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    Artsakh Public TV says Karabakh shocked by Azeri editor's murder

    Artsakh Public TV, Stepanakert
    4 Mar 05

    [Presenter over video of journalists and public figures] Nagornyy
    Karabakh journalists and public are shocked by the assassination of an
    Azerbaijani journalist and the editor-in-chief of Monitor magazine,
    Elmar Huseynov.

    Artsakh Public TV has interviewed some journalists and public figures
    and they said the following:

    [Karen Ogadzhanyan, head of Karabakh Helsinki Initiative-92] I
    personally knew Elmar Huseynov. He was a man with a broad and
    democratic outlook. I want to offer my condolences to Elmar's
    relatives. I think that his assassination is a step towards the return
    of terror in Azerbaijan, which can also spread to other countries in
    the South Caucasus. I think that democratic forces in Azerbaijan and
    abroad should unite and stop the spread of terror. The spread of
    terror will affect Azerbaijan's democratic development and the
    Nagornyy Karabakh conflict settlement. It will be much more difficult
    or even impossible to settle the conflict with undemocratic
    Azerbaijan.

    [Gegam Bagdasaryan, president of Stepanakert (Xankandi) press club]
    The assassination of Elmar Huseynov shows that something is wrong in
    Azerbaijan. It shows that the authorities put their own interests
    above those of the public. The assassination also has a direct impact
    on the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict settlement. If the Azerbaijani
    authorities kill people of the same nationality, what will they do to
    people of other nationalities? Anyway, it is also a tragedy for the
    family of Elmar Huseynov and I offer my condolences to Elmar's family.
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