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MONUMENT TO GURGEN MARGARYAN SLAIN BY SAFAROV OPENS IN YEREVAN (PHOTO)
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September 28, 2013 | 12:32
YEREVAN. - A monument to Gurgen Margaryan, an Armenian officer slain
by Ramil Safarov, opened in the Armenian capital on Saturday (photo).
The opening of a monument coincided with the birthday of the Armenian
officer who would have turned 35 on September 26. Margaryan's mother
and Baroness Caroline Cox opened the monument.
The ceremony was attended by representatives of the Defense Ministry,
students of school bearing Gurgen Margaryan's name, public figures
and representatives of the diplomatic missions
In her address, Baroness Cox said she, being a mother, shares the
feelings of the Margaryan family.
"I was shocked by the reports about a murder of a sleeping man. I
was shocked when Ramil Safarov was pardoned in Azerbaijan. It raises
concerns in terms of educating the Azerbaijani youth," she said.
As reported earlier, Ramil Safarov, a then-lieutenant in the
Azerbaijani military, was extradited on August 31, 2012 from Hungary,
where he was serving a life sentence-and with no expression of
either regret or remorse-for the premeditated axe murder of Armenian
lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan, in his sleep, during a NATO Partnership
for Peace program in Budapest back in 2004. Safarov had planned on
killing the other Armenian military serviceman, who likewise was
attending the aforesaid program, but he was unable to carry out
this plan.
Ramil Safarov's return to Baku was welcomed, as was his act of murder,
by the officials of president Ilham Aliyev's government and much
of Azerbaijani society, and the Azerbaijani president immediately
granted him a pardon, he was declared a national hero, promoted to
a higher military rank, and was allocated housing and pension.
And Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan announced on August 31, 2012
that Armenia is suspending its diplomatic ties with Hungary. Also,
Sargsyan instructed the Ministry of Justice to take all measures to
petition to the international judicial tribunals, and with respect
to the Safarov case.
Ramil Safarov's pardoning was condemned by virtually all international
organizations.
The Armenian party had applied to ECtHR in February, in connection
with the Ramil Safarov case. The complaint is with respect to Articles
2 and 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Armenian and
foreign specialists are included in the working group that is preparing
the complaint.
Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am
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http://news.am/eng/news/173424.html
September 28, 2013 | 12:32
YEREVAN. - A monument to Gurgen Margaryan, an Armenian officer slain
by Ramil Safarov, opened in the Armenian capital on Saturday (photo).
The opening of a monument coincided with the birthday of the Armenian
officer who would have turned 35 on September 26. Margaryan's mother
and Baroness Caroline Cox opened the monument.
The ceremony was attended by representatives of the Defense Ministry,
students of school bearing Gurgen Margaryan's name, public figures
and representatives of the diplomatic missions
In her address, Baroness Cox said she, being a mother, shares the
feelings of the Margaryan family.
"I was shocked by the reports about a murder of a sleeping man. I
was shocked when Ramil Safarov was pardoned in Azerbaijan. It raises
concerns in terms of educating the Azerbaijani youth," she said.
As reported earlier, Ramil Safarov, a then-lieutenant in the
Azerbaijani military, was extradited on August 31, 2012 from Hungary,
where he was serving a life sentence-and with no expression of
either regret or remorse-for the premeditated axe murder of Armenian
lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan, in his sleep, during a NATO Partnership
for Peace program in Budapest back in 2004. Safarov had planned on
killing the other Armenian military serviceman, who likewise was
attending the aforesaid program, but he was unable to carry out
this plan.
Ramil Safarov's return to Baku was welcomed, as was his act of murder,
by the officials of president Ilham Aliyev's government and much
of Azerbaijani society, and the Azerbaijani president immediately
granted him a pardon, he was declared a national hero, promoted to
a higher military rank, and was allocated housing and pension.
And Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan announced on August 31, 2012
that Armenia is suspending its diplomatic ties with Hungary. Also,
Sargsyan instructed the Ministry of Justice to take all measures to
petition to the international judicial tribunals, and with respect
to the Safarov case.
Ramil Safarov's pardoning was condemned by virtually all international
organizations.
The Armenian party had applied to ECtHR in February, in connection
with the Ramil Safarov case. The complaint is with respect to Articles
2 and 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Armenian and
foreign specialists are included in the working group that is preparing
the complaint.
Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am
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