In unfortunate news for fortune tellers in Kyrgyzstan, the central Asian country has banned advertising an array of what officials call "magical services." According to a local media report, the prohibition was passed by the country's Cabinet of Ministers earlier this week. Among those perceived practitioners of the dark arts who will no longer be able to advertise their wares are psychics, clairvoyants, shamans, and individuals specializing in curses or hexes. Officials assert that the law is aimed at protecting the public from proverbial 'bad actors,' though the widespread crackdown on the occult is rather troubling nonetheless.
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