http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/uzbekistan-forcibly-sterilizing-women-for-population-control-bbc-report/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/uzbekistan-forcibly-sterilizing-women-for-population-control-bbc-report/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:32:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131467 LifeSiteNews: “[T]he Uzbek government said the allegations of a forced sterilisation programme were slanderous and bore no relation to reality,” according to BBC News. “The government also said that surgical contraception was not widespread and was carried out only on a voluntary basis, after consultation with a specialist and with the written consent of both parents.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/uzbekistan-forcibly-sterilizing-women-for-population-control-bbc-report/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/religious-persecutors-list-incomplete/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/religious-persecutors-list-incomplete/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:30:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=114308 OneNewsNow.com: The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) welcomes the Obama administration's release of the Annual Report on International Religious Freedom, and the Commission is urging the U.S. government to increase action to promote freedom of religion or belief. Burma, Eritrea, China, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Uzbekistan are eight "countries of particular concern," but USCIRF spokesperson Elizabeth Cassidy says her group thinks the list is incomplete . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/religious-persecutors-list-incomplete/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/02/uzbekistan-spiritually-rich-and-for-freedom-of-conscience-and-religion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/02/uzbekistan-spiritually-rich-and-for-freedom-of-conscience-and-religion/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:17:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109774 Forum 18 : An indictment has been filed against a Baptist in Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent, Forum 18 News Service has learned. Konstantin Malchikovsky is accused of not paying in monies from church offerings and book sales. Baptists strongly dispute the charges, describing them as "absurd", and noting that they "violate the Religion Law". They also note that courts have ignored what they describe as "exhaustive proofs of falsification and forgery of documents by the tax authorities". ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/02/uzbekistan-spiritually-rich-and-for-freedom-of-conscience-and-religion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/uscirf-identifies-worlds-worst-religious-freedom-violators-egypt-cited-for-first-time/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/uscirf-identifies-worlds-worst-religious-freedom-violators-egypt-cited-for-first-time/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:27:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=102403 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released its 2011 Annual Report and recommended that the Secretary of State name the following nations “countries of particular concern” or CPCs: Burma, China, Egypt, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/uscirf-identifies-worlds-worst-religious-freedom-violators-egypt-cited-for-first-time/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/21/uzbekistan-bible-society-fined/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/21/uzbekistan-bible-society-fined/#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:48:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=96115 Persecution Blog: "A Tashkent judge fined the accountant of the Uzbek Bible Society 316,505 Soms ($189) for “violating procedures” during the import of two shipments of Bibles in 2008 and 2010, according to Forum 18 News. " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/21/uzbekistan-bible-society-fined/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/10/lost-religious-liberty-around-the-world/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/10/lost-religious-liberty-around-the-world/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:05:31 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=90661 writing at The Center for Vision & Values: "There is more than enough bad news to fill the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom’s latest annual report. Worst of all were the conditions in 13 'countries of particular concern.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/10/lost-religious-liberty-around-the-world/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/05/islamic-countries-dominate-open-doors-2011-world-watch-list/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/05/islamic-countries-dominate-open-doors-2011-world-watch-list/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:11:40 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=89907 ChristianNewsWire: "Despite Communist North Korea topping the annual Open Doors World Watch List (WWL) for the ninth consecutive year, the most dangerous countries in which to practice Christianity are overwhelmingly Islamic ones." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/05/islamic-countries-dominate-open-doors-2011-world-watch-list/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/29/uzbekistan-anti-terror-raid-on-protestant-worship-beatings-and-fines/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/29/uzbekistan-anti-terror-raid-on-protestant-worship-beatings-and-fines/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:26:45 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=79272 Forum 18: "The fines and beatings followed a so-called 'anti-terror' raid by 20 police officers on the congregation, while they were worshipping in August. They belong to the Baptist Council of Churches, which rejects state registration in all the former Soviet states where it operates. Witnesses present described the raid as being conducted 'using physical force, even tearing books from the hands of children.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/29/uzbekistan-anti-terror-raid-on-protestant-worship-beatings-and-fines/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/judge-upholds-fines-against-baptists-in-uzbekistan/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/judge-upholds-fines-against-baptists-in-uzbekistan/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:00:05 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=78584 Associated Baptists Press: "A judge in Uzbekistan refused Oct. 14 to overturn fines against five Baptists convicted of illegal worship, an international news service that specializes in religious freedom coverage reported Oct. 26." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/judge-upholds-fines-against-baptists-in-uzbekistan/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/22/uscirf-8-nations-including-russia-failing-religious-liberty-pledge/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/22/uscirf-8-nations-including-russia-failing-religious-liberty-pledge/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:05:27 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=78076 reports at Baptist Press: "Several countries in the Organization for Security and Co-operation have violated religious liberty commitments set forth by the organization, according to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/22/uscirf-8-nations-including-russia-failing-religious-liberty-pledge/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/15/uzbekistan-samarkand-%e2%80%93-city-of-closed-protestant-churches/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/15/uzbekistan-samarkand-%e2%80%93-city-of-closed-protestant-churches/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:34:12 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=63067 Forum 18: "The seventh in a series of Protestant churches stripped of state registration in the central Uzbek city of Samarkand in the past four years is still battling to regain it. Without registration, all religious activity is illegal." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/15/uzbekistan-samarkand-%e2%80%93-city-of-closed-protestant-churches/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/04/wea-fears-for-religious-freedom-in-uzbekistan/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/04/wea-fears-for-religious-freedom-in-uzbekistan/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:11:33 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/04/wea-fears-for-religious-freedom-in-uzbekistan/ Christian Today: "The Religious Liberty Commission of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) has expressed serious concern over the recent developments in Uzbekistan where a church was raided by police without a warrant." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/04/wea-fears-for-religious-freedom-in-uzbekistan/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/21/uzbekistan-police-arrest-christians-take-bibles/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/21/uzbekistan-police-arrest-christians-take-bibles/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 21:45:40 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/21/uzbekistan-police-arrest-christians-take-bibles/ CBN: "A government crackdown against evangelical Christians is still underway in the central Asian nation of Uzbekistan. The lockdown began in the capital city of Tashkent earlier in May when police and other agencies led a massive raid against the Church of Christ, one of the largest churches in the city." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/21/uzbekistan-police-arrest-christians-take-bibles/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/18/in-uzbekistan-police-raid-on-large-protestant-congregation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/18/in-uzbekistan-police-raid-on-large-protestant-congregation/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 16:07:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/18/in-uzbekistan-police-raid-on-large-protestant-congregation/ Religion Clause Blog: "Forum 18 reports that in Uzbekistan on Sunday, the police, National Security Service secret police, Tax Inspectorate, Fire Brigade, and Sanitary-Epidemiological Service all raided Church of Christ, one of the largest Protestant congregations in Tashkent." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/18/in-uzbekistan-police-raid-on-large-protestant-congregation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/24/uzbekistan-threats-raids-and-violence-against-religious-believers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/24/uzbekistan-threats-raids-and-violence-against-religious-believers/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:54:34 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=53126 Forum 18: "Three members of the unregistered Greater Grace Protestant Church have been given heavy fines in Samarkand in central Uzbekistan, Forum 18 News Service has learned." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/24/uzbekistan-threats-raids-and-violence-against-religious-believers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/22/uzbekistan-baptists-removed-from-posts-forced-to-pay-massive-fines/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/22/uzbekistan-baptists-removed-from-posts-forced-to-pay-massive-fines/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:48:18 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=52764 Forum 18: "Uzbekistan continues to attack the country's registered Baptist Union, local Baptists have told Forum 18 News Service. One Baptist, Valery Konovalov, has been forced to pay a fine imposed in his absence, after he was forced to appear as a witness in the trial of three leaders of the Baptist Union. The three have themselves been forced to pay what the same court claimed was unpaid tax and two were removed from their posts." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/22/uzbekistan-baptists-removed-from-posts-forced-to-pay-massive-fines/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/17/uzbekistan-sports-journalist-arrested-for-religious-activity/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/17/uzbekistan-sports-journalist-arrested-for-religious-activity/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:55:52 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=52301 Forum 18: "Hairulla Hamidov is under detention and faces charges under the Criminal Code's article 216 ('Illegal establishment of Public Associations or Religious Organisations'). He had in the past founded a popular weekly religious radio programme and a popular Islamic-inspired periodical, Odamlar Orasida (Among People), which was banned in 2007." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/17/uzbekistan-sports-journalist-arrested-for-religious-activity/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/14/uzbekistan-illegal-christmas-as-unregistered-religious-activity-punished/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/14/uzbekistan-illegal-christmas-as-unregistered-religious-activity-punished/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:14:14 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=48350 Forum 18: "Uzbekistan continues in 2010 to punish unregistered religious activity, in defiance of international human rights standards, Forum 18 News Service has learned. On 3 January, eight police officers raided a Christmas gathering organised by an officially registered church. Asked why celebrating Christmas was illegal, police told Forum 18 that the Full Gospel Holiness Church is "not registered" in Umid village." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/14/uzbekistan-illegal-christmas-as-unregistered-religious-activity-punished/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/07/open-doors-top-ten-list-of-countries-persecuting-christians-dominated-by-islamic-governments/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/07/open-doors-top-ten-list-of-countries-persecuting-christians-dominated-by-islamic-governments/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:21:50 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=47373 Catholic Culture: "The list compiled by Open Doors was dominated by Islamic governments. Conspicuously absent from the 'top 10' list were China and Vietnam . . The top 10 persecutors on the Open Doors list were . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/07/open-doors-top-ten-list-of-countries-persecuting-christians-dominated-by-islamic-governments/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/06/uzbek-court-overturns-baptist-fines/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/06/uzbek-court-overturns-baptist-fines/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:44:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=47190 Baptist Press: "A court in Uzbekistan has overturned massive fines levied against three Baptist Union leaders in late October but upheld their criminal convictions, which Uzbek Baptists claim were based on fabricated evidence . . . The charges of evading taxes and involving children in religious activity without their or their parents' consent were based on assemblies held at the union's Joy Baptist Children's Camp, which was directed by Pitirimov." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/06/uzbek-court-overturns-baptist-fines/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/18/uzbekistan-repression-of-muslim-and-christian-religious-activity-continues/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/18/uzbekistan-repression-of-muslim-and-christian-religious-activity-continues/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:29:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=42723 Forum18 reports on continuing persecution of Protestants and Muslims in Uzbekistan. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/18/uzbekistan-repression-of-muslim-and-christian-religious-activity-continues/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/15/uzbek-baptist-head-two-other-leaders-face-3-year-prison-term/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/15/uzbek-baptist-head-two-other-leaders-face-3-year-prison-term/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:54:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=36174 ABP: "The head of Uzbekistan's Baptist union and two colleagues face up to three years in prison on charges of tax evasion and teaching children about religion without permission from their parents -- a crime in the predominantly Muslim Central Asian country." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/15/uzbek-baptist-head-two-other-leaders-face-3-year-prison-term/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/17/uzbekistan-prisoners-freedom-of-religion-or-belief-denied/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/17/uzbekistan-prisoners-freedom-of-religion-or-belief-denied/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:23:58 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=30388 reports at Forum 18: "Prisoners in Uzbekistan continue to be denied their right to freedom of religion or belief – for example to be able to pray visibly, to have religious literature of their own or to receive visits from religious representatives." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/17/uzbekistan-prisoners-freedom-of-religion-or-belief-denied/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/07/uzbekistan-banned-from-meeting-fellow-believers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/07/uzbekistan-banned-from-meeting-fellow-believers/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:25:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=29396 Forum 18: "When Baptists complained, the home told them to talk to the NSS secret police. Asked by what authority the home did this, its director Tahir Gaziev replied: 'We have asked the Baptists to show us an official document that says they are allowed to invite people to their meetings.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/07/uzbekistan-banned-from-meeting-fellow-believers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/08/07/uzbeki-christian-fears-deportation-from-us/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/08/07/uzbeki-christian-fears-deportation-from-us/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:26:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=6534 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/08/07/uzbeki-christian-fears-deportation-from-us/feed/ 0