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Kazakistan/ Leader Hare Krishna respinto alla frontiera

 

E' stato inserito in lista delle persone non gradite

 

APCOM

http://notizie.alice.it/notizie/esteri/2009/01_gennaio/29/kazakistan_leader_hare_krishna_respinto_alla_frontiera,17765076.html

 

Roma, 29 gen. (Apcom-Nuova Europa) - Il leader dell'organizzazione religiosa Società internazionale della Coscienza di Krishna B.B. Govinda Swami è stato respinto due giorni fa alla frontiera kazaka dell'Aeroporto internazionale di Almaty. Lo scrive oggi l'agenzia di stampa Ferghana.ru.

Swami era stato invitato dal ramo kazako della società. Aveva passaporto e visti validi. Allo sportello dei controlli, il cittadino statunitense s'è visto confiscare il documento ed è stato fermato per circa 12 ore. Poi è stato fatto ripartire per Mosca, dove gli è stato restituito il passaporto.

In seguito, si è appreso che Swami era stato inserito in una lista delle persone non gradite nel paese. La Società per la Coscienza di Krishna ha decido di adire le vie legali, ritenendo illegittimo l'inserimento del suo leader in quella lista.

Tra le autorità kazake a la Società nei mesi scorsi ci sono stati gravi problemi, in seguito al sequestro di proprietà immobiliari appartenenti all'organizzazione. Ma la questione pare essere stata risolta all'inizio di dicembre.

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Institute condemns deportation of Hare Krishna leader from Kazakhstan

 

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Institute condemns deportation of Hare Krishna leader from Kazakhstan

Washington, DC, Jan. 29, 2009-The Institute on Religion and Public Policy condemns the Jan. 27 deportation of the religious leader of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), B. B. Govinda Swami, from Kazakhstan.

According to ISKON, Govinda Swami was held without explanation at the airport in Almaty for 12 hours and denied entry into Kazakhstan, despite carrying a valid passport and visa. He was reportedly on a government list of people who are not allowed into Kazakhstan.

The move against Govinda Swami appears to be the latest in a Kazakh campaign to limit severely the activities of non-traditional religions in the country. Hare Krishnas continually face harassment and undue monitoring, and in a prominent case that began in 2006, lost a commune outside Almaty when the government first raided then seized their property.

“The Kazakh government seems to continually and erroneously view peaceful minority religions as a threat to security, and the country’s abysmal record on religious freedom shows it,” said Institute President Joseph K. Grieboski. “We call on the government of Kazakhstan to allow Govinda Swami to enter the country and meet with his fellow Hare Krishnas, and allow the community as a whole to worship freely.”

The Institute has consistently engaged the government of Kazakhstan on its religious freedom abuses, and has called on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to rescind the country’s scheduled 2010 chairmanship of the group.

Click here

http://religionandpolicy.org/cms/index.phpoption=com_content&task=view&id=1488&Itemid=342

to read the Institute’s latest report on religious freedom in Kazakhstan,

and here

http://religionandpolicy.org/cms/index.phpoption=com_content&task=view&id=1663&Itemid=242

for a letter to President Nursultan Nazarbaev.

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According to ISKON, Govinda Swami was held without explanation at the airport in Almaty for 12 hours and denied entry into Kazakhstan, despite carrying a valid passport and visa. He was reportedly on a government list of people who are not allowed into Kazakhstan.

The move against Govinda Swami appears to be the latest in a Kazakh campaign to limit severely the activities of non-traditional religions in the country. Hare Krishnas continually face harassment and undue monitoring, and in a prominent case that began in 2006, lost a commune outside Almaty when the government first raided then seized their property.

“The Kazakh government seems to continually and erroneously view peaceful minority religions as a threat to security, and the country’s abysmal record on religious freedom shows it,” said Institute President Joseph K. Grieboski. “We call on the government of Kazakhstan to allow Govinda Swami to enter the country and meet with his fellow Hare Krishnas, and allow the community as a whole to worship freely.”

The Institute has consistently engaged the government of Kazakhstan on its religious freedom abuses, and has called on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to rescind the country’s scheduled 2010 chairmanship of the group.

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