Kazakhstan
A Kazakh pastor, who is being detained for ‘inflicting serious harm to health’, in July launched a hunger strike and appealed to the UN to protect him from the authorities.
Barnabas Fund
Bakhytzhan Kashkumbayev (67) has been held in custody since May following a complaint by a church member's mother. She claimed that her daughter Lyazzat Almenova had suffered psychological harm after attending the pastor’s church in Astana.
