by Sue H. Poss | Jun 4, 2009 | News
Two pastors imprisoned in Azerbaijan have now been released, but the array of problems in countries and regions where religious freedom is hampered by a majority religion or political structures continues. That is why one-third of the receipts from this year’s...
by BWA Staff | Apr 3, 2009 | News
Washington, DC (BWA) –Three Baptist women were detained and fined for “illegally spreading Christianity and other faiths” in the South Caucasus country of Azerbaijan on March 25. The three, who are from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, were charged...
by Brian Kaylor | Jan 29, 2009 | News
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...
by Bob Allen | Aug 4, 2008 | News
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...
by Bob Allen | Aug 10, 2007 | News
A Baptist pastor in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison for using violence against police breaking up a meeting of his house church and arresting him in May–allegations members of the church insist are...