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EVENT DEDICATED TO 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF GURGEN MARGARYAN'S ASSASSINATION WAS HELD IN VIENNA
19:00 25/02/2014 >> SOCIETY
On February 23, in Vienna, at the Armenian Church of St. Hripsime
an event dedicated to the 10th anniversary of Gurgen Margaryan's
assassination was organized.
According to Information and public relations department of the
Armenian Foreign Ministry, father Andreas Isakhanian of Armenian
Church of St. Hripsime in Vienna in the presence of the Rev. Fr. Tiran
Petrosyan, Acting Pontifical Legate for Central Europe and Scandinavia
held a service for the dead.
The event was attended by Armenian Ambassador to Austria Arman
Kirakosyan, as well as representatives of the Armenian-Austrian
public organizations.
Rev. Fr.Tyrant Petrosyan and Armenian Ambassador to Austria Arman
Kirakosyan gave a speech in front of the audience. They condemned
the inhuman act of the Azerbaijani criminal.
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.
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 , Russian and Hungarian. 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
19:00 25/02/2014 >> SOCIETY
On February 23, in Vienna, at the Armenian Church of St. Hripsime
an event dedicated to the 10th anniversary of Gurgen Margaryan's
assassination was organized.
According to Information and public relations department of the
Armenian Foreign Ministry, father Andreas Isakhanian of Armenian
Church of St. Hripsime in Vienna in the presence of the Rev. Fr. Tiran
Petrosyan, Acting Pontifical Legate for Central Europe and Scandinavia
held a service for the dead.
The event was attended by Armenian Ambassador to Austria Arman
Kirakosyan, as well as representatives of the Armenian-Austrian
public organizations.
Rev. Fr.Tyrant Petrosyan and Armenian Ambassador to Austria Arman
Kirakosyan gave a speech in front of the audience. They condemned
the inhuman act of the Azerbaijani criminal.
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.
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 , Russian and Hungarian. 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