Blogger to speak in Canada about his illegal sentence in AzerbaijanMay 7, 2018 - 10:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian-Israeli blogger Alexander Lapshin will be speaking in Canada about his experience in a prison in Baku and what he had to endure due to the actions of the Azerbaijani regime, the blogger revealed in a Facebook post. A blogger and traveler, Lapshin was illegally kidnapped in Belarus, deported to Azerbaijan and sentenced to 3 years in prison in 2017 for having visited Nagorno Karabakh as a tourist on 2011. Lapshin has filed a complaint in the European Court of Human Rights about the violation of his legitimate rights by Azerbaijan and an attempt of murder. "I consider it appropriate to inform you that on the website of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry in the section of people visiting the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh my name is indicated under number 27, and I am specified as a Canadian citizen," the blogger said in a letter addressed to the Ambassador of Canada to Israel. "I affirm that I am not a Canadian citizen, I have never been a Canadian citizen or resident in Canada. I do not understand why the Azerbaijani authorities have used my name and why they are trying to involve Canada in their political games over the ex-USSR space." Also, Lapshin said he will arrive in Canada in June 2018 to speak at various public venues and events, particularly about what he had to endure because of the actions of the Azerbaijani regime. Related links: Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |