Blogger Alexander Lapshin’s lawyers have appealed the decision on his extradition to Azerbaijan at the Supreme Court of Belarus, TASS quotes the Court’s Press Secretary Yulia Lyaskova as saying.
“Tomorrow (February 7) the Supreme Court will consider the legality and validity of the ruling of the Minsk City Court, which recognized the decision of the Belarus Prosecutor General’s Office on his extradition to Azerbaijan valid,” she said.
Alexander Lapshin, who holds Russian and Israeli citizenship, was detained in Minsk in December 2015 at the request of Azerbaijan for his prior visits to Nagorno Karabakh.
