YEREVAN. – Extradition of blogger Alexander Lapshin is a deal reached between two champions on human rights violations, head of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary faction Armen Rustamyan stated at traditional briefings in National Assembly on Friday.

There is nothing else to think as the president of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko personally supervised the trial. In the opinion of the head of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary faction, Armenia should convey a simple idea to international agencies: fundamental human rights are indisputable.

“Even in the conflict situations people have the right for freedom of movement, access to information and communication. Otherwise, for example, it is necessary to extradite tens of thousands of Russians visiting Crimea to Ukraine. The same comparison is applicable to many other conflict zones, including Karabakh and its inhabitants,” he said.

“The authorities of Azerbaijan have never thought to address François Hollande and demand the extradition of the French National Assembly deputy René Rouquet, who previously visited Nagorno-Karabakh. The only thing they could do was not to let him visit Azerbaijan at the meeting of presidium of PACE. Therefore, Armenia should raise the issue of priority of human rights in the international agency. When this question is ignored, the floor is taken by authoritarian regimes,” Rustamyan noted.