KYRGYZSTAN: Secret police deport Reform Adventist pastor

National Security Committee secret police deported 66-year-old Pastor Pavel Shreider on 9 April. "They put him in a car, took him to the land border and banned him from re-entering the country," an individual told Forum 18. He "would return if he could". He headed the now-banned True and Free Reform Seventh-day Adventist Church in Kyrgyzstan. He was born in Kyrgyzstan but holds a Russian passport. He is now seeking asylum elsewhere. The NSC secret police did not respond to Forum 18 on why they deported him.