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Coordinating Council of the CIS Prosecutors General concerned over
Ramil Safarov's promotion in Azerbaijan
tert.am
21:56 - 05.10.12
The Coordinating Council of the CIS Prosecutors General expressed its
concern over the fact that Azerbaijan has made a hero of Azeri officer
Ramil Safarov, who brutally murdered Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan
in Budapest, Hungary, on February 19, 2004.
During NATO-held English language courses, Ramil Safarov, using an
axe, murdered Gurgen Margaryan while the latter was asleep.
On April 13, 2006, the Hungarian court sentenced Ramil Safarov to life
imprisonment without right to pardon for 30 years.
In February 2007, the Court of Appeal upheld the verdict. However, on
August 31, 2012, Ramil Safarov was transferred to Azerbaijan and
granted pardon by President Ilham Aliyev.
That step caused a harsh reaction in Armenia, which immediately
suspended diplomatic relations with Hungary. Many countries and
international organizations expressed their concern as well.
At its meeting in Ukraine, October 5, the Coordinating Council of the
CIS Prosecutors General made a note of a resolution presented by
Deputy Prosecutor General of Armenia Mnatsakan Sargsyan.
The resolution `condemns the Azerbaijani president's decision to grant
pardon to Ramil Safarov, a criminal convicted by a Hungarian court;
the policy of heroizing Ramil Safarov in Azerbaijan and his promotion
to the military rank of major, payment of salary for eight years and
provision of a flat.' The resolution says that Azerbaijan's
authorities grossly violated the Convention on the Transfer of
Sentenced Persons and conveys concerns that Azerbaijan's promoting a
criminal who committed murder on ethnic grounds may create favorable
conditions for recurrences.
Ramil Safarov's promotion in Azerbaijan
tert.am
21:56 - 05.10.12
The Coordinating Council of the CIS Prosecutors General expressed its
concern over the fact that Azerbaijan has made a hero of Azeri officer
Ramil Safarov, who brutally murdered Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan
in Budapest, Hungary, on February 19, 2004.
During NATO-held English language courses, Ramil Safarov, using an
axe, murdered Gurgen Margaryan while the latter was asleep.
On April 13, 2006, the Hungarian court sentenced Ramil Safarov to life
imprisonment without right to pardon for 30 years.
In February 2007, the Court of Appeal upheld the verdict. However, on
August 31, 2012, Ramil Safarov was transferred to Azerbaijan and
granted pardon by President Ilham Aliyev.
That step caused a harsh reaction in Armenia, which immediately
suspended diplomatic relations with Hungary. Many countries and
international organizations expressed their concern as well.
At its meeting in Ukraine, October 5, the Coordinating Council of the
CIS Prosecutors General made a note of a resolution presented by
Deputy Prosecutor General of Armenia Mnatsakan Sargsyan.
The resolution `condemns the Azerbaijani president's decision to grant
pardon to Ramil Safarov, a criminal convicted by a Hungarian court;
the policy of heroizing Ramil Safarov in Azerbaijan and his promotion
to the military rank of major, payment of salary for eight years and
provision of a flat.' The resolution says that Azerbaijan's
authorities grossly violated the Convention on the Transfer of
Sentenced Persons and conveys concerns that Azerbaijan's promoting a
criminal who committed murder on ethnic grounds may create favorable
conditions for recurrences.