Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service

Azerbhaijan: Shock at second baptist pastor arrest

Three months after Baptist pastor Zaur Balaev was freed from prison on what his family and congregation insist were trumped-up charges, another Baptist pastor in the same remote village of Aliabad in the north-western Zakatala Region in Azerbhaijan has been arrested.

Azerbaijan: Baptist pastor faces new prison sentence

Baptist former prisoner of conscience Zaur Balaev, who was freed on 19 March after being held for nearly a year for leading his congregation, was summoned and threatened with a new prison term in early May.