Kazakhstan-born Baptist Viktor Leven, who holds German citizenship, will be deported if a Kazakh court upholds a decision punishing him for “unregistered missionary activity,” local prosecutor Kairat Ramazanov said Oct. 26. “This is not persecution on religious grounds ­— the law demands this,” he insisted, claiming that preaching at a church service represented missionary activity and was thus illegal without…
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