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Belarus court denies Lapshin’s complaint
The Supreme Court of Belarus has rejected the complaint filed by blogger Alexandr Lapshin regarding his extradition to Azerbaijan. Lapshin did not attend the trial, which was held on February 7. Russian-Israeli blogger Alexandr Lapshin was arrested in Minsk at the request of Baku authorities on December 15 over his visits to the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic in 2011, 2012 and 2016. In January 2017, the Minsk City Court rejected the journalist’s appeal against the Belarusian Prosecutor General’s Office on his extradition to Azerbaijan. Lapshin’s wife has requested the country’s authorities to provide additional protection.
