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Show and Uruguay are circulating similar sim-ilar petitions to acquaint the people of those countries, as well as Frondizi, with the condition that exists in Argentina. . Rights Denied The Salt Lake City, South unit Congregation of Jehovah's witnesses wit-nesses learned at a meeting of June 25, 1959 that Jehovah's witnesses wit-nesses in Argentina have been denied their constitutional rights of free assembly and worship. A vote of protest was taken and plans discussed to petition the Argentine Argen-tine Republic to correct the restriction res-triction laid on the Christian group's activities. Mr. E. G. Hatton, the local congregation's presiding minister, min-ister, said that in spite of many liberal advancements made by the present Argentine government that ousted the dictatorial Peron regime, re-gime, a few non-Catholic religious groups that were declared illegal by Peron have yet to be recognized recog-nized by Argentina's constitutional president, Arturo Frondizi. According to Mr. Hatton, two different applications for recog-, recog-, nition were denied by the "Ministry "Min-istry of Worship," adepartmentof the government formed by Peron to control the registry o'f all non-Catholic non-Catholic religions in the country. Furthermore, two futile appeals have been, made to the present government to rescind the order denying Jehovah's witnesses the right to register. The latest appeal ap-peal was made following a new decree signed by Frondizi on February 6, 1959, giving non-Cat- . holic religions full right to worship wor-ship God as guaranteed by Article 14 of the Argentine Constitution. Mr. Hatton said the more than 6,000 Jehovah's witnesses in Argentina Ar-gentina began circulation of a petition pet-ition addressed to the president of the Argentine Republic requesting request-ing recognithion under the new, liberal provision of his government.' gov-ernment.' The neighboring countries count-ries of Bolivia, Chile, Paraquay, |