Alexander Lapshin’s mother to testify in court - UPDATED

Alexander Lapshin’s mother to testify in court - <span style="color: red;">UPDATED
# 03 July 2017 13:23 (UTC +04:00)

Witnesses gave testimony at the hearing presided over by judge Alovsat Abbasov, APA reported.

Witness Eyyb Abdulazimov said that he is an internally displaced person from Shusha and he knows Lapshin for his articles in the press: “I have properties in Shusha. These are my native lands. Lapshin went to Karabakh and introduced my native land as an Armenian state. However, these territories are Azerbaijani lands. Armenians occupied my properties in Shusha. No one has the right to violate the Azerbaijani borders. Therefore, I want Lapshin to be punished properly.”

Witness Fakhraddin Safarov testified that he lived in Shusha until it was occupied, and he had many properties there. He said that Lapshin offended all Azerbaijanis. “My great-grandfather was also born in Shusha. These are historic Azerbaijani lands. From press I knew that he wrote anti-Azerbaijan articles. I have fought in Karabakh. Armenians raped a 6-year-old girl there. And Lapshin violates our rights by defending the occupiers and aggressors. Therefore he should admit his guilt”, he said.

The judge mentioned that three more witnesses will testify.

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The Baku Court of Grave Crimes continued the trial in the case of blogger Alexander Lapshin, who is under prison in Azerbaijan.

Witnesses gave testimony at the hearing presided over by judge Alovsat Abbasov, APA reported.

The judge mentioned that Lapshin’s mother also wants to testify at the trial. She will be allowed to the next hearing.

The trial will be continued on July 6.

Alexander Lapshin is a citizen of several countries and has had a criminal conspiracy with Armenians living in the occupied Azerbaijani territories. He also illegally visited these territories.

Lapshin is accused of violating Azerbaijani laws on state border in April 2011 and October 2012.

On 15 December 2016, he was detained in Belarus. On January 17, 2017, Alexei Stuk, deputy prosecutor general of Belarus, issued a ruling on Lapshin’s extradition to Azerbaijan. Lapshin was brought to Azerbaijan on February 7.

Lapshin faces charges under the Article 281.2 (Public appeals directed against the state) and 318.2 (Illegal crossing border of the Azerbaijan Republic) of the Criminal Code.

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THE OPERATION IS BEING PERFORMED