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COMMENT OF ARMENIAN RELIEF SOCIETY CONCERNING SAFAROV'S RELEASE
http://www.yerkir.am/en/news/31528.htm
10:35 - 13.09.2012
Board to the Ambassador of Hungary in the United States, His Excellency
György Szapáry and Ambassador Csaba KÅ'rösi, Hungary's Permanent
Representative at the United Nations on the transfer of Mr.
Ramil Safarov by Hungary to Azerbaijan. We would appreciate if you
would publish the letter in your media outlet.
Your Excellency,
The Armenian Relief Society, a US based international women's
organization consisting of more than 15,000 members in 27 countries
and a member of the United Nation's Economic and Social Council,
is shocked by the transfer of Mr. Ramil Safarov back to Azerbaijan.
Safarov, the Azerbaijani officer who murdered Armenian officer Gourgen
Markarian in Budapest in 2004, received a hero's welcome in Baku and
was subsequently released by the Azerbaijani authorities.
These actions are in blatant violation of human rights models
acceptable throughout the world. The fact that the Azerbaijani
authorities granted amnesty to a person who committed murder with 16
blows of an axe while the victim was sleeping and for the sole reason
of the victim's nationality was not a complete surprise.
What was shocking, however, was Hungary's complicity in this
injustice. This was not only an egregious violation of Gourgen
Markarian's and his family's human rights, but caused Armenians the
world over to relive the horror of the Armenian Genocide, as well
as the pogroms of Armenians in Shoushi, Baku, Sumgait, Kirovabad
and Maragha, where Armenians were mercilessly massacred by Turks
and Azeris.
To make matters worse, the perpetrators of these crimes against
humanity, also known and recognized as genocide, escaped punishment
and accountability for their crimes. We are confident that the country
of Hungary, along with its people, regrets the decision to extradite
Safarov to Azerbaijan, and will work to remedy the situation.
It is our expectation that Hungary and the Hungarian people will
support the Armenians of Nagorno Karabagh, asserting their right to
live peacefully far from the Azerbaijani authorities, who seemingly
http://www.yerkir.am/en/news/31528.htm
10:35 - 13.09.2012
Board to the Ambassador of Hungary in the United States, His Excellency
György Szapáry and Ambassador Csaba KÅ'rösi, Hungary's Permanent
Representative at the United Nations on the transfer of Mr.
Ramil Safarov by Hungary to Azerbaijan. We would appreciate if you
would publish the letter in your media outlet.
Your Excellency,
The Armenian Relief Society, a US based international women's
organization consisting of more than 15,000 members in 27 countries
and a member of the United Nation's Economic and Social Council,
is shocked by the transfer of Mr. Ramil Safarov back to Azerbaijan.
Safarov, the Azerbaijani officer who murdered Armenian officer Gourgen
Markarian in Budapest in 2004, received a hero's welcome in Baku and
was subsequently released by the Azerbaijani authorities.
These actions are in blatant violation of human rights models
acceptable throughout the world. The fact that the Azerbaijani
authorities granted amnesty to a person who committed murder with 16
blows of an axe while the victim was sleeping and for the sole reason
of the victim's nationality was not a complete surprise.
What was shocking, however, was Hungary's complicity in this
injustice. This was not only an egregious violation of Gourgen
Markarian's and his family's human rights, but caused Armenians the
world over to relive the horror of the Armenian Genocide, as well
as the pogroms of Armenians in Shoushi, Baku, Sumgait, Kirovabad
and Maragha, where Armenians were mercilessly massacred by Turks
and Azeris.
To make matters worse, the perpetrators of these crimes against
humanity, also known and recognized as genocide, escaped punishment
and accountability for their crimes. We are confident that the country
of Hungary, along with its people, regrets the decision to extradite
Safarov to Azerbaijan, and will work to remedy the situation.
It is our expectation that Hungary and the Hungarian people will
support the Armenians of Nagorno Karabagh, asserting their right to
live peacefully far from the Azerbaijani authorities, who seemingly