Uzbekistan: Renounce your beliefs or you won't be released

Forum18.org 2012-02-10 - copyright by Forum18

Two Jehovah's Witness prisoners of conscience near the end of their jail sentences in  Uzbekistan, Olim Turaev and Sergei Ivanov, are due to face new criminal trials "possibly within days".

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If convicted, they could remain in prison for up to a further five years each, Jehovah's Witnesses told Forum 18 News Service. On 7 or 8 February prosecutors completed the cases against them on charges of disobeying orders while in Tashkent Region's Tavak

Two Jehovah's Witness prisoners of conscience in Uzbekistan close to completing their sentences, Olim Turaev and Sergei Ivanov, are due to face new criminal trials "possibly within days". If convicted, they could remain in prison for up to a fur