The Kazakhstan Government has confiscated 116 acres of land from the Religious Organization Society for Krishna Consciousness. As a proposed solution to the conflict the government has offered 5 acres of land in an arid area and has declared...

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness came to Kazakhstan during the Soviet era and existed underground until it’s legal registration as the Society for Krishna Consciousness (SKC) by the Ministry of Justice in 1994. As the society...

The representative of the General Prosecutors’ office said on the last day of the Commission (3rd of January, 2007) that the Karasai District Prosecutors office has opened a criminal case against the members of the Society for Krishna Consciousness (SKC). This means that without even making investigation...

It has come to my attention that there are some folks out there in cyber world who are questioning ISKCON’s legal position in the currect Kazakh Crisis. Below is a document which was prepared as a response...

On November 20, 2006 at 6 AM an unidentified person delivered a stack of orders from the Executors of the Karasai District Court. The orders stated that the owners of cottages must destroy thier homes, or they will be destroyed by the government at the expense of the owners. 24 hours later 3 busses full of riot police, 2 ambulances, 2 empty lorries...

The temple and multiple homes owned by devotees were threatened with confiscation and destruction by the local government in the Karasai District Kazakhstan. A bulldozer was sent by the local govt to demolish the buildings last April and was only stopped by the civil disobedience of the devotees (they blocked the bulldozer) and the presence of the media and human rights organizations.

I hope that you all had wonderful Janmastami and Vyasa Puja celebration. I am also hopeful that you all collected signatures during the celebrations to assist in the Kazakh Crisis.

It has been over three months since the Kazakhstan government attempted to destroy homes of the devotees and confiscate their properties. Due to your efforts of sending letters, faxes, and emails to the Kazakhstan government, the orders were frozen from the Capital. But sadly, there has been no resolve to the situation.