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Tag: Karshi

Uzbekistan: Five Baptists fined on non-specific charges

June 22, 2018 Uzbekistan Baptists, Karshi, Religion Law, Tashkent, Urgench, Uzbekistan

As the government does not allow religious meetings without state permission, Christians in Uzbekistan meet in secret. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

Five members of a Baptist church in the southern Uzbek city of Karshi were detained and fined for meeting without state permission, without hearing the exact charges, reports Forum 18. Police also raided the homes of two Baptists, Khamid and Ziyatullo Rakhmonov (not related), on 23 May, and took them . . . Read More

Uzbek pastor might face criminal charges after police repeat raids on his home

May 29, 2018 Uzbekistan Baptists, Fergana Valley, Human rights, Jehovah's Witnesses, Karshi, Kashkadarya, Khorezm, Religious freedom, Samarkand, Tashkent, Urgench, Uzbekistan

Members of Pastor Kim's church were, like these Christians elsewhere in Uzbekistan, having a meal together to celebrate Easter when the first police raid took place. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

An Uzbek Baptist pastor, who is already serving at home a two-year sentence for having religious books, might now be facing criminal charges. Police raided Pastor Stanislav Kim’s flat in Urgench, north-western Khorezm Region, twice last month, on Easter Sunday (8 April) and a week later (15 April), while the . . . Read More