“Lapshin’s extradition took place within the law, and from now on, those paying illegal visits to the occupied Azerbaijani territories, will perceive the responsibility. We will further take measures in this direction,” he added.
Alexander Lapshin, a citizen of several countries, has illegally visited Azerbaijani territories, occupied by Armenia.
Lapshin is accused of violating Azerbaijani laws on state border in April 2011 and October 2012. He also was promoting the illegal regime established on Azerbaijan’s occupied lands, presenting Nagorno-Karabakh as an “independent state”. Lapshin also made public incitements aimed at violating Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity on April 6 and June 29, 2016.
On Jan. 17, Belarus issued a ruling for Lapshin’s extradition to Azerbaijan. Lapshin was brought to Azerbaijan on Feb. 7.
Azerbaijani Prosecutor General`s Office filed a suit against Lapshin under the articles of 281.2 (appeals directed against the state) and 318.2 (illegal border crossing) of the Criminal Code.
Azerbaijani PA official comments on Lapshin’s case
10 February 2017
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The opinions about insignificance of the extradition of blogger Lapshin, who has a citizen of Russia and Israel and paid illegal visits to the occupied Azerbaijani territories, are wrong, Chingiz Asgarov, head of the human rights protection unit at the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration’s department of work with law-enforcement agencies, told AzVision.az on Friday.
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