Famous blogger and traveler Alexander Lapshin met with representatives of numerous European organizations during a trip to a number of European countries and informed about what he had to face during his stay in the Azerbaijani prison, Lapshin told NEWS.am.
Alexander Lapshin tells representatives of CoE, OSCE, EU about bullying in Azerbaijani prison
STEPANAKERT, MAY 5, ARTSAKHPRESS:In two weeks Alexander Lapshin has visited Strasbourg, Berlin, Vienna, Brussels, London. He spoke at the PACE, met with Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović, vice-president of the CoE Anti-Torture Committee, Mark Kelly. Lapshin met with MPs German Bundestag in Berlin, OSCE Media Freedom Representative Harlem Désir and his office Director Frane Maroevic in Vienna. International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). In London, meetings were held with the leadership of Amnesty International and in Paris with Reporters Without Borders.
In late 2016, Israeli, Russian, and Ukrainian citizen blogger Alexander Lapshin was detained in Belarus, and based on his international search by Azerbaijan. Baku had “blacklisted” him for visiting Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh).
Subsequently, Belarus extradited Lapshin to Azerbaijan, and a court in Baku sentenced him to three years in prison.
But on September 11, 2017, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev signed an order of granting pardon to this blogger.
Alexander Lapshin left Azerbaijan on September 14 and went to Israel.
