Another US organization is about to be closed

UzLand.Info May 10 Uzbek Justice Ministry will probe the activities of the Global Involvement Through Education, nongovernmental organization. The checks are to establish whether the tasks laid down in the organization's charter, stated during registration, comply with Uzbek legislation, the source in ministry told press-uz.info. Earlier reports said that the staff of the organization's representative office was caught in April 2006 doing missionary work in Uzbekistan. Witnesses testified during a trial that, under the cover of teaching English, the foreign staff actually called students of local universities to give up Islam or the Orthodox religion, to take up Protestantism. During the trial, various audio, video, CD, print products advocating Protestantism were presented as evidence. The court found four members of staff guilty in violation of Uzbek legislation and were fined. The organization, headquarters in Texas, has been active in Uzbekistan since 2000.