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EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER CONCERNED ABOUT THE PARDON OF AZERBAIJANI ARMY OFFICER CONVICTED OF MURDER
Vestnik Kavkaza
Sept 4 2012
Russia
The Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muižnieks,
expressed his deep concerns on Tuesday about Azerbaijan's decision
to pardon and honour Ramil Safarov, an Azerbaijani army officer who
in 2004 brutally murdered an Armenian officer, Gurgen Margaryan,
the Council of Europe official website informs.
"Racist crimes must not go unpunished. Violent offences motivated
by bias, such as racial or inter-ethnic hatred, are a particularly
pernicious form of criminality. Apart from the destructive effects
on the victims and those close to them, they can be devastating to
whole communities and unravel the very fabric of society. States are
under an obligation to apply strongly dissuasive sanctions against
those who have perpetrated bias-motivated crimes," the statement says.
Vestnik Kavkaza
Sept 4 2012
Russia
The Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muižnieks,
expressed his deep concerns on Tuesday about Azerbaijan's decision
to pardon and honour Ramil Safarov, an Azerbaijani army officer who
in 2004 brutally murdered an Armenian officer, Gurgen Margaryan,
the Council of Europe official website informs.
"Racist crimes must not go unpunished. Violent offences motivated
by bias, such as racial or inter-ethnic hatred, are a particularly
pernicious form of criminality. Apart from the destructive effects
on the victims and those close to them, they can be devastating to
whole communities and unravel the very fabric of society. States are
under an obligation to apply strongly dissuasive sanctions against
those who have perpetrated bias-motivated crimes," the statement says.