TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Pastor Sergei Rychagov of Grace Presbyterian Church, Tashkent, was heavily fined for violating the Religion Law, missionary activity, “illegal” religious teaching and violating the procedure for holding religious meetings.  However, Rychagov learned of the fine only in June, Protestants said.  Police bullied five teenagers from a local orphanage who had been attending the church into writing statements…
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