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LARISA ALAVERDYAN: BRUTAL MURDER OF GURGEN MARGARYAN SHOULD BE OBSERVED IN CONTEXT OF XENOPHOBIA CARRIED OUT BY AZERBAIJAN
18:46 19/02/2014 >> POLITICS
10 years passed but the murder of Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan by
Azerbaijani Ramil Safarov has not received an adequate international
assessment yet. Larisa Alaverdyan, first Ombudsman of Armenia,
Chairperson of "Against legal arbitrariness" NGO, said about this in
an interview with Panorama.am.
"I believe that the relevant institutions of the Republic of Armenia
should prepare a package of case related documents and appeal to
International organizations: EU, Council of Europe, and UN. This issue
should receive an adequate international assessment, because it is not
only about the murder of Armenian officer but a politics of xenophobia,
including against Armenians, carried out by Azerbaijan," she said.
According to the first Ombudsman, after Safarov was pardoned the
Armenian side should have immediately sued Azerbaijan.
Alaverdyan strongly believes that Ramil Safarov fulfilled an order
of his state that is why he afterwards got rewarded.
According to her, the absence of adequate international assessment
has brought to the situation when Azerbaijan doesn't at all feel
vulnerable around the negotiation table over the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict settlement, whereas after the murderer was pardoned many
forums should have become inaccessible to Azerbaijan, she said.
"The Murder of Gurgen Margaryan should be observed in context of
politics of xenophobia. International community should realize that
in case of impunity the axe may rise against the national minorities
of Azerbaijan. This is a threat not only to the Armenians but also
to the security of the region as a whole," she added.
In 2004, Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan was taking part in
a three-month English course of NATO "Partnership for Peace" in
Budapest. Early in the morning of February 19 he was murdered. The
murderer - Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov - delivered 16 blows
of ax to the face of the sleeping Armenian officer. As a result, the
Hungarian court found him sane and sentenced him to life imprisonment
without a right of pardon for 30 years. The news about the extradition
of Ramil Safarov to his homeland and pardon by the Azerbaijani
president Ilham Aliyev broke out on August 31.
The pardoned murderer Ramil Safarov was greeted as a hero in
Azerbaijan; he was given an apartment and was paid an officer salary
for 8 years spent in detention. Moreover, Safarov was breveted
Major by the Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan, who also wished him
"every success."
Because of Safarov's extradition to Azerbaijan the president of Armenia
Serzh Sargsyan announced the suspension of diplomatic relations
with Hungary. Safarov's extradition, pardon, and glorification in
Azerbaijan was condemned by the US president Barack Obama, US State
Department, Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Russia and France,
Secretary General of Council of Europe, Secretary General of CSTO,
NATO, and international human rights organizations. In addition to
that, European Parliament adopted a condemning resolution on September
13, 2012.
Today, on February 19, is the 10th anniversary of commemoration
of Armenian officer's death. To the 10th anniversary of Gurgen
Margaryan's murder in the frameworks of the "Ordinary Genocide" project
a video-footage has been prepared called "Azerbaijan: Racism without
borders." The video footage is in English and Russian. It concisely
presents the history of the murder that had stunned the world, as well
as the programs following the incident and Safarov's glorification in
Azerbaijan.It is significant that the authors chose Symphony number 7
("Leningrad") by Dmitri Shostakovich known as "the invasion of the
Nazis" as a soundtrack for the footage.
The "Ordinary Genocide" project is being implemented by the Information
and Public Relations Center under the RA President's administration.
Source: Panorama.am
18:46 19/02/2014 >> POLITICS
10 years passed but the murder of Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan by
Azerbaijani Ramil Safarov has not received an adequate international
assessment yet. Larisa Alaverdyan, first Ombudsman of Armenia,
Chairperson of "Against legal arbitrariness" NGO, said about this in
an interview with Panorama.am.
"I believe that the relevant institutions of the Republic of Armenia
should prepare a package of case related documents and appeal to
International organizations: EU, Council of Europe, and UN. This issue
should receive an adequate international assessment, because it is not
only about the murder of Armenian officer but a politics of xenophobia,
including against Armenians, carried out by Azerbaijan," she said.
According to the first Ombudsman, after Safarov was pardoned the
Armenian side should have immediately sued Azerbaijan.
Alaverdyan strongly believes that Ramil Safarov fulfilled an order
of his state that is why he afterwards got rewarded.
According to her, the absence of adequate international assessment
has brought to the situation when Azerbaijan doesn't at all feel
vulnerable around the negotiation table over the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict settlement, whereas after the murderer was pardoned many
forums should have become inaccessible to Azerbaijan, she said.
"The Murder of Gurgen Margaryan should be observed in context of
politics of xenophobia. International community should realize that
in case of impunity the axe may rise against the national minorities
of Azerbaijan. This is a threat not only to the Armenians but also
to the security of the region as a whole," she added.
In 2004, Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan was taking part in
a three-month English course of NATO "Partnership for Peace" in
Budapest. Early in the morning of February 19 he was murdered. The
murderer - Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov - delivered 16 blows
of ax to the face of the sleeping Armenian officer. As a result, the
Hungarian court found him sane and sentenced him to life imprisonment
without a right of pardon for 30 years. The news about the extradition
of Ramil Safarov to his homeland and pardon by the Azerbaijani
president Ilham Aliyev broke out on August 31.
The pardoned murderer Ramil Safarov was greeted as a hero in
Azerbaijan; he was given an apartment and was paid an officer salary
for 8 years spent in detention. Moreover, Safarov was breveted
Major by the Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan, who also wished him
"every success."
Because of Safarov's extradition to Azerbaijan the president of Armenia
Serzh Sargsyan announced the suspension of diplomatic relations
with Hungary. Safarov's extradition, pardon, and glorification in
Azerbaijan was condemned by the US president Barack Obama, US State
Department, Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Russia and France,
Secretary General of Council of Europe, Secretary General of CSTO,
NATO, and international human rights organizations. In addition to
that, European Parliament adopted a condemning resolution on September
13, 2012.
Today, on February 19, is the 10th anniversary of commemoration
of Armenian officer's death. To the 10th anniversary of Gurgen
Margaryan's murder in the frameworks of the "Ordinary Genocide" project
a video-footage has been prepared called "Azerbaijan: Racism without
borders." The video footage is in English and Russian. It concisely
presents the history of the murder that had stunned the world, as well
as the programs following the incident and Safarov's glorification in
Azerbaijan.It is significant that the authors chose Symphony number 7
("Leningrad") by Dmitri Shostakovich known as "the invasion of the
Nazis" as a soundtrack for the footage.
The "Ordinary Genocide" project is being implemented by the Information
and Public Relations Center under the RA President's administration.
Source: Panorama.am