The Karasai District Court of the Alma-Ata region ruled to confiscate 50 hectares of land where Krishna believers had lived and earned their bread until now. The largest community of Krishna believers in Central Asia is without homes now as the land is to be turned over to the district administration.

"We farmed here. Fifty families used to live here," Press Secretary Maxim Varfolomeyev told Ferghana.Ru. "We cannot even take whatever belongs to us - the court banned it. We are compelled to leave everything including our homes. Without a recompense or anything, of course."

# Posted by Aniruddha at 15/4/06; 11:29:23 AM to the News dept.
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