned Viktor Golous, the leader of the commune, today to tell him that demolition will take place tomorrow morning (Friday 4 May) at 10 am (Kazakh time).

Kazakh Hare Krishna followers fear eviction

ALMATY - Hare Krishna followers in Kazakhstan fear eviction from their homes in a case human rights monitors say raises questions about religious tolerance in the Central Asian state. 

KAZAKHSTAN: Hare Krishna demolition re-started – then halted by "person in a black Mercedes"

Today (20 March), Kazakh authorities resumed the demolition of an embattled Hare Krishna commune, Forum 18 News Service has learnt. Demolition re-started this morning, but was suddenly halted on the arrival of "a person in a black Mercedes Benz car". 

An Orange-Robed Revolution?

Hare Krishnas say they are unfairly targeted by the Kazakh courts and local officials and may face legal extinction.

Continuing persecution of Hindus in Kazakhstan alleged

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).
 

Kazakh court orders confiscation of land used by Hare Krishna community

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.

Do-it-yourself demolition for embattled Hare Krishna commune?

Three more home owners have been served demolition notices, Hare Krishna sources told Forum 18 News Service. If they fail to demolish their own homes by 2 February, the authorities will do so and charge them for the cost. Thirteen Hare Krishna-owned homes were bulldozed last November, though other homes in the village owned by non-Hare Krishna residents have not been touched.

 

Kazakh government commission denies persecution of Hare Krishna followers

ALMATY, Kazakhstan: A Kazakh government commission on Friday ruled in favor of local authorities in a land dispute with the country's Hare Krishna community and dismissed the Krishnas' claims of religious persecution.

Kazakh MFA considers USA Embassy note inappropriate

Astana. January 5. Kazakhstan Today - The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan considers the U.S.A. Embassy in Astana note inappropriate in which the American diplomatic department expressed concern regarding pulling down of the constructions belonged to the members of the religious association the Society of Consciousness of Krishna, the Chairman of the Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Gaukhar Beyseeva informed today at the briefing in Astana, the agency reports.

Commission consider demolition of Krishna houses lawful

Astana. January 5. Kazakhstan Today - The commission on land disputes of the members of religious association Society of Consciousness of Krishna considers akimat (mayor office) of Karasay oblast of Almaty region decision and the decision of the courts of Karasay oblast and Almaty region regarding pulling down of unauthorized erected constructions and inexpedient use of the land valid and lawful. The commission Chairman, Vice President of the Committee informed today at the press conference.