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Time in Yerevan: 11:07,   29 March 2024

Lapshin's attorneys alarmed as Belarus might extradite detained blogger to Azerbaijan

Lapshin's attorneys alarmed as Belarus might extradite detained blogger to Azerbaijan

YEREVAN, JANUARY 20, ARMENPRESS. Ara Zohrabyan, President of the Chamber of Advocates of Armenia, who is in constant contact with the attorney’s of detained blogger Alexander Lapshin, received the copy of the excerpt from the decision of Belarus’ deputy prosecutor general, according to which Belarus intends to extradite the blogger to Azerbaijan.

Zohrabyan released a statement, saying:

“The Deputy Prosecutor General of Belarus has made a decision to uphold the request of Azerbaijan’s General Prosecutor on extraditing citizen of Russia and Israel Alexander Lapshin, who is wanted for violating Articles 281.2 and 318.2 of Azerbaijan’s Criminal Code.

This decision can be appealed within 10 days to the Minsk city Court. The decision hasn’t yet been provided to Lapshin’s attorneys. The attorneys were able to make an excerpt from it. The working group of the Chamber of Advocates is working on this within its possibilities and will provide assistance to Lapshin. Alexander Lapshin is in need of our protection. I urge all my attorney and reporter colleagues to join the protection of Alexander Lapshin”.

Belarus police arrested Lapshin on December 15, 2016 in Minsk. Lapshin resides in Moscow and writes for the famous Russian Travel Blog. He is wanted by Azerbaijan for visiting Nagorno Karabakh in 2011, 2012 and 2016, and criticizing Azerbaijan’s policy in his blog.








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