Kyrgyzstan Cabinet of Ministers has prohibited advertising services of fortune-tellers, clairvoyants, and healers on the territory of the republic, reported 24.kg with reference to the press service of the country's government.
The Cabinet of Ministers approved a list of magical services not to be advertised.
The list includes:
✅ fortune-telling;
✅ spiritism;
✅ clairvoyant services;
✅ sorcery;
✅ shamanism;
✅ spells and curses;
✅ other procedures of «magical influence».
In addition, the authorities have banned advertising of «non-accredited healing», meaning healers and other citizens engaged in treating patients using non-traditional methods will no longer be able to place an advertisement on the internet or promote themselves in any other way.
According to the source publication, on June 12 of this year, Kyrgyzstan parliament adopted corresponding amendments to the Law «On Advertising». On June 19, they were approved by Sadyr Japarov, President of the Republic,.
Authors of the initiative explain that the law is aimed at eliminating the manipulation of citizens' consciousness in the field of occult, magical, and other unreliable services that offer solutions to various problems for personal gain.
ℹ️ Fight against magic and similar services is also being conducted in other Central Asian countries. For example, in May of this year, it was reported that the authorities of Tajikistan introduced criminal liability for engaging in witchcraft and fortune-telling. According to law enforcement agencies, the reason is «the low consciousness of some superstitious people and, as a consequence, their being abused by certain unscrupulous citizens», while more and more people becoming victims of fraudsters.
