Minsk City Court rejects Alexander Lapshin’s appeal

Alas, Minsk City Court has rejected Alexander Lapshin’s appeal and upheld the Prosecutor’s decision. Only one instance is left, Higher Court, to which an appeal can be presented in a 10-day period. Ara Zohrabyan, Chairman of the RA Union of Advocates informs about it. He also adds that with the support of our best specialists the package of documents to be presented to the UNO (in part of Belarus) and the ECHR (in part of Azerbaijan) are being prepared. To remind, 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. The Deputy Prosecutor General of Belarus 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