Protestant gatherings raided in Uzbekistan
March 17, 2006
Uzbekistan

(MNN)--Conditions for Christians have deteriorated over the last year in Uzbekistan as the government enacted measures restricting religious freedom.

Missionary activity and unregistered religious communities are considered illegal. A spike in raids on churches over the last six weeks suggests this is likely to continue.Forum 18 reports raids on February 11, 26 and again March 5. The gatherings in question were unregistered house churches. However, registration is not permitted for communities with less than one hundred members.The rest