Azerbaijani president announces pardon of Israeli blogger arrested for criticizing government
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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev announced the release of Israeli blogger Alexander Lapshin who was arrested for crossing the border into Nagorno-Karabakh without prior approval from authorities.
The pardon will come into force in five days.
Lapshin was arrested for publishing critical posts against the president and was extradited by Belarus to Azerbaijani authorities nine months ago.
