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Jehovah’s Witnesses

LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Azerbaijan

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Azerbaijan Supreme Court Exonerates Irina Zakharchenko and Valida Jabrayilova

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Jehovah’s Witnesses Appeal Fines for Speaking About Their Beliefs

APRIL 12, 2016

Azerbaijan Police Disrupt Commemoration of Christ’s Death

MARCH 7, 2016

Irina Zakharchenko and Valida Jabrayilova Appeal Guilty Verdicts

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Azerbaijan Convicts and Releases Irina Zakharchenko and Valida Jabrayilova

JANUARY 28, 2016

Irina Zakharchenko and Valida Jabrayilova Finally Released From Unjust Imprisonment

JANUARY 15, 2016

Judge Again Postpones Hearing and Delays Women’s Release

JANUARY 7, 2016

UN Working Group Requests That Azerbaijan Release Ms. Zakharchenko and Ms. Jabrayilova

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Judge Adjourns Trial and Returns Irina Zakharchenko and Valida Jabrayilova to Jail

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Azerbaijan Ignores UN Request to Transfer Irina Zakharchenko

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Jehovah’s Witnesses in Azerbaijan

Overview

Jehovah’s Witnesses—1,406
Congregations—13
Attendance at the annual Memorial of Christ’s death—2,911
Ratio of Jehovah’s Witnesses to population—1 to 6,989
Population—9,826,397

Historic Milestones

JANUARY 29, 2010 — SCWRA denies Witnesses’ reregistration application
MAY 8, 2009 — Government amends Law on Freedom of Religious Beliefs, requiring reregistration
FEBRUARY 7, 2002 — Reregistration of the Baku Religious Community of Jehovah’s Witnesses with the State Committee for Work with Religious Associations (SCWRA)
JANUARY 25, 2001 — Azerbaijan becomes the 43rd member state of the Council of Europe
DECEMBER 22, 1999 — Registration of the Baku Religious Community of Jehovah’s Witnesses with the Ministry of Justice