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ARMENIAN NGOS PROTEST POSSIBLE EXTRADITION OF AZERBAIJANI OFFICER CONVICTED FOR MURDER
Narek Alexanyan
hetq
13:35, August 30, 2012
More than 80 NGOs in Armenia have signed a petition opposing the
possible extradition of Ramil Safarov, an Azerbaijani army officer
who murdered Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan during a NATO military
exercise in Hungary in 2004.
Lieutenant Safarov was sentenced to life imprisonment in Hungary.
Safarov had snuck into Margaryan's dormitory and proceeded to hack
him to death with an axe.
The Armenian NGOs are concerned over the fact that the issue was
discussed during a recent trip to Hungary by Azerbaijani Deputy FM
Khalap Khalapov.
Former Heritage Party MP Larisa Alaverdyan (photo, left) says that
Safarov would be treated like a national hero if extradited and that
Baku might try to use oil as a bartering chip with Hungary.
Narek Alexanyan
hetq
13:35, August 30, 2012
More than 80 NGOs in Armenia have signed a petition opposing the
possible extradition of Ramil Safarov, an Azerbaijani army officer
who murdered Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan during a NATO military
exercise in Hungary in 2004.
Lieutenant Safarov was sentenced to life imprisonment in Hungary.
Safarov had snuck into Margaryan's dormitory and proceeded to hack
him to death with an axe.
The Armenian NGOs are concerned over the fact that the issue was
discussed during a recent trip to Hungary by Azerbaijani Deputy FM
Khalap Khalapov.
Former Heritage Party MP Larisa Alaverdyan (photo, left) says that
Safarov would be treated like a national hero if extradited and that
Baku might try to use oil as a bartering chip with Hungary.