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HUNGARY'S OMBUDSMAN CONDEMNS EXTRADITION OF RAMIL SAFAROV
March 17, 2014 | 19:15
Hungary's Ombudsman has conveyed his Armenian colleague a report
related to extradition of Ramil Safarov.
In his report, Ombudsman condemned the actions of Hungarian
authorities, in particular actions of the Justice Ministry.
The report indicated that by approving extradition, the minister did
not demand any guarantees that he will be put to jail in homeland. The
minister had to take into account that the nations of Hungary and
Azerbaijan have different approach to the convict and the crime he had
committed. The report says that such an approach threatens principle
of rule of law.
As reported earlier, Ramil Safarov, a then-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.
http://news.am/eng/news/199390.html
March 17, 2014 | 19:15
Hungary's Ombudsman has conveyed his Armenian colleague a report
related to extradition of Ramil Safarov.
In his report, Ombudsman condemned the actions of Hungarian
authorities, in particular actions of the Justice Ministry.
The report indicated that by approving extradition, the minister did
not demand any guarantees that he will be put to jail in homeland. The
minister had to take into account that the nations of Hungary and
Azerbaijan have different approach to the convict and the crime he had
committed. The report says that such an approach threatens principle
of rule of law.
As reported earlier, Ramil Safarov, a then-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.
http://news.am/eng/news/199390.html