Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Justice received no appeal from the Israeli government over the extradition of blogger Alexander Lapshin, sentenced to three years in prison in Azerbaijan, his lawyer Edward Chernin told APA.
“The Israeli government should within six days send an appeal to the Azerbaijani Justice Ministry over Lapshin’s extradition. After this, we will appeal to the court,” said the lawyer.
Earlier, Lapshin had asked Israel’s Embassy in Azerbaijan for his extradition to Israel.
Alexander Lapshin is a citizen of several countries and had a criminal collusion with Armenians in the occupied Azerbaijani territories. He also illegally visited these territories.
Lapshin was detained in Belarus on December 15, 2016 at the request of the Azerbaijani government. He was brought to Azerbaijan on February 7, 2017.
On July 20, Lapshin was sentenced to three years in prison by the Baku Court on Grave Crimes. He will serve the sentence in a correctional facility upon the court decision.
Lapshin was charged under articles 281.2 (public appeals against the state) and 318.2 (illegal border crossing).
The charge against Lapshin under Article 281.2 of the Azerbaijani Criminal Code (public appeals against the state) was dropped due to a lack of evidence.
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