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HUNGARIAN OMBUDSMAN ONCE AGAIN ASKS FOR DOCUMENTS ON SAFAROV'S REPATRIATION
news.am
October 08, 2012 | 15:54
Fundamental Rights Ombudsman Mate Szabo said last week that the
Justice Ministry had not responded within 15 days to a request for
information regarding Azerbaijani murderer Ramil Safarov's extradition.
The ministry said that Justice Minister Tibor Navracsics had replied
to Szabo's letter of 19 September, asking the ombudsman to submit
an official request for access to classified documents, the Budapest
Times reports.
In his letter addressed to the ministry, Szabo said Hungarian law
prevents the repatriation of a convicted criminal in the absence of
assurances that he will serve out the remainder of his sentence.
Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier that Ramil Safarov, a lieutenant
in the Azerbaijani military, was extradited on August 31 from Hungary,
where he was serving a life sentence-and with no expression of
either regret or remorse-for the premeditated axe murder of Armenian
lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan, in his sleep, during a NATO Partnership
for Peace program in Budapest back in 2004.
As expected, Ramil Safarov's return to Baku was welcomed, as was
his act of murder, by the officials of president Ilham Aliyev's
government and much of Azerbaijani society, and the Azerbaijani
president immediately granted him a pardon.
And Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan announced on August 31 that
Armenia is suspending its diplomatic ties with Hungary.
Ramil Safarov's pardoning is condemned by virtually all international
organizations.
news.am
October 08, 2012 | 15:54
Fundamental Rights Ombudsman Mate Szabo said last week that the
Justice Ministry had not responded within 15 days to a request for
information regarding Azerbaijani murderer Ramil Safarov's extradition.
The ministry said that Justice Minister Tibor Navracsics had replied
to Szabo's letter of 19 September, asking the ombudsman to submit
an official request for access to classified documents, the Budapest
Times reports.
In his letter addressed to the ministry, Szabo said Hungarian law
prevents the repatriation of a convicted criminal in the absence of
assurances that he will serve out the remainder of his sentence.
Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier that Ramil Safarov, a lieutenant
in the Azerbaijani military, was extradited on August 31 from Hungary,
where he was serving a life sentence-and with no expression of
either regret or remorse-for the premeditated axe murder of Armenian
lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan, in his sleep, during a NATO Partnership
for Peace program in Budapest back in 2004.
As expected, Ramil Safarov's return to Baku was welcomed, as was
his act of murder, by the officials of president Ilham Aliyev's
government and much of Azerbaijani society, and the Azerbaijani
president immediately granted him a pardon.
And Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan announced on August 31 that
Armenia is suspending its diplomatic ties with Hungary.
Ramil Safarov's pardoning is condemned by virtually all international
organizations.