Russian Official Opposes Blogger’s Extradition To Azerbaijan

February 1, 2017
Russian Human Rights Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova (Photo: RT)

Russian Human Rights Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova (Photo: RT)

MOSCOW, Russia (RFE/RL)””Russia’s top human rights official has warned authorities in Belarus against handing over to Azerbaijan a Russian-Israeli blogger who was arrested in Minsk in December because of his past trips to Nagorno-Karabakh.

The state Ombudsman, Tatyana Moskalkova, issued a statement late Tuesday warning that Alexander Lapshin’s extradition is “inadmissible.”

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