Tag: Bakhytzhan Kashkumbayev

Retired Kazakh pastor given suspended jail sentence

February 18, 2014 Kazakhstan Almaty, Astana, Bakhytzhan Kashkumbayev

The protracted trial of a retired Kazakh pastor ended yesterday (Feb. 17), as 67-year-old Bakhytzhan Kashkumbayev was handed a suspended four-year prison sentence and a fine. Kashkumbayev, former pastor of Grace Church in the Kazakh capital Astana, was ordered to pay 2 million Tenge (€7,900) in damages to Lyazzat Almenova, . . . Read More

Kazakh pastor’s trial halts amid heated arguments

January 31, 2014 Kazakhstan Almaty, Astana, Bakhytzhan Kashkumbayev, Protestants

Bakhytzhan KashkumbayevWorld Watch Monitor The trial of a 67-year-old pastor in Kazakhstan halted amid heated arguments on Wednesday (January 29), as the pastor and his lawyer stormed out of the courtroom, even after two of his original charges were dropped. The pastor and his lawyer say the whole court . . . Read More

Kazakh pastor’s trial begins

January 24, 2014 Kazakhstan Astana, Bakhytzhan Kashkumbayev, Kazakhstan

The trial against 67-year-old Kazakh pastor Bakhytzhan Kashkumbayev has started, eight months after his incarceration for allegedly “harming the health” of a member of his congregation. The pastor has also been accused of inciting hatred, propagating extremism and leading an organisation that harms others. If found guilty, he could face . . . Read More

Kazakh pastor’s trial postponed

November 20, 2013 Kazakhstan Astana, Bakhytzhan Kashkumbayev, Kazakhstan

The court hearing for a Kazakh pastor detained since May has been pushed back again. Bakhytzhan Kashkumbayev, 67, pastor of Grace Protestant Church in Astana, is charged with the psychological manipulation of a member of his congregation through the use of a “red-coloured hallucinogenic drink”. Other members of the congregation . . . Read More

Kazakh pastor released, then arrested

October 10, 2013 Kazakhstan Astana, Bakhytzhan Kashkumbayev, Kazakhstan, Terrorism

Kazakh pastor Bakhytzhan Kashkumbayev walked out of prison Oct. 8, only to be arrested again at the prison gate on terrorism charges. The pastor, already awaiting trial on charges that he used a “red-coloured hallucinogenic drink” to cause psychlogical harm to a member of his congregation, was permitted to leave prison and . . . Read More

Pastor placed under house arrest

October 8, 2013 Kazakhstan Bakhytzhan Kashkumbayev

Kazakh pastor Bakhytzhan Kashkumbayev has been told he will be released from prison but only to be placed under house arrest, reports Forum 18. The pastor, who has been detained for almost five months and undertook a hunger strike in protest, is still awaiting trial. He will be confined to . . . Read More

Jail term for Kazakh pastor extended

September 22, 2013 Kazakhstan Almaty, Astana, Bakhytzhan Kashkumbayev, Kazakhstan

A Kazakh pastor has been told he is to be detained for another month, four months after his arrest for allegedly “harming the health” of a member of his congregation. Bakhytzhan Kashkumbayev, pastor of Grace Protestant Church in Astana, the capital, was arrested on May 17, charged with the psychological manipulation . . . Read More

Catching Our Eye