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“Beaten” Baptist Conscript Released

July 22, 2005 | Azerbaijan
July 22, 2005
Azerbaijan

(BosNewsLife) – A Baptist young man who received a two year suspended prison sentence and was allegedly beaten for refusing to swear the military oath or wearing arms, has returned to his unit to serve the remaining time of his obligatory military service, Christian investigators said. In a statement monitored Friday, July 22, the Voice Of the Martyrs Canada (VOMC) said Gagik Mirzoyan had been called to serve in the unrecognized republic of Nagorno-Karabakh , internationally considered part of Azerbaijan .

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