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CANADIAN-ARMENIAN YOUTH TO HOLD DEMONSTRATION AT THE AZERBAIJANI AND HUNGARIAN EMBASSIES IN OTTAWA
armradio.am
05.09.2012 11:55
Canadian-Armenian youth organizations across the country have jointly
organized a demonstration at the Hungarian and Azerbaijani Embassies in
Ottawa, protesting the release, pardoning and promotion of Azerbaijani
axe-murderer, Ramil Safarov. The demonstration will be held on Friday,
September 7, 2012, beginning at the Hungarian Embassy.
The protestors will then march towards the Azerbaijani Embassy and
continue the demonstration there.
In early 2004, Hungary hosted NATO's Partnership for Peace program
in Budapest, which offered English language courses to military
personnel from different countries. On the evening of February 19,
2004, Safarov, a participant from Azerbaijan, intruded into Armenian
participant Gurgen Margaryan's dormitory while Margaryan was asleep,
and proceeded to hack Margaryan's face with an axe multiple times,
nearly decapitating him. The Government of Azerbaijan did not condemn
Safarov's acts and instead encouraged local media agencies to praise
him as a national hero. Azerbaijan's National-Democratic Party even
awarded Safarov with the title of "Man of the Year 2005" for the act
of killing an Armenian.
On April 13, 2006, a Hungarian court sentenced Safarov to life
imprisonment without possibility of a pardon until 2036. On August
31, 2012, the Hungarian government decided to extradite Safarov to
Azerbaijan on the condition that he continued to serve the remainder
of his life sentence there. However, upon his arrival in Baku,
Azerbaijan's President, Ilham Aliyev, immediately issued an official
pardon and freed Safarov. Furthermore, he was promoted to the rank
of major, given an apartment and paid all salary lost during his
imprisonment.
Canadian-Armenians condemn the actions of both the governments
of Hungary and Azerbaijan, urge the international community to
demand an apology from the Hungarian Government, and ask for the
retraction of their immoral decision to extradite Safarov. Furthermore,
Canadian-Armenians demand a reversal of the pardon and the immediate
imprisonment of Ramil Safarov, from the government of Azerbaijan.
armradio.am
05.09.2012 11:55
Canadian-Armenian youth organizations across the country have jointly
organized a demonstration at the Hungarian and Azerbaijani Embassies in
Ottawa, protesting the release, pardoning and promotion of Azerbaijani
axe-murderer, Ramil Safarov. The demonstration will be held on Friday,
September 7, 2012, beginning at the Hungarian Embassy.
The protestors will then march towards the Azerbaijani Embassy and
continue the demonstration there.
In early 2004, Hungary hosted NATO's Partnership for Peace program
in Budapest, which offered English language courses to military
personnel from different countries. On the evening of February 19,
2004, Safarov, a participant from Azerbaijan, intruded into Armenian
participant Gurgen Margaryan's dormitory while Margaryan was asleep,
and proceeded to hack Margaryan's face with an axe multiple times,
nearly decapitating him. The Government of Azerbaijan did not condemn
Safarov's acts and instead encouraged local media agencies to praise
him as a national hero. Azerbaijan's National-Democratic Party even
awarded Safarov with the title of "Man of the Year 2005" for the act
of killing an Armenian.
On April 13, 2006, a Hungarian court sentenced Safarov to life
imprisonment without possibility of a pardon until 2036. On August
31, 2012, the Hungarian government decided to extradite Safarov to
Azerbaijan on the condition that he continued to serve the remainder
of his life sentence there. However, upon his arrival in Baku,
Azerbaijan's President, Ilham Aliyev, immediately issued an official
pardon and freed Safarov. Furthermore, he was promoted to the rank
of major, given an apartment and paid all salary lost during his
imprisonment.
Canadian-Armenians condemn the actions of both the governments
of Hungary and Azerbaijan, urge the international community to
demand an apology from the Hungarian Government, and ask for the
retraction of their immoral decision to extradite Safarov. Furthermore,
Canadian-Armenians demand a reversal of the pardon and the immediate
imprisonment of Ramil Safarov, from the government of Azerbaijan.