Although a brief sum-up of recent harassment against Christians, this article touches on numerous human rights violations in Uzbekistan.
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UzbekistanMap reflects the 30 most recent Persecution Reports. Click HERE for the Map Legend.Bibles Confiscated and Homes Raided in UzbekistanFriday, May 18th, 2012Although a brief sum-up of recent harassment against Christians, this article touches on numerous human rights violations in Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan: 14 Arrested and their Christian Literature SeizedThursday, May 10th, 2012Under guise of a bomb search, 14 people meeting in a house church are arrested and their Christian literature seized. Their verdict was not supplied until after the deadline, resulting in no ability to lodge an appeal to avoid high fines. Uzbekistan government bans the freedom of movement of Christians and other religious groupsThursday, April 12th, 2012“Uzbekistan continues to impose bans on entry and exit from the country on people exercising their freedom of religion or belief,” Forum 18 News Service reports. Uzbekistan tightens grip on unregistered churches with series of raidsThursday, March 22nd, 2012“Last month police raided an unregistered church and confiscated literature, pianos, and church property [in Uzbekistan]. A week later, the church pastor was fined $3,421 -- a cost of 100 times the minimum monthly wage,” Mission Network News reports. Uzbekistan: Baptist Church raided and Christian literature confiscatedTuesday, March 20th, 2012“On 5 February police and NSS secret police officers raided an unregistered mainly ethnic Korean Baptist Church's Sunday worship service near Tashkent. On 7 February the state Religious Affairs Committee ruled that Christian literature confiscated during the raid was allowed only for ‘internal use’ by registered religious organizations,” Forum 18 News Service reports. Uzbekistan: Christian literature ordered destroyedMonday, March 19th, 2012“In two separate cases in February, in different regions of Uzbekistan, courts have ordered religious literature confiscated from four Muslim women and a Protestant destroyed,” Forum 18 News Service reports. Baptist Church Raided in UzbekistanTuesday, February 14th, 2012Police raided the Sunday morning service of a Baptist congregation in Chirchik, Forum 18 News Service reports. Meanwhile, homes of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tashkent have also been raided and three Jehovah's Witness men were each given 15-day prison terms. Police In Uzbekistan To Christian: “I Don’t Care About The Law Or Your Rights”Friday, January 27th, 2012"Three members of the same Protestant church in Jarkurgan, a town north of Termez in Uzbekistan's southern Surkhandarya Region, are facing administrative charges to punish them for their religious activity" Uzbekistan: Authorities try to stop children attending meetings for worshipFriday, December 9th, 2011“The authorities in Uzbekistan's city of Angren have warned local religious communities not to be involved in unspecified ‘proselytism’ and ‘missionary activity’, as well as not to allow children to take part in meetings for worship, Forum 18 News Service has learned,” Forum 18 News Service reports. Uzbekistan: Illegal prosecutions and punishments against Baptist communityTuesday, December 6th, 2011“Sergei Kozin, a Baptist, has been fined 80 times the minimum monthly wage after a police raid on a group of Baptists who were reading on holiday together,” Forum 18 News Service reports. Uzbekistan: Did authorities block Russian Patriarch’s visit?Thursday, November 3rd, 2011Uzbek authorities appeared to have prevented the planned visit of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill into the country, Forum 18 News Service reports. Meanwhile, fines and prosecutions of Protestants continue. Christian Literature Confiscated from Baptist Church in UzbekistanFriday, October 28th, 2011“Uzbekistan continues to impose strict censorship on religious literature of all faiths sent to the country,” Forum 18 News Service reports. Hillary Clinton Presses Uzbekistan, Tajikistan on Religious PersecutionWednesday, October 26th, 2011“This past weekend, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visited Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to warn them that their human rights violations were immoral and harmful to the countries’ safety,” The Christian Post reports. Uzbekistan: Baptist Church Raided, Christians finedWednesday, October 5th, 2011Police raided and fined Baptists conducting worship in the central city of Samarkand, Forum 18 News Service reports. In separate incidents, “Baptists in Tashkent have been fined 50 times the monthly minimum salary for visiting a friend in hospital; the Baptists were also detained by police for more than 24 hours. Also a Protestant has been fined 50 times the minimum monthly salary for possessing four books and two DVDs.” Religious Freedom Continues Forward in U.S. LegislatureSaturday, September 17th, 2011Uzbekistan: Religious fines lead to travel bansMonday, September 12th, 2011“Seven months after a fine for "illegally" bringing Christian magazines into Uzbekistan was overturned on appeal, passport officers stopped Tashkent Baptist Lidiya Guseva from leaving Uzbekistan,” Forum 18 News Service reports. Uzbekistan: More fines, physical abuse and religious literature destructionMonday, August 29th, 2011“Police who raided a Protestant family's private home in Fergana assaulted the husband and confiscated religious literature,” Forum 18 News Service reports. Additionally, a court in Tashkent, the country’s capital, has handed down fines of up to one hundred times the minimum monthly wage to ten Protestants for participating in Christian activities without first registering with the government. Uzbekistan expels 8 US citizens for alleged conversion attemptsMonday, August 15th, 2011“The Uzbek government has forced eight U.S. citizens to leave the country after they reportedly attempted to convert local citizens to Christianity,” Central Asia Newswire reports. Uzbekistan: Baptist Pastor Indicted on False ChargesThursday, August 4th, 2011“An indictment has been filed against a Baptist in Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent,” Forum 18 News Service reports. Uzbek Christians Suffer Under Regime’s Tight NooseThursday, June 30th, 2011Christian Ministries suffer under stringent government regulations on religion include what religions can be practiced and how they can practiced as well. |
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