Friday, 27 April 2007 (1 hours ago)
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest
(ADDS JAILING OF ACTIVIST, CHANGING LEAD) TASHKENT/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- An evangelical pastor remained detained in Uzbekistan Friday, April 27, after he was reportedly arrested in Muynak a city in Uzbekistan's troubled region of Karakalpakstan, while an activist was sentenced to six years in jail.
Barnabas Fund, an international organization helping Christians in predominantly Muslim nations, said Pastor Salavat Serikbaev was arrested last week on three charges of "incitement to religious hatred", “running an illegal religious organization" and "distributing materials promoting religious extremism"."These are the same three charges which were brought
against Pastor Dmitri (David) Shestakov," who was recently sentenced to four-years in one of Uzbekistan's open labor camps in what fellow believers said was a "retaliation" for his Christian work
The pastor, who is currently in custody, lodged an appeal last month against the sentence, however "David had not heard anything from the Court by 17th April," Barnabas Fund added in a statement obtained by BosNewsLife.
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http://www.bosnewslife.com/cis/uzbekistan/2906-uzbekistan-detains-evangelical-pastor-jails
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