Tashkent, Uzbekistan -  The Samarkand  regional justice department has closed two Christian churches in Samarkand city, accusing them of regularly  breaching  their constitutions approved by the Uzbek government  and  of  illegal missionary work, a source in the department said on Wednesday.
     The  ban  was  placed  on  a  Seventh-day Adventist  church  and a Protestant church, the source told reporters.