UZBEKISTAN: Registration applications denied, officials refuse to explain why

[Patiently waiting for Truth]

https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2622

Shia Muslim, Jehovah's Witness, and Protestant religious communities have all had recent applications to exist refused. In many cases the excuse used has been refusals by local authorities to provide documents as part of the complex, time-consuming and expensive application process. In some cases registration applications have led to reprisals, such as police demands that Protestant Christians renounce their faith.

Just as in 2019 and in previous years, Jehovah's Witness communities have been refused registration in 2020 in Tashkent and Fergana. The excuse the regime has used is the refusal of local authorities to supply a letter confirming the communities' existence as part of the complex, time-consuming and expensive application procedure. Officials have refused to explain to Forum 18 why they did this (see below).

[Matthew9969]

I wonder if jw's will believe this is persecution only on them and not the rest of the christian religions trying to apply?