Persecution Of Protestants Continues In Uzbekistan

Forum 18 last week reported on continued repression of Protestants in Uzbekistan. The report focuses on arrests and other actions taken against Jehovah's Witnesses and other Protestant churches. The Prosecutors Office forced a number of children who attended a Protestant Easter celebration to sign statements that they would no longer attend Christian services or meetings and that they were renouncing their Christian faith. Parents were pressured to sign promises that they would no longer "attract their children to Christianity", and were warned that failing to comply could result in their being deprived of their parental rights.