“Last year Kazakstan adopted many legislation amendments, including law on media, which recognises some statements as propaganda. It means that journalists preparing some material now should think whether it will be taken as propaganda,” said Gulmira Birzhanova, lawyer of Legal Media Centre, in the interview to cabar.asia.
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This updated report is an evaluation of the results, practices, challenges and lessons learned of a Preventing Violent Extremism through Education (PVE-E) workshop hosted by Hedayah, UNESCO IICBA, UNESCO office in Kampala, and the Ministry of Education and Sport of the Republic of Uganda in Kampala, Uganda from 23-25 January 2018. (more…)

NGO Search for common ground presents a webinar on the topic: “Planned changes in the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic in the field of religious freedom”

Speaker: Gulshayir Abdirasulova, an expert on human rights. (more…)

NGO Search for common ground presents a webinar on the topic: “What is freedom of religion and faith?”

Speaker – Galina Kolodzinskaya, Religion expert, Master of Political Science, Executive Director of Interfeit Kansil. (more…)

NGO Search for common ground presents a webinar on the topic: “History of development of the right to freedom of religion and belief?”

Speaker – Galina Kolodzinskaya, Religion expert, Master of Political Science, Executive Director of Interfeit Kansil. (more…)

NGO Search for common ground presents a webinar on the topic: “What is freedom of religion and faith?”

Speaker – Galina Kolodzinskaya, Religion expert, Master of Political Science, Executive Director of Interfeit Kansil. (more…)

A bill banning hijabs wearing in public and private institutions is being developed in Tajikistan. Experts say this initiative interferes with people’s rights and freedoms and that “secularism” is not so much about the external form, as about content.
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According to the Open Doors international organisation, which serves persecuted Christians worldwide, Kazakstan, along with three other Central Asian states, has been listed as a country where it’s “most dangerous to follow Jesus”. Meanwhile, Astana positions the country as a “model of religious freedom and tolerance”.
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The practical guide “How to avoid propaganda of extremism” in the Kyrgyz and Russian languages ​​was developed by experts of the School of Peacekeeping and Media Technologies in Central Asia, especially for journalists.

The manual was prepared on the basis of a media content study conducted by experts from the School of Peacemaking and Media Technologies in Central Asia as part of the project “Fighting the promotion of violent extremism through media and raising awareness” with financial support from the Democratic Commission of the US Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic.

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is an independent body of the US government, established on a bipartisan basis in accordance with the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) of 1998. The Commission monitors the observance of the universal right to freedom of religion and belief abroad. Using international standards to monitor violations of freedom of religion and belief abroad, the Commission develops policy recommendations for the president, secretary of state, and US Congress. (more…)