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NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES USA JOINS ECUMENICAL LEADERS TO PROTEST PARDON OF AZERI KILLER
ARMRADIO.AM
04.09.2012 16:34
The National Council of Churches president and a former NCC president
have joined international ecumenical leaders to protest Hungary's
release of an Azerbaijani army officer convicted in 2006 of killing
an Armenian officer.
Archbishop Vicken Aykazian, a former National Council of Churches
president and a member of the World Council of Churches Central
Committee, said Hungary "has fallen victim to the continued
anti-Armenian policies and actions of Azerbaijan."
The release of an officer convicted of killing an Armenian on
Hungarian soil "does nothing to further our quest for peace and
stability for all people in the region," said Aykazian, legate of
the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church in America.
National Council of Churches President Kathryn M. Lohre, also a member
of the WCC Central Committee, said the amnesty "threatens to undermine
justice and peace in the region through the cessation of diplomatic
ties, and the strain on human relationships. We commit ourselves to
pray for and stand in solidarity with all those who strive for human
rights, peace, and understanding."
The Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, in a letter to Prime Minister Viktor
Orban of Hungary, said the release of Safarov "appears as an action
that was not properly considered on the part of the Hungarian
government. Safarov's release by the Azerbaijan government, despite
his life sentence, runs counter to normative practices of justice."
Tveit condemned "actions that severely undermine justice and
reconciliation for the peoples of Armenia and Azerbaijan and the
region, who have a right to live side by side with dignity, respect
for human rights and in freedom."
From: Baghdasarian
ARMRADIO.AM
04.09.2012 16:34
The National Council of Churches president and a former NCC president
have joined international ecumenical leaders to protest Hungary's
release of an Azerbaijani army officer convicted in 2006 of killing
an Armenian officer.
Archbishop Vicken Aykazian, a former National Council of Churches
president and a member of the World Council of Churches Central
Committee, said Hungary "has fallen victim to the continued
anti-Armenian policies and actions of Azerbaijan."
The release of an officer convicted of killing an Armenian on
Hungarian soil "does nothing to further our quest for peace and
stability for all people in the region," said Aykazian, legate of
the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church in America.
National Council of Churches President Kathryn M. Lohre, also a member
of the WCC Central Committee, said the amnesty "threatens to undermine
justice and peace in the region through the cessation of diplomatic
ties, and the strain on human relationships. We commit ourselves to
pray for and stand in solidarity with all those who strive for human
rights, peace, and understanding."
The Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, in a letter to Prime Minister Viktor
Orban of Hungary, said the release of Safarov "appears as an action
that was not properly considered on the part of the Hungarian
government. Safarov's release by the Azerbaijan government, despite
his life sentence, runs counter to normative practices of justice."
Tveit condemned "actions that severely undermine justice and
reconciliation for the peoples of Armenia and Azerbaijan and the
region, who have a right to live side by side with dignity, respect
for human rights and in freedom."
From: Baghdasarian