The Supreme Court of Belarus examined complaints on the case of blogger Alexander Lapshin at the session on Tuesday morning.

As Lapshin’s lawyer told Armenian News - NEWS.am, the two complaints, on behalf of Alexander Lapshin, and on behalf of her were examined together.

“I was allowed to attend the meeting and to deliver speech,” the lawyer said.

Noting that the details of her speech are confidential and aren't subject to disclosure from the point of view of court she added that: “We asked to cancel the decision on the extradition and the resolution of the Minsk city court, and also asked to release Alexander Lapshin.”

The verdict of the Supreme Court will be announced during the day. It should be noted that this is the last court where the decision on the extradition can be appealed, since Belarus is not a party to the European Court.

After his visits to Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) in 2011 and 2012, famous blogger Alexander Lapshin was “blacklisted” by Azerbaijan.

In June 2016, however, he paid a visit to Azerbaijan, but with a Ukrainian passport. Subsequently, he issued several articles criticizing the Azerbaijani authorities. Afterward, the Azerbaijani authorities issued an international search for this famous blogger.

On December 15, 2016, he was detained in the Belarus capital city of Minsk, and based on this international search.

Baku demands his extradition to Azerbaijan, and for visiting Artsakh.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and US Department of State Spokesperson John Kirby, however, had spoken against Lapshin’s detention and such extradition, noting the importance of upholding freedom of speech.