In Uzbekistan, Poor Jail Conditions, Torture and Large Fines for Protestants
By Jeremy Reynalds, Senior Correspondent, ASSIST News Service (jeremyreynalds@gmail.com )
Uzbekistan
is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia. It is bordered by five
countries: Kazakhstan to the north, Tajikistan to the southeast,
Kyrgyzstan to the northeast, Afghanistan to the south and Turkmenistan
to the southwest.
This is one day after he should have been released under the law, a story by Mushfig Nayram from Forum 18 News Service reported.
Police
illegally raided Mamazhanov's home and those of other Christians in
Fergana on March 12 searching for religious literature.
Mamazhanov was imprisoned in the Region's Kuva District Police Detention Center.
Forum
18 said that’s where as many as seven inmates were put in a cell
designed for two people, no sanitary and hygiene rules are followed, and
food given only once a day. Mamazhanov and other prisoners who insisted
they were innocent of crimes were also tortured several times.
“They can keep one Bible in their homes,” Rustam Yegamberdiyev, Head of Fergana City Criminal Police, insisted to Forum 18.
He
added, “But if they keep more than one then this means that they are
intending to gather others in their homes for illegal prayers and
meetings. It is exactly the same for Christians, Muslims and others.”
For more information visit www.forum18.org
Photo captions: 1) Uzbek Christians meeting secretly. 2) Jeremy and Elma Reynalds.
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