An Uzbek court has handed a Jehovah’s Witness a three-year suspended sentence for “inciting religious hatred.” Freedom of conscience advocates are concerned that the conviction heralds an expansion of the Uzbek government’s crackdown on religious expression. Eurasianet – 2 December 2002 – Marat Mudarisov, 26, was convicted on November 29 of violating article 156.1 of Uzbekistan’s […]
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