Uzbek court overturns Baptist fines

Baptist Press: “A court in Uzbekistan has overturned massive fines levied against three Baptist Union leaders in late October but upheld their criminal convictions, which Uzbek Baptists claim were based on fabricated evidence . . . The charges of evading taxes and involving children in religious activity without their or their parents’ consent were based on assemblies held at the union’s Joy Baptist Children’s Camp, which was directed by Pitirimov.”