Armenian Ombudsman accentuated  recent Azerbaijani actions and  Lapshin extradition to attention of  CE Commissioner 

ArmInfo. On 23 January the Human Rights Defender had a meeting with Nils Muiznieks, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.  During the meeting a number of issues related to the protection of  the human rights were discussed.

Particularly, the mechanisms of the implementation of the new Law on  the Human Rights Defender have been discussed. The Commissioner  stressed the importance of the regulations in the new Law regarding  the cooperation with civil society. The issues related to the  protection of the rights of persons deprived of liberty, military  servicemen, and persons with disabilities, as well as other issues  have been discussed.

The Defender presented to the Commissioner the details of the armed  attacks in Chinari village by Azerbaijani military forces in the end  of December 2016 and in the beginning of January 2017, the results of  the fact-finding mission, conducted by the Defender's Office, as well  as the report, with the obtained evidences.

Moreover, during the meeting the Defender presented in details the  case of the extradition of Alexander Lapshin and its unacceptable and  negative impact. Specifically, according to the Defender, it deeply  endangers the freedom of expression as a prevention of the violations  by the Azerbaijani armed forces.  During the meeting parties also  discussed the Law on Ombudsman.