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ARMENIANS PROTEST RELEASE OF AZERBAIJANI ARMY OFFICER
IBNLive.com
Sept 4 2012
India
Kolkata, Sep 4 (PTI) Members of the Armenian community in India today
protested the "unjustified" release by Hungary of an Azerbaijani
Army officer accused of killing his Armenian counterpart. "On behalf
of the Armenian Community of India, we demand an apology from the
Government of Hungary for allowing the cruel murderer to escape
the sentence of life imprisonment granted by the Hungarian court,"
said Rev Father Khoren Hovhannisyan, Pastor of Armenians in India
and manager of Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy. "This
unacceptable decision undermines respect for justice, human rights,
human dignity and negates the divine law on earth," he wrote in his
petition submitted to the Hungarian Consul after protesting outside
his office.
It is alleged that Ramil Safarov, a lieutenant in the Azerbaijani army,
killed a young Armenian army officer Gurgen Margaryan with an axe in
2004 in Hungary. The Azeri killer was sentenced to life imprisonment
for 30 years without parole by the Hungarian judiciary in 2006, but
after being extradited to Azerbaijan he was released recently. PTI
NIK PC HKS
From: A. Papazian
IBNLive.com
Sept 4 2012
India
Kolkata, Sep 4 (PTI) Members of the Armenian community in India today
protested the "unjustified" release by Hungary of an Azerbaijani
Army officer accused of killing his Armenian counterpart. "On behalf
of the Armenian Community of India, we demand an apology from the
Government of Hungary for allowing the cruel murderer to escape
the sentence of life imprisonment granted by the Hungarian court,"
said Rev Father Khoren Hovhannisyan, Pastor of Armenians in India
and manager of Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy. "This
unacceptable decision undermines respect for justice, human rights,
human dignity and negates the divine law on earth," he wrote in his
petition submitted to the Hungarian Consul after protesting outside
his office.
It is alleged that Ramil Safarov, a lieutenant in the Azerbaijani army,
killed a young Armenian army officer Gurgen Margaryan with an axe in
2004 in Hungary. The Azeri killer was sentenced to life imprisonment
for 30 years without parole by the Hungarian judiciary in 2006, but
after being extradited to Azerbaijan he was released recently. PTI
NIK PC HKS
From: A. Papazian