In June 2025, a USCIRF delegation traveled to Kyrgyzstan to meet with civil society and government officials to discuss religious freedom conditions, including the passage of the 2025 religion law and amendments to related legislation. These legislative changes expanded the governmental control over the religious space and marked the legal manifestation of the government’s recent efforts to increasingly securitize religion. This publication summarizes the contents of the new legislation and highlights civil society representatives’ concerns about how it could target peaceful religious activities. It also provides an update on religious freedom violations targeting independent Muslims and other non-Islamic minority groups.