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HUNGARY'S OMBUDSMAN AND SOCIALIST OPPOSITIONISTS ASK FOR ALL-INCLUSIVE REPORT CONCERNING TRANSFER OF LIFE- SENTENCED AZERI NATIONAL RAMIL SAFAROV FROM GOVERNMENT
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Tuesday, September 11, 17:36
Hungary's ombudsman on Monday asked for an all-inclusive report
concerning the transfer of life-sentenced Azeri national Ramil Sahib
Safarov from the justice minister. The ombudsman's office expects
information on the preparation of the transfer to Azerbaijan, on
preliminary cabinet decisions, their reasons and background, and on an
alleged written guarantee from the Azeri government [to keep Safarov
behind bars], ombudsman Mate Szabo wrote in a statement sent to MTI
on Monday.
The ombudsman recalled that Hungarian laws stipulate that a transfer
can only take place if the receiving country assures the sender about
upholding and continuing the sentence the convict received. Earlier in
the day, Socialist lawmaker Gergely Barandy, member of parliament's
constitutional committee, had requested access to the documents
relating to Safarov's transfer. Members of parliament's constitutional
committee will be given access to the papers, the committee's chairman
Laszlo Salamon, of the co-ruling Christian Democrats, said on Monday,
quoting a letter by Justice Minister Tibor Navracsics.
Earlier on Monday Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in parliament
that the government decision on the repatriation of the Azeri axe
murderer was just. Orban said he rejected suggestions by the opposition
Socialists that financial considerations were behind the government's
decision to transfer Ramil Safarov to his homeland. He said the legal
practice in Hungary "had always been and will remain so" to allow a
sentenced person to complete their punishment at home if their home
country requests this.
Safarov, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for killing
an Armenian in Budapest in 2004, was transferred from Hungary to
Azerbaijan on August 31. On arrival in Baku, he was pardoned by the
president and released. Armenia suspended diplomatic relations with
Hungary later that day.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
arminfo
Tuesday, September 11, 17:36
Hungary's ombudsman on Monday asked for an all-inclusive report
concerning the transfer of life-sentenced Azeri national Ramil Sahib
Safarov from the justice minister. The ombudsman's office expects
information on the preparation of the transfer to Azerbaijan, on
preliminary cabinet decisions, their reasons and background, and on an
alleged written guarantee from the Azeri government [to keep Safarov
behind bars], ombudsman Mate Szabo wrote in a statement sent to MTI
on Monday.
The ombudsman recalled that Hungarian laws stipulate that a transfer
can only take place if the receiving country assures the sender about
upholding and continuing the sentence the convict received. Earlier in
the day, Socialist lawmaker Gergely Barandy, member of parliament's
constitutional committee, had requested access to the documents
relating to Safarov's transfer. Members of parliament's constitutional
committee will be given access to the papers, the committee's chairman
Laszlo Salamon, of the co-ruling Christian Democrats, said on Monday,
quoting a letter by Justice Minister Tibor Navracsics.
Earlier on Monday Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in parliament
that the government decision on the repatriation of the Azeri axe
murderer was just. Orban said he rejected suggestions by the opposition
Socialists that financial considerations were behind the government's
decision to transfer Ramil Safarov to his homeland. He said the legal
practice in Hungary "had always been and will remain so" to allow a
sentenced person to complete their punishment at home if their home
country requests this.
Safarov, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for killing
an Armenian in Budapest in 2004, was transferred from Hungary to
Azerbaijan on August 31. On arrival in Baku, he was pardoned by the
president and released. Armenia suspended diplomatic relations with
Hungary later that day.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress