Baptist Monitoring Group Cites Problems in Azerbaijan

Representatives from the European Baptist Federation (EBF) and the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) recently issued a report citing human rights and religious liberty shortcomings in Azerbaijan. The report, addressed to Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev on Jan. 15, came...

Azerbaijani Baptist Pastor Avoids Prison, For Now

A jailed Baptist pastor in Azerbaijan won a partial victory July 29 when a judge decided not to convict him of criminal charges and referred the case back to the prosecutor for further investigation. “We were partially successful,” the lawyer representing...