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ARMENIAN COMMUNITY OF ESTONIA DEMAND APOLOGIES FROM HUNGARY
arminfo
Thursday, September 6, 12:57
Armenian public organizations of Estonia have appealed to Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary in Estonia Mr. Erik Haupt
with an open letter demanding apologies by the Hungarian Government
to the family of the murdered Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan and
the Armenian people.
The letter reads:
"Your Excellency Mr. Ambassador!
As you may know, lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan, an officer of Armed
Forces of Armenia, was the participant of "Partnership for Peace"
program course, held by NATO in Budapest in 2004. At night, February
19, 2004, during his sleep, Gurgen was brutally murdered by Azeri
officer Ramil Safarov, who then was accused by Article 166.2 of the
Criminal Code of Hungary (murder with aggravating circumstances).
After two-year trial, on April 13, 2006 Safarov was sentenced to
life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for 30 years. On
February 22, 2007 Court of Appeal upheld the guilty verdict of the
trial court.
However, on August 31, this year, Safarov was extradited to Baku,
where he was immediately pardoned by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham
Aliyev. The act of the President of Azerbaijan deserves condemnation.
On each and every occasion Ilham Aliev showed his strong hatred
towards the Armenian people and the Armenian state. Publicly known
that he declared "all Armenians of the world - enemies", and with his
last act, Safarov's pardon, he actually confirmed that the murder of
an Armenian is not a crime in Azerbaijan.
Crime implemented by Safarov is not just a murder, but a murder
committed on the basis of ethnic hostility, and his extradition and
pardon may be and will be perceived by the Azerbaijanis as a license
to commit such or more terrible crimes in the future, against all
Armenians, regardless of their place of residence.
We, the members of the Armenian diaspora in Estonia, represented
by its public organizations, express our strong protest against the
plot between the governments of Hungary and Azerbaijan. It makes us
particularly concerned by the fact that Hungary, being a member of
the European Union, ignored the decision of the court of its own and
put the mercantile interests ahead of European values of humanism
and justice.
The right to life is a natural and essential right of every human
being, it can not be the subject of the transaction between the
states. We demand apology from the Government of Hungary to Gurgen
Margaryan's family and the Armenian people.
This appeal made in Tallinn at the general meeting of the Armenian
organizations of Estonia on the 3rd September 2012."
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
arminfo
Thursday, September 6, 12:57
Armenian public organizations of Estonia have appealed to Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary in Estonia Mr. Erik Haupt
with an open letter demanding apologies by the Hungarian Government
to the family of the murdered Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan and
the Armenian people.
The letter reads:
"Your Excellency Mr. Ambassador!
As you may know, lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan, an officer of Armed
Forces of Armenia, was the participant of "Partnership for Peace"
program course, held by NATO in Budapest in 2004. At night, February
19, 2004, during his sleep, Gurgen was brutally murdered by Azeri
officer Ramil Safarov, who then was accused by Article 166.2 of the
Criminal Code of Hungary (murder with aggravating circumstances).
After two-year trial, on April 13, 2006 Safarov was sentenced to
life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for 30 years. On
February 22, 2007 Court of Appeal upheld the guilty verdict of the
trial court.
However, on August 31, this year, Safarov was extradited to Baku,
where he was immediately pardoned by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham
Aliyev. The act of the President of Azerbaijan deserves condemnation.
On each and every occasion Ilham Aliev showed his strong hatred
towards the Armenian people and the Armenian state. Publicly known
that he declared "all Armenians of the world - enemies", and with his
last act, Safarov's pardon, he actually confirmed that the murder of
an Armenian is not a crime in Azerbaijan.
Crime implemented by Safarov is not just a murder, but a murder
committed on the basis of ethnic hostility, and his extradition and
pardon may be and will be perceived by the Azerbaijanis as a license
to commit such or more terrible crimes in the future, against all
Armenians, regardless of their place of residence.
We, the members of the Armenian diaspora in Estonia, represented
by its public organizations, express our strong protest against the
plot between the governments of Hungary and Azerbaijan. It makes us
particularly concerned by the fact that Hungary, being a member of
the European Union, ignored the decision of the court of its own and
put the mercantile interests ahead of European values of humanism
and justice.
The right to life is a natural and essential right of every human
being, it can not be the subject of the transaction between the
states. We demand apology from the Government of Hungary to Gurgen
Margaryan's family and the Armenian people.
This appeal made in Tallinn at the general meeting of the Armenian
organizations of Estonia on the 3rd September 2012."
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress