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    HUNGARIAN INTELLECTUALS VISIT GURGEN MARGARYAN'S GRAVE

    armradio.am
    16:12 10.10.2012

    Hungarian historian Zoltan Biro, theologian Gabor Ivanyi, journalist
    Gabor Deak and writer Rudolf Ungvary visited Gurgen Margaryan's grave
    at Yerablur Pantehon today.

    Armenian Officer Gurgen Margaryan was axed by Azeri Ramil Safarov
    during NATO courses in Budapest in 2004. On April 16, 2006, the
    Hungarian court sentenced Safarov to life imprisonment without
    possibility of appeal until 2036.

    In late August 2012, however, Hungarian authorities agreed to release
    and extradite Safarov to Azerbaijan to serve the remainder of his
    sentence there. However, upon his arrival in Azerbaijan Safarov was
    pardoned by President Ilham Aliyev. Safarov has since been promoted
    to the rank of major and provided with accomodations by the Azerbaijan
    government.

    At a press conference in Yerevan, the Hungarian intellectuals
    said Safarov's transfer was an incomprehensible and unacceptable
    political decision, which faced the severe criticism of the majority
    of Hungarians.

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