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27 July, 2004
27 July 2004Igor Rotar, correspondent for Norway's Forum 18 News Service investigates a draft law in Kazakhstan on "combating extremist activity" that doesn't define what "extremism" is. Rotar writes that very few religious leaders are aware of the law's text though the proposed measures could be used against religious communities the state dislikes, such as the unregistered Baptists. "For example, concern has been expressed that the word 'religious' appears 10 times in the draft law on combating extremist activity. One local lawyer told Forum 18 News Service that, if the law is passed, Kazakhstan could decide to close down religious communities based on information from oppressive regimes such as North Korea."
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