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ARMENIA TO APPEAL TO UN COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON SAFAROV CASE
March 01, 2013 | 13:22
YEREVAN.- Armenia will soon appeal to the UN Committee on the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination regarding extradition and pardon
of axe-murderer Ramil Safarov.
The appeal will be based on Article 11 of the UN Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Deputy Justice
Minister Yeghishe Kirakosyan told reporters on Friday.
The Committee's attention will be drawn to Azerbaijan's policy on
discrimination and propaganda of hatred against Armenians.
"The Republic of Armenia is confident that extradition of murderer
Ramil Safarov, his pardon and glorification is a gross violation of
the international law," Deputy Minister said.
Ramil Safarov, a lieutenant in the Azerbaijani military, was
extradited on August 31, 2012 from Hungary, where he was serving a
life sentence-and with no expression of either regret or remorse-for
the premeditated axe murder of Armenian lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan,
in his sleep, during a NATO Partnership for Peace program in Budapest
back in 2004. Safarov had planned on killing the other Armenian
military serviceman, who likewise was attending the aforesaid program,
but he was unable to carry out this plan.
Ramil Safarov's return to Baku was welcomed, as was his act of murder,
by the officials of president Ilham Aliyev's government and much
of Azerbaijani society, and the Azerbaijani president immediately
granted him a pardon, he was declared a national hero, promoted to
a higher military rank, and was allocated housing and pension.
And Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan announced on August 31, 2012
that Armenia is suspending its diplomatic ties with Hungary. Also,
Sargsyan instructed the Ministry of Justice to take all measures to
petition to the international judicial tribunals, and with respect
to the Safarov case.
Ramil Safarov's pardoning was condemned by virtually all international
organizations.
- See more at: http://news.am/eng/news/142571.html#sthash.EFM3BLD2.dpuf
From: Baghdasarian
March 01, 2013 | 13:22
YEREVAN.- Armenia will soon appeal to the UN Committee on the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination regarding extradition and pardon
of axe-murderer Ramil Safarov.
The appeal will be based on Article 11 of the UN Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Deputy Justice
Minister Yeghishe Kirakosyan told reporters on Friday.
The Committee's attention will be drawn to Azerbaijan's policy on
discrimination and propaganda of hatred against Armenians.
"The Republic of Armenia is confident that extradition of murderer
Ramil Safarov, his pardon and glorification is a gross violation of
the international law," Deputy Minister said.
Ramil Safarov, a lieutenant in the Azerbaijani military, was
extradited on August 31, 2012 from Hungary, where he was serving a
life sentence-and with no expression of either regret or remorse-for
the premeditated axe murder of Armenian lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan,
in his sleep, during a NATO Partnership for Peace program in Budapest
back in 2004. Safarov had planned on killing the other Armenian
military serviceman, who likewise was attending the aforesaid program,
but he was unable to carry out this plan.
Ramil Safarov's return to Baku was welcomed, as was his act of murder,
by the officials of president Ilham Aliyev's government and much
of Azerbaijani society, and the Azerbaijani president immediately
granted him a pardon, he was declared a national hero, promoted to
a higher military rank, and was allocated housing and pension.
And Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan announced on August 31, 2012
that Armenia is suspending its diplomatic ties with Hungary. Also,
Sargsyan instructed the Ministry of Justice to take all measures to
petition to the international judicial tribunals, and with respect
to the Safarov case.
Ramil Safarov's pardoning was condemned by virtually all international
organizations.
- See more at: http://news.am/eng/news/142571.html#sthash.EFM3BLD2.dpuf
From: Baghdasarian