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  • Extraditing Safarov To Azerbaijan Causes Bewilderment And Resentment

    EXTRADITING SAFAROV TO AZERBAIJAN CAUSES BEWILDERMENT AND RESENTMENT - ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT VICE CHAIRMAN

    news.am
    August 31, 2012 | 15:39

    YEREVAN. - The Hungarian authorities' move to extradite criminal
    Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan causes bewilderment and resentment at
    the very least, Armenian National Assembly Deputy Speaker and ruling
    Republican Party Press Secretary Eduard Sharmazanov stated.

    In his words, it was clear as to what was to await that killer in
    Azerbaijan.

    "And with respect to [Azerbaijani President Ilham] Aliyev's decision
    to grant him pardon, this move proves yet again that the policy of
    Armenian-hatred and fascism is conducted and encouraged in Azerbaijan
    on a state level. I believe Azerbaijan's astonishing move to grant
    this killer pardon shall not remain unanswered and must be condemned
    by the international community," said Sharmazanov.

    To note, Hungary has extradited Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan. It was
    informed that Ilham Aliyev had already granted pardon to the murderer,
    and Azerbaijani MP Ceyhun Osmanli likewise had confirmed the news
    about Safarov's extradition.

    As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, on February 19, 2004,
    Ramil Safarov, a lieutenant of the Azerbaijani Amy, murdered Armenian
    officer Gurgen Margaryan.

    On January 11, 2004, Margaryan had left for Budapest to participate
    in a three-month English language course, which was part of NATO's
    Partnership for Peace program. On February 19 he was axed, while
    asleep, by his fellow Azerbaijani participant, Lieutenant Ramil
    Safarov. The murder took place at 5am in the morning, while the victim
    was asleep.

    When interrogated, Safarov had confessed he had planned to murder of
    two Armenian officers "by chopping off their heads."

    Despite the confession, Azerbaijani propaganda attempted to make
    Ramil Safarov a national hero and deceive the international community.

    On April 16, 2006, the Hungarian court sentenced Safarov to life
    imprisonment and without a possibility of appeal until 2036. The
    judge, Andras Vaskuti, had cited as the reasons for the sentence the
    premeditated nature and brutality of the crime, and the fact that
    Safarov showed no remorse for his deeds.

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