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Verdict on Lapshin’s Case Expected Soon

Lragir, Armenia
July 20 2017

Lragir.am
Law – Thursday, 20 July 2017, 09:56

The Russian and Israeli citizen, blogger Alexander Lapshin did not plead guilty during the court sitting in Baku, Armenpress informed, referring to APA agency. Lapshin’s advocate Edward Chernin demanded acquittal. He dismissed all charges as groundless. “The opinions of experts are not based on credible evidence because in his articles Lapshin did not call for violating Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity,” Chernin said. Lapshin did not plead guilty for the charges brought against him. Earlier the prosecutor had demanded a sentence of 6 years and 6 months in prison for the blogger. Lapshin was charged with public appeals against the country under Article 281.2 and trespassing of the state border of the Republic of Azerbaijan under Article 318 of the Azerbaijani Criminal Court. Both articles envisaged punishments ranging from 5 to 8 years in prison. Lapshin’s wife, Ekaterina has regularly expressed concerns about her husband’s health in media, blaming the Azerbaijani media for false reports that he is feeling well. Ekaterina informed that after his arrest Lapshin started suffering from tachycardia and neuralgia. He has pain in his waist and leg and has difficulty moving. Ekaterina said a person with such conditions needs treatment in a hospital, not the medical post of the jail.
Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS
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