(Forum 18) – The last legal Protestant church in north-west Uzbekistan has been closed by the Karakalpakstan region’s Justice Ministry, Forum 18 News Service has learnt. As all unregistered religious activity in Uzbekistan is illegal, the church cannot now legally operate. Klara Alasheva, first deputy Justice Minister, denied that her ministry’s closure of the church was persecution of the Protestant minority. “We warned the church last year not to conduct missionary activity but they carried on regardless,” she told Forum 18. Alasheva claimed that Uzbekistan ‘s ban on missionary activity violates its international human rights commitments. “That’s what you’re claiming, but we’re legal specialists,” she told Forum 18. The authorities in north-west Uzbekistan have long conducted an anti-Christian campaign, but Protestants in the region are known to still be active.
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