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BULGARIAN-ARMENIANS TO HOLD PROTEST ON SEPTEMBER 11 OVER SAFAROV PARDON
Panorama.am
05/09/2012
About 50 people from the Armenian community in Bulgaria held a protest
outside the Hungarian embassy in Sofia on September 4 2012 against
Budapest's decision to transfer to Azerbaijan military officer Ramil
Safarov, convicted of the 2004 murder of Armenian lieutenant Gurgen
Margaryan, The Sofia Globe reported.
The protestors in Sofia submitted a letter of protest to the Hungarian
embassy, saying that the behaviour of the Hungarian authorities was
disgraceful. The protestors chanted "shame on Hungary", according
to local media reports. They plan new protests outside the embassy,
most probably on September 11 when a football match between Bulgaria
and Armenia is due.
On his arrival in Baku on August 31, Safarov was pardoned by
Azerbaijan's president and given a hero's welcome.
Safarov was given a life sentence in 2006 by the Budapest City Court
after he confessed to hacking to death Margaryan while the Armenian
was sleeping.
The incident happened while both were in Hungary for a 2004 language
course of the Nato military alliance.
Yet, as soon as Safarov arrived at the Baku airport, he received an
official pardon from Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev.
In a short statement, the president said he had decreed that Safarov
"should be freed from the term of his punishment."
Armenia severed all diplomatic relations with Hungary after the pardon
of Safarov.
Panorama.am
05/09/2012
About 50 people from the Armenian community in Bulgaria held a protest
outside the Hungarian embassy in Sofia on September 4 2012 against
Budapest's decision to transfer to Azerbaijan military officer Ramil
Safarov, convicted of the 2004 murder of Armenian lieutenant Gurgen
Margaryan, The Sofia Globe reported.
The protestors in Sofia submitted a letter of protest to the Hungarian
embassy, saying that the behaviour of the Hungarian authorities was
disgraceful. The protestors chanted "shame on Hungary", according
to local media reports. They plan new protests outside the embassy,
most probably on September 11 when a football match between Bulgaria
and Armenia is due.
On his arrival in Baku on August 31, Safarov was pardoned by
Azerbaijan's president and given a hero's welcome.
Safarov was given a life sentence in 2006 by the Budapest City Court
after he confessed to hacking to death Margaryan while the Armenian
was sleeping.
The incident happened while both were in Hungary for a 2004 language
course of the Nato military alliance.
Yet, as soon as Safarov arrived at the Baku airport, he received an
official pardon from Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev.
In a short statement, the president said he had decreed that Safarov
"should be freed from the term of his punishment."
Armenia severed all diplomatic relations with Hungary after the pardon
of Safarov.