Israeli embassy representatives visit blogger Lapshin in Azerbaijan
The representatives of Israel’s Embassy in Azerbaijan visited RussianIsraeli blogger Alexander Lapshin who was extradited from Belarus to Azerbaijan, Lapshin’s lawyer said, the Azerbaijani Trend news agency reported.
The Embassy representatives got acquainted with Lapshin’s arrest conditions. The lawyer said Lapshin had no complaint and waits for the completion of the investigation. The lawyer also informed that Lapshin holds phone talks with his mother.
Alexander Lapshin, the Russian-Israeli blogger who was extradited from Belarus to Azerbaijan on February 7, has been placed in the isolation cell in Azerbaijan’s state security service.
The Belarus Supreme Court denied Lapshin’s appeal on the extradition verdict issued by the General Prosecutor of Belarus. Lapshin faces up to 5 years imprisonment in Azerbaijan, under charges of “public calls against the state”, and “unauthorized crossing of borders”.
