STEPANAKERT. - The verdict of the Supreme Court of Belarus, which has upheld the decision to hand over well-known blogger Alexander Lapshin to Azerbaijan for criminal prosecution is not only an expression of outright support for the policy of intimidating foreign citizens pursued by the Azerbaijani authorities, but also a flagrant violation of the fundamental rights to the freedom of movement and freedom of speech.

The MFA of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) told the aforementioned to Artsakhpress.

Intending to hand over Alexander Lapshin to Azerbaijan upon the request of Baku—based on the trumped-up and politically biased case—the Belarusian authorities demonstrate that they put political benefit above democratic norms and principles of legitimacy and justice, the MFA noted.