ANDIJAN, Uzbekistan — An Uzbekistan criminal court has sentenced Christian pastor Dmitry Shestakov to four years in a prison colony for alleged illegal religious activities. Judge M. Tulanov of the Andijan Criminal Court handed down the harsh verdict against Shestakov March 9, nearly three weeks after his trial began in the Ferghana Valley region of eastern Uzbekistan. One of the…
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