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    Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
    Dec 2 2004

    Armenians vow to prevent Azeri officer's extradition after trial


    Nazeli Vartanian, defense lawyer of Armenian serviceman Gurgen
    Markarian, who was murdered by an Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov
    in Budapest in 2003, and employee of the Armenian Defense Minister
    Hayk Demoian held a news conference in the Hungarian capital on
    Tuesday.
    The two said that Safarov may be sentenced to 10 to 15 years in jail
    or life imprisonment under the second provision of Article 166
    (murder or murder attempt) of the Hungarian Criminal Code.
    `The Azerbaijani side tries to extradite Safarov but we will make
    every effort to prevent his hand-over to Azerbaijan,' the speakers
    said.
    Lieutenant Ramil Safarov, an officer in the Azerbaijan Army, who was
    attending courses in Budapest, murdered his Armenian counterpart
    Markarian in a state of affect after the latter used foul language
    against the Azerbaijani people, martyrs and the national flag.
    The pre-trial hearing held in Budapest on November 25 decided to hold
    the Azerbaijani officer's trial on February 8, 2005.
    Hungarian Ombudsman Barnabas Lenkovich, who attended the third
    international conference of Ombudsmen in Baku on November 29-30, did
    not rule out that the trial of Safarov may be prolonged for another
    18 months under the country's relevant laws.*
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