KYRGYZSTAN: Secret police raid, police fine Baptists for "illegal" worship meeting

Ten months after NSC secret police officers raided members of the True and Free Reform Adventist Church (which a court later banned), on 14 September NSC officers raided the harvest festival worship meeting of Bishkek's Council of Churches Baptist congregation. They likewise choose to meet without state registration. Officers seized religious literature for "expert analysis". Police summarily fined the pastor and deacon two weeks' average wages each. Five United Nations Special Rapporteurs wrote