YUKORI-CHIRCHIK, Uzbekistan — Uzbekistan continues punishing people exercising the right to freedom of religion or belief without state permission. In one incident, police and the
ASTANA, Kazakhstan — With new state censorship regulations for almost all religious literature and objects produced in or imported into Kazakhstan now in force, only
Iranian pastor Yousef Nadarkhani’s attorney — called by many a hero for his representation of religious minorities — has been convicted and could begin serving
BAKU, Azerbaijan — An official of the State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations — which operates Azerbaijan’s harsh religious censorship system — admitted in