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HUNGARY OMBUDSMAN RENEWS REQUEST TO JUSTICE MINISTRY FOR DOCUMENTS ON REPATRIATION OF RAMIR SAFAROV
ARMENPRESS
8 October, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 8, ARMENPRESS: The office of Fundamental Rights
Ombudsman Mate Szabo announced that the Justice Ministry had not
responded within 15 days to a request for information regarding
Safarov's repatriation on Tuesday. As Armenpress reports citing
Budapesttimes Justice Minister Tibor Navracsics responded to Szabo's
letter of 19 September,asking the ombudsman to submit an official
request for access to classified documents.
Szabo had noted in his letter that Hungarian law prevents the
repatriation of a convicted criminal in the absence of assurances
that he will serve out the remainder of his sentence. The documents
released by the government as the scandal broke in the days following
Safarov's release contained no assurances from the Azeri side that
the murderer would not be pardoned, referring only to a clause in
the relevant treaty that prevents the alteration of the sentence.
Azerbaijani Ramil Safarov axe murdering Armenian serviceman Gurgen
Margaryan in Budapest on February 19, 2004 while participating in NATO
English training courses was extradited to Azerbaijan on August 31,
2012 by Hungarian authorities despite the fact Hungarian court had
sentenced Ramil Safarov to a life imprisonment with no right to be
pardoned in 30 years time . Yet the assassin was not mainly released
in Homeland but, was presented with a flat, passport and granted to
a mayor title. Armenia suspended relations with Hungary.
From: Baghdasarian
ARMENPRESS
8 October, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 8, ARMENPRESS: The office of Fundamental Rights
Ombudsman Mate Szabo announced that the Justice Ministry had not
responded within 15 days to a request for information regarding
Safarov's repatriation on Tuesday. As Armenpress reports citing
Budapesttimes Justice Minister Tibor Navracsics responded to Szabo's
letter of 19 September,asking the ombudsman to submit an official
request for access to classified documents.
Szabo had noted in his letter that Hungarian law prevents the
repatriation of a convicted criminal in the absence of assurances
that he will serve out the remainder of his sentence. The documents
released by the government as the scandal broke in the days following
Safarov's release contained no assurances from the Azeri side that
the murderer would not be pardoned, referring only to a clause in
the relevant treaty that prevents the alteration of the sentence.
Azerbaijani Ramil Safarov axe murdering Armenian serviceman Gurgen
Margaryan in Budapest on February 19, 2004 while participating in NATO
English training courses was extradited to Azerbaijan on August 31,
2012 by Hungarian authorities despite the fact Hungarian court had
sentenced Ramil Safarov to a life imprisonment with no right to be
pardoned in 30 years time . Yet the assassin was not mainly released
in Homeland but, was presented with a flat, passport and granted to
a mayor title. Armenia suspended relations with Hungary.
From: Baghdasarian