Tag: Aliabad

Azerbaijan court turns down Baptist pastor’s appeal

February 13, 2018 Azerbaijan Aliabad, Azerbaijan, Baku, Hamid Shabanov

Hamid Shabanov in 2007. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

Azerbaijan’s Constitutional Court in the capital, Baku, has informed Baptist pastor Hamid Shabanov that it will not be considering his appeal against a large fine for meeting for worship without state permission, reports regional news agency Forum 18. He cannot appeal to the higher Supreme Court because his offence was . . . Read More

Azerbaijan: Baptist leader pays fine but continues challenge to religious freedom

December 18, 2017 Azerbaijan Aliabad, Azerbaijan, Hamid Shabanov, Zakatala

A Baptist church leader has agreed to part pay his state fine for holding a worship meeting despite disagreeing with the court’s decision, reports regional news agency Forum 18. In December, officials demanded that Mehman Agamammadov, who helps lead a church in Aliabad, a village in the Zakatala district of . . . Read More

Azerbaijan: ‘no fair trial’ for house-church leader appealing against fine

October 19, 2017 Azerbaijan Aliabad, Azerbaijan, Baku, Hamid Shabanov, House churches, Religious freedom

An Azerbaijani man fined for leading a “house church” without state permission has not been treated fairly during his appeal against the fine, a local source has told World Watch Monitor. The source, who wishes to remain anonymous, said there have been “multiple violations of law and process” against Hamid . . . Read More

Azerbaijan: Baptist pastor challenges state over constitutional right to worship

July 18, 2017 Azerbaijan Aliabad, Baku, Communism, Hamid Shabanov, House churches

A Baptist pastor who has led a “house church” in Azerbaijan for 25 years is to challenge his latest “offence”, citing the country’s constitutional rights, reports Forum 18. Hamid Shabanov, and another church member, Mehman Agamammadov, were each given the minimum fine of 1,500 manats (900 US dollars) for leading . . . Read More

Azerbaijani Christians fined over ‘illegal’ prayer meeting

December 13, 2016 Azerbaijan Aliabad, Hamid Shabanov, House churches

Thirty people were arrested when a dozen policemen interrupted the prayer meeting on the morning of 27 November at the house of Gamid and Ginayat Shabanov in Aliabad, a village in the south of Azerbaijan.

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UPDATE (13 Dec.) Two Azerbaijani church leaders have been fined 1,500 Azerbaijani Manats ($850) each for holding an “illegal” prayer meeting. All 30 attendees were initially arrested when a dozen policemen interrupted the meeting on the morning of 27 November at the house of Hamid and Ginayat Shabanov in Aliabad, . . . Read More

Azerbaijani Christians face fines for ‘illegal’ prayer meeting

December 12, 2016 Azerbaijan Aliabad, Churches, Hamid Shabanov

Twenty-four Azerbaijani Christians have been told they will be fined at least 1,500 Azerbaijani Manats ($850) each for participating in an “illegal” prayer meeting at a church leader’s home. All 30 attendees were initially arrested when a dozen policemen interrupted the meeting on the morning of 27 November at the . . . Read More

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