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[MosJan]

Ramil Safarov’s Case: Azeris Try to Move to Pity Hungarian Media

27.12.2005 20:21 GMT+04:00 Print version Send to mail

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Round-table discussion dedicated to the fate of lieutenant Ramil Safarov, who is awaiting trial in the Hungarian court, was held in International Press Club in Baku December 26. Opening the event the initiators read an address on behalf of Azerbaijani mass media and non-governmental organizations. The address says that the Hungarian media is biased when covering the legal proceedings against Ramil Safarov accused of murder of Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan. “We ask you to treat the problem more seriously. Presently over 30 000 people of Armenian origin live safely n Azerbaijan,” the statement says. “If you have doubts over the facts mentioned by us, we are ready to organize your arrival in Azerbaijan to see the picture on your own,” the statement authors say.

 

Azeri media and NGO representatives intend to send a video cassette to the Hungarian colleagues showing the events of the alleged «genocide in Khojaly,» of which R. Safarov was a witness. «Thereupon, it is easy to understand R. Safarov's feelings, who lost his property and was many times insulted by Gurgen Margaryan. The judge will have the last word. However, we ask you to be more attentive when writing materials over the incident. The media and NGOs play a large role in forming the public opinion. We believe that you will understand us and will acquaint the Hungarian people with our address,» the statement says. A similar statement was sent on behalf of Azeri media and NGOs to Budapest judge Mr. Andresh Vashkuti. President of ANS group of companies Vahid Mustafayev suggested creation of a Monitoring Center that will engage with the problem. «For example, two or three journalists will follow the materials of Hungarian media over Safarov's case. It is also necessary to finance the trip of our delegation to Budapest. Besides, we should not be ashamed and merely buy strips of Hungarian media, who will publish the information we need,» V. Mustafayev said.

 

It should be noted that during the hearing it turned out that during the events in Khojaly R. Safarov was not in Azerbaijan and thus could not witness the events in Khojaly. Moreover, according to the testimony of Anar Aliyev, another Azeri serviceman taking part in the NATO courses, there were no conflict situations between Armenian and Azeri officers. Thus, statements on «insulting Safarov» are groundless. The next hearing on Safarov's case will be held March 7, 2006.

 

It should be reminded that February 19, 2004 lieutenant of Armenian Armed Forces G. Margaryan sent to Budapest to take part in English language courses within the Partnership for Peace program was brutally hacked by the Azeri officer, who also took the same courses. Safarov is accused on article 116.2 of the Hungarian Criminal Code (murder committed with special cruelty and attempt at life of over one person), which provides for a punishment from 10-15 years of imprisonment to life sentence.

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[MosJan]

Hungarian Society Considers Safarov’s Misdeed as Inhuman Crime

11.01.2006 22:28 GMT+04:00 Print version Send to mail

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “I can uniquely say that the Hungarian society is not especially interested in the details of the Artsax conflict and R. Safarov’s misdeed is only considered as a crime unprecedented from the point of view of its inhumanity, Armenian MOD representative on the case of murder of Gurgen Margaryan Hayk Demoyan stated, reported IA Regnum. “I think that event if the Azeri party starts buying newspaper strips in that country, they will not manage to conceal the truth about what happened and it will not change the public mood in Hungary. I recall the words of a Hungarian, who was present at the court hearing in May. After the announcement of the medical conclusion on the nature of the murder and fatal wounds inflicted upon Gurgen could not restrain and asked me, “Which century do Azeris live in?” It is not casual that experienced Hasan Hasanov, the Azeri Ambassador to Azerbaijan, prefers not to be present at the court hearings, understanding it is not presentable,” he said.

 

“To keep the proprieties I will not allow myself to cite the words of a Hungarian investigator, who spoke about Safarov with obvious aversion. Let me remind of an occurrence at Voskhod Moscow hotel in August 1995, when we, the Armenians, saved Azeri girls risking our own lives, taking them out of the burning building. As a twist of fate, the girls were asleep, too. Moscow firemen, as well as anchor of Brain Ring TV program Andrey Kozlov thanked us for that, praising for the act in spite of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. However, none of Azeri men dropped a small word of gratitude to us. Moreover, they were ashamed that we saved Azeri girls instead of them,” Hayk Demoyan stated.

 

“I will frankly confess that having seen the horrible frames of operative shooting on the site of crime, I did not even a bit sorry for our saving of asleep people irrespective of their nationality, even when I saw the hacked body myself,” he summed up.

[MosJan]

Demoyan: Safarov Seriously Discredited His Country All over World for Long

11.01.2006 21:57 GMT+04:00 Print version Send to mail

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Ramil Safarov has discredited his country all over the world – seriously and for long, Armenian MOD representative on the case of murder of Gurgen Margaryan Hayk Demoyan stated, when commenting on statement of the State Committee for work with Azeris living abroad Nazim Ibrahimov that “R. Safarov’s actions seriously harmed Azerbaijan,” reported IA Regnum. In Demoyan’s words, the present and future cost of Safarov’s deed will soon become clear. The mode and circumstances of the murder in the center of Europe is disgrace to any army and state for many years. Safarov, who was trained in Turkish military academies for 10 years, also dishonored Turkish these, clearly indicating during his interrogation what is exactly taught in Turkey. Here are his words: “I was taught to kill people using various instruments in Turkey,” Hayk Demoyan remarked.

 

In his words, in his testimony to forensic medical experts Safarov speaks of 45-day special training on the territory of Northern Cyprus occupied by Turkey. “The question is: what do Azeri army servicemen do on the territory of a sovereign state – now an EU member? It turns out that Azeri military take part in an actual aggression beyond the limits of Azerbaijan. And after than Baku does not miss an opportunity to accuse Armenia in aggression! The history repeats here by the way. On the territory of the so-called Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, recognized only by Turkey, the Turkish army and special services hold secret bases to train terrorist and sabotage groups to be used in Turkey and beyond its limits. One can recall the Beslan slaughter by terrorists formerly also trained in Turkish bases of Northern Cyprus,” the Armenian MOD representative said.

 

“Again returning to the nature of the Budapest murder and Safarov’s own words, the barbaric tradition of Turkish military to behead their victims should be mentioned. It at least reminds of scandalous photos published by the European Weekly, with Turkish soldiers, posing with cut off heads of Kurds in 1996. Most probably they taught Safarov their tradition. It is known from scientific literature that Azeri military pass their “baptism of fire” in regions of Eastern Anatolia populated by Kurds. One can only guess whether Turkish military teach killing unarmed people sleeping at night…” Demoyan added.

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[MosJan]

Pitiful Attempts to Present Safarov as National Avenger and Hero Are Merely Ridiculous

11.01.2006 20:17 GMT+04:00 Print version Send to mail

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Already in the period of the preliminary investigation on the case of murder of the Armenian officer Azeri lawyer Adil Ismaylov told the press that the defense will build on the following thesis: “Until the Artsax conflict is not solved, events like this can repeat.” Armenian MOD representative on the case of murder of Gurgen Margaryan Hayk Demoyan stated it when answering a question on aptitude of the defense tactics of R. Safarov, which apparently comes to politicization of the trial, reported IA Regnum. In Demoyan’s words, Azeri MP Siyavuzh Novruzov stated in the presence of Terri Davis that such events are not ruled out even in the CE, thus apparently horrifying the British guest. “And no one at that asked himself a question which are the dividends for Azeris at the international arena, when they act that way. References to the “occupation” of lands and “one million” refugees have become boring to the world. At that Azerbaijan does not want to hear about the lot of over half a million Armenian refugees and contemporary Azerbaijan including historical Armenian territories, proofs of which official Baku continues destroying,” the Armenian MOD representative said.

 

As of Safarov, Hayk Demoyan said the text of his interrogation makes one understand he was not there when Armenian self-defense detachments were suppressing weapon emplacements in Jabrail. It is not out of place to notice that the operation in Jabrail region was held in summer 1993 after Azeri troops broke the agreement on cease-fire and involved hundreds of Afghan mojahedins as foreign press reported. Just as during the operation on neutralization of weapon emplacements in Khojalu, Armenian forces here also provided a corridor for peaceful population to leave. Thus, in his words, one can state that the counter-offensive was also of counter-terrorist nature.

 

According to Hayk Demoyan, pitiful attempts to present Safarov as a national avenger and hero are merely ridiculous at least because owing to his fear he was only able to attack and deal with the Armenian officer only when he was asleep and having bought and ground his ax. In his words, anti-Armenianism ranks as state ideology in contemporary Azerbaijan. “They will realize the malignancy and unfruitfulness of that policy in the future. The state, which officially practices hatred and xenophobia, does not have a future. How can one speak of peace and co-existence of Armenians and Azeris in the future against the background of the anti-Armenian Sabbath?” stated the Armenian MOD representative.

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[MosJan]

Azeris Wish to Prove to Hungarians They Are Not Cutthroats

13.01.2006 23:51 GMT+04:00 Print version Send to mail

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Members of a number of Azeri media and NGOs will soon visit Hungary, reported Ganira *****yeva, an Azeri MP, which is a co-founder of the Committee for Protection of Human Rights of Ramil Safarov. In her words, the visit will be of “familiarization” nature. “Our visit aims at holding a number of meetings with media and NGO leaders of Hungary. We just want to acquaint ourselves with Hungarian society members,” *****yeva remarked. She emphasized that after that they intend to invite the Hungarian party to Azerbaijan. “Everyone knows that certain strata of Hungarian population have formed a erroneous opinion about Azerbaijanis. We want to prove the opposite. Let them see we are not cutthroats,” the MP emphasized.

 

Besides, she remarked they also plan to monitor media in Hungary. “It is necessary to know which reports on Azerbaijan are exaggerated by the Hungarian press. I suppose, it is in the interests of Azerbaijan.” At that she confessed that NGOs, which will engage in the monitoring, are not determined yet. “I can only say that the work will be coordinated.”

 

Touching upon the fate of officer of the National Army of Azerbaijan R. Safarov, indicted for murder of Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan, *****yeva said they will soon send the next letter to the Budapest judge. “Several media and NGO representatives joined the address. Besides, we will provide books on Artsax history to over three thousand Hungarian NGOs,” the Azeri deputy summed up.

[hytga]

what does the so called version of Artsax history have to do with safarov?

 

 

btw. one thing azeris are good at is taking steps for improving their country's image in the international arena. Armenian government is just to lazy and relys for that on the diaspora. Which is a enormous mistake

[MosJan]

SECOND TRIAL OF SAFAROV OPENS TODAY

 

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The trial on the suit of chief warder filed against Azeri officer Ramil Safarov, accused in murder of Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan, will be held in Budapest today. Officers of the Azeri Embassy in Hungary will take part in the hearing. Hungarian lawyer Klara Fisher will defend Safarov's rights at the hearing. 19 June 2004 asked R. Safarov to present his telephone card. Safarov did not know Hungarian and «did not understand» what they wanted, which poured into an incident. As a result «8 policemen bent him and ties his hands, thus applying force against him.» After that, in spite of Safarov's lawyers' appealing to judicial institutions, the court referred to absence of proof and closed the case. Following that the opposing party filed a suit on the officer resisting to authority representatives, reported APA Azeri agency. As earlier reported by IA Regnum, Armenian MOD representative on the case of Margaryan's murder Hayk Demoyan stated, «This is what Safarov himself said during the third forensic and medical trial, which the defense liked so much, but which was recognized void, «That day my lawyer called me up and I got to know bad news from him and then started kicking the door. When the guard opened the door I poured water on him.» I think you will agree that Hungarian guards could not act in other way in this situation, but apply force against the storming prisoner. As a result based on the prison guards complaint a second criminal case is brought against Safarov.»

[yerli]

I hope the Hungarian police does the same to that animal

 

its times like these when I agree with gamavor - a good turk is a dead turk

a good armenian is a living armenian who loves all human beings including Turks

[Dave]

a good armenian is a living armenian who loves all human beings including Turks

 

That's impossible, because for every action, there must be some kind of reaction.

[yerli]

That's impossible, because for every action, there must be some kind of reaction.

I fully agree on reaction but not killings

[Lev7]

I fully agree on reaction but not killings

 

so it is ok for an Azeri to kill an Armenian with an axe, but not ok to punish that person? I fail to see your logic and Ramil Safarov is lucky Europe does not have the death penalty, but I hope someone kills him in prison, because animals like that do not deserve to live in this world.

Edited January 22, 2006 by Lev7

[MosJan]

Ramil Safarov Not Pride but Shame of Azeri Nation

11.02.2006 00:20 GMT+04:00 Print version Send to mail

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The defense of Ramil Safarov charged of murder of Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan build their line insisting that the intellectual background of the accused is very poor, representative of the RA MOD in the Budapest court Hayk Demoyan told PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. In his words, the third and forth medical-forensic examination proved it. “It’s interesting that during the examination Safarov said Gurgen was handsome and charming. It’s unclear what he meat by saying this. Nevertheless Safarov was found sane with low intellectual facilities,” Demoyan noted. In his words, in Turkish military camps Ramil Safarov was trained to kill by all means, with axe as well.

 

As for the zombied Azeri soldiers in Turkish military camps Hayk Demoyan reminded the words of Azeri political scientist Arif Yunusov who said “other soldiers and officers will fight with Armenian army.” Most likely Yunusov was speaking of the military for whom Ramil Safarov is exemplary. At the same time the RA MOD representative emphasized that the Azeri politicians who declare Ramil Safarov the hero of the nation do not understand that he dishonored his country in the entire world.

[Lev7]

MURDERER REWARDED IN AZERBAIJAN

 

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2006-02-16 17:59:00

 

The National Democratic Party of Azerbaijan (Boz Gurd) has declared

Ramil Safarov, who cruelly murdered Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan

in 2004, Man of the Year 2005.

 

According to Day.az, the Party leader Iskender Hamidov stated Diploma

for Services of Protection of State and National Interests would be

presented to the Safarov's family.

 

"I don't care how Ramil Safarov killed the Armenian officer. The most

important thing is that there is one Gurgen less and the more Azeris

will kill Armenians, the less there will be left", leader of "gray

wolves" said cynically. The Azeri officer has also been awarded title

of Honorary Member of the National Democratic Party of Azerbaijan.

 

To remind, in 2004 Azeri lieutenant Ramil Safarov brutally murdered

officer of RA Armed Forces, 26-year-old lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan

who had been sent to the Hungarian National Defense University to

take English courses within NATO Partnership for Peace Program. An

action has been brought on the fact of a murder. The Ramil Safarov's

trial is being held in Budapest.

[MosJan]

Safarov Victim of Anti-Armenian Propaganda Campaign of Azerbaijan

17.02.2006 01:31 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ An individual, who has committed a crime, cannot be identified with a whole nation. Ramil Safarov is a criminal and he should be punished. However, he does not represent the whole Azeri people, political scientist Stepan Grigoryan stated in a conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. In his words, Safarov is victim of the Anti-Armenian propaganda campaign, held for many years. «The Azeri society will start coming to its senses only after it finds will to recognize that Ramil Safarov is a murderer,» Grigoryan said.

 

The National Democratic Party of Azerbaijan has declared Azeri officer Ramil Safarov Man of the Year 2005. According to Party Chairman Iskender Hamidov, Safarov's family will be awarded Diploma for Services of Protection of State and National Interests. «I don't care how Ramil Safarov killed the Armenian officer. The important thing is that there is one Gurgen less than before and the more Azeris kill Armenians, the less there will be left,» leader of «gray wolves» said. The Azeri officer is also awarded title of Honorary Member of the National Democratic Party of Azerbaijan.

 

In Grigoryan's words, Hamidov is a marginal politician and he cannot represent a whole nation. «People of the kind often do not realize what they are doing,» Stepan Grigoryan emphasized.

[MosJan]

Dollar justice?: Not all Armenians agree with cash offer to revenge killing of Army officer

By Gayane Abrahamyan

ArmeniaNow reporter

A fringe politician’s offer of $120,000 to revenge the death of Armenian Army Lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan has been condemned by some Armenians who say fighting violence with violence will not bring the admitted killer to justice.

 

Progressive party, disputable offer: Urikhanyan lusts for revenge

Tigran Urikhanyan, leader of the Progressive Party of Armenia, held a well publicized rally on February 21 at Republic Square where he called for Armenians to take justice in their own hands if a court in Budapest, Hungary, does not sentence Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov to life in prison.

 

“You might say these kinds of calls are not human. But if you dream of the future, expectations and hopes were stabbed with an axe 16 times, in that case there would be nothing left but to respond in the same way,” Urikhanyan said.

 

Margaryan was axed to death in his sleep while attending a NATO-sponsored English-language course in Budapest on February 19, 2004. The brutal killing has inflamed already existing ill will between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as the two nations are coming under increased international pressure to resolve their lingering territorial disputes.

 

Safarov, 27, has admitted killing Margaryan, who was 26. But he now recants testimony he gave in the preliminary investigation that the killing was premeditated revenge for the losses Safarov’s family suffered in the Karabakh war. He has told the court that he now feels remorse for the crime.

 

According to Safarov’s defenders, the killing was a result of the emotional trauma Safarov suffers from cruelties he witnessed at the hands of Armenians in the Azeri settlements of Khojalu and Jebrail.

 

“He said he had eyewitnessed how Armenians butchered and raped Azeris,” said Nazeli Vardanyan, state-appointed lawyer for the Margaryan family, “although there were contradictions in his testimony.”

 

Safarov’s defenders are also claiming that the Armenian officers were insulting the Azeris prior to the killing, although witnesses have denied those claims.

 

Despite the emotional tensions in the case, some Armenians have questioned the Progressive Party leader’s call for vigilante justice.

 

In Parliament this week, National Assembly Deputy Hmayak Hovhanisyan spoke against the revenge money.

 

“One mustn’t measure patriotism with money,’’ Hovhanisyan said. “It’s a bombastic declaration, which is, on the contrary, an attempt to smear patriotism. I condemn murder and am sure that the Court will carry out a verdict he (Safarov) deserves.”

 

Publicist and writer Zori Balayan, accused Azeris of fomenting violence, but said Armenians should not resort to reprisals.

 

“We should not get infected by their beastly hatred, we should not repeat their crime,” Balayan said. “Ours is a moral war, an information war to show the world who our neighbors are.”

 

Ishkhan Saghatelyan, chairman of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Student Union, urged Armenians to wait for the outcome of the Safarov trial and called for an end to hatred.

 

“We demand that the international structures stop the Azerbaijani policy of hatred towards Armenians,” he said.

 

Two political science students at Yerevan State University, Arshak Davtyan and Grigor Asatryan, said they support legal and diplomatic approaches to the Margaryan case.

 

“We should appear before the world in the most civilized way and not equate ourselves to a barbarian like Safarov,” Davtyan said.

 

Safarov’s trial is scheduled to resume on March 7th in Budapest.

[MosJan]

TRIAL OF RAMIL SAFAROV RESUMED TODAY

 

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Today the court trial over Azeri Ramil Safarov having tragically killed Armenian Gurgen Margaryan on February 19, 2004 will be held in Budapest.

 

To remind, the results of the third examination were represented at the previous trial. The expert had to represent the difference of the first and the second examinations and give the final evaluation. According to the Court decision the final evaluation of the examination must be given by psychologist-specialists of Debrevitsin University Centre of Examination.

 

To note, earlier the President of the palace of Lawyers’ Union Rouben Sahakyan informed Panorama.am that he had suspicions in concern with the impartiality of the court examination. As he said one mustn’t trust the Judge as there is cause to hesitate at any rate. “And what if the Judge agrees with the position of the experts?” R. Sahakyan emphasizes.As he assures, someone is pressing upon the experts and it can only be the Azeri side.

[MosJan]

Verdict on Ramil Safarov’s Case to Be Announced April 13

08.03.2006 02:42 GMT+04:00 Print version Send to mail In Russian In Armenian

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Azeri serviceman Ramil Safarov, the murderer of the Armenian officer, was found sane. The regular court session was held March 7 in Budapest. According to lawyer Nazeli Vardanyan defending the interests of the family of killed Gurgen Margaryan, after the testimonies of two witnesses and the conclusion presented by the fourth expert, the judge rejected all the appeals of the defense. The accusatory speech, pleadings and the final plea of the accused will be heard April 4. The verdict will be announced April 13, reported IA Regnum.

 

To remind, February 19, 2004 lieutenant of the Armed Forces of Armenia Gurgen Margaryan, sent to Budapest to take English courses within the NATO Partnership for Peace Program, was brutally hacked by Azeri officer, who took the same courses. Safarov is indicted in compliance with article 116.2 of the Criminal Code of Hungary (murder, committed with special cruelty, and attempt at lives of over one person), which provides for punishment varying from imprisonment of 10-15 years to life sentence.

[hytga]

i hope they give him life

[Harut]

... According to lawyer Nazeli Vardanyan defending the interests of the family of killed Gurgen Margaryan...

 

is there any lawyer in this trial defending the interests of the state [of armenia]? margaryan wasn't just a citizen of armenia, he was a military personal on an official assignment...

[Lev7]

COURT RECOGNIZES RAMIL SAFAROV AS SANE

 

Noyan Tapan

Armenians Today

Mar 07 2006

 

BUDAPEST, MARCH 7, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Azerbaijani officer

Ramil Safarov, who is charged with murder of Armenian officer Gurgen

Margarian, was recogniized as sane at the regular court sitting in

Budapest, Radio Liberty reported.

 

Lawyer Nazeli Vardanian who defends the interests of the Margarian

family told during an interview to Radio Liberty that after hearing

the testimonies of two Hungarian witnesses and the conclusion of

the fourth expert, the court dismissed all the petitions of Safarov's

defence to call new witnesses to court, and based on the first expert's

conclusion about Safarov's being sane at the moment of committing the

crime, court decided that there is enough information for the final

conclusion of the prosecution and defence sides.

 

The prosecution and defence speeches, as well as the final word of

the accused will be heard at the next sitting to be held on April 4.

 

The court ruling will be made public on April 13.

 

According to Nazeli Vardanian, since no changes were made in charges

brought against the accused during the trial, in accordance with the

Criminal Code of Hungary and based on the charges, Ramil Safarov may

be sentenced to 8-15 years' or life imprisonment.

[MosJan]

HUNGARY DOES NOT ATTRIBUTE POLITICAL IMPLICATION TO MURDER OF ARMENIAN OFFICER

 

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Latest trial in Budapest did not leave any chances to the Azeri party, stated Hayk Demoyan, Armenian Defense Ministry's representative on the case of murder of an Armenian officer. In his words, the murder is qualified as a purely criminal one in Hungary, without any political implication.

 

«Within past two years the Azeri party constantly tried to politicize the case, trying to document that the Nagorno Karabakh conflict had allegedly served as the cause of the murder. Safarov's lawyer Adil Ismaylov tried to pass some documents to the judge, which were officially returned to him with an accompanying letter that expressed refusal to consider the package during the trial,» Demoyan said.

 

In his words, Turkey is very interested in soonest possible completion of the trial, as Safarov was trained in military camps of Northern Cyprus and Turkey will be exposed to risk if it is known. Meanwhile, Demoyan remarked that Armenian media and individual politicians paid to much attention to Safarov and made a number of irresponsible statements, which hampered Hungary.

 

«For two years we passed the control at the Budapest airport without difficulty, while this time we were searched for arms this time. This is due to a word carelessly thrown,» the Armenian MOD representative said.

[MosJan]

Margaryan Murder Trial: RA officials hope court will give Safarov the

maximum sentence

 

 

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…The verdict is- mentally competent

 

 

By Zhanna Alexanyan

ArmeniaNow reporter

Armenian government officials say they hope a Hungarian court’s ruling that confessed murderer Ramil Safarov was mentally competent when he killed an Armenian officer two years ago will lead to the maximum sentence for the young Azeri army lieutenant.

 

Ministry of Defense representative Hayk Demoyan and Nazeli Vardanyan, the state-appointed lawyer for the victim’s family, said last week’s decision cleared the way for the emotionally charged case to be brought to an end.

 

“The fact that no extenuating circumstance was left for Ramil Safarov in this last session brings to a confidence that Judge Andras Vashkuti will make a very severe decision,” Demoyan told a news conference on March 14.

 

“The officer of the Azerbaijani army should be condemned as an appalling criminal who is able to kill a sleeping man,” Demoyan said.

 

Lawyers for Safarov will present their final defense arguments early next month before the court in Budapest decides his fate. At a hearing on April 13th, the court is expected to sentence Safarov to either life in prison or a lesser penalty of 10 to 15 years behind bars.

 

Safarov, 27, has admitted killing 26-year-old Lt. Gurgen Margaryan, who was sleeping in his bunk when attacked on February 19, 2004. The two men were participants in a training course offered by NATO’s Partnership for Peace program, which seeks to increase cooperation between former Soviet bloc nations and the western military alliance.

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…The verdict is- mentally competent

The Azeri lieutenant has recanted testimony he gave in the preliminary investigation that the killing was premeditated revenge for the losses his family suffered in the Karabakh war.

 

Safarov’s lawyers say the killing was a result of the emotional trauma the young man suffered after witnessing Armenian attacks on the Azeri settlements of Khojalu and Jebrail. The defense is scheduled to wrap up its case on April 4th.

 

Safarov underwent several examinations to determine his emotional state. Finally the court-ordered psychiatric examination determined that he was aware of what he was doing the night he killed Margaryan.

 

According to Vardanyan, two Hungarian witnesses told the court that there was no evidence at the NATO training course of provocation between Azeris and Armenians. She said this refuted Azeri arguments that the Armenian officer may have provoked his Azeri counterpart.

[MosJan]

Azeri Embassy in Budapest Urges Hungarian Authorities to «Secure» Safarov

31.03.2006 01:32 GMT+04:00 Print version Send to mail In Russian

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Azerbaijan’s Embassy in Budapest has appealed to Hungarian law enforcement bodies to “secure” Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov. The statement says, “the reason is that Armenians have recently declared that they will pay $125 thousand for Safarov’s head. The Karabakh Liberation Organization has also recently appealed to the Hungarian government with a similar request, APA reports.

 

February 19, 2004 lieutenant of the Armed Forces of Armenia Gurgen Margaryan, sent to Budapest to take English courses within the NATO Partnership for Peace Program, was brutally hacked by Azeri officer, who took the same courses. Safarov is indicted in compliance with article 116.2 of the Criminal Code of Hungary (murder, committed with special cruelty, and attempt at lives of over one person), which provides for punishment varying from imprisonment of 10-15 years to life sentence. The last court hearing on Safarov’s case will be held April 4. The verdict is to be announced April 13.

[hytga]

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ԴԱՏԱԽԱԶԸ ՍԱՖԱՐՈՎԻ ՀԱՄԱՐ ՊԱՀԱՆՋԵԼ Է 30 ՏԱՐՎԱ ԱԶԱՏԱԶՐԿՈՒՄ

 

Երեկ Բուդապեշտում շարունակվել է հայ սպա Գուրգեն Մարգարյանի սպանության գործի դատաքննությունը: Վերջին խոսքով հանդես է եկել ադրբեջանցի սպա, մարդասպան Ռամիլ Սաֆարովը: Չնայած Սաֆարովի փաստաբանների հիմնական հանգամանքի՝ անմեղսունակության վարկածին, հունգարացի դատախազը նշել է մեղադրանքի ապացուցվածությունը՝ ընդգծելով, որ Սաֆարովը հանցագործությունը կատարելու պահին եղել է մեղսունակ: Դատախազը Սաֆարովի համար որպես պատիժ պահանջել է, որոշ տեղեկություններով, 30 տարվա ազատազրկում, այլ աղբյուրների համաձայն՝ ցմահ բանտարկություն:

 

Հիշեցնենք, որ այս գործով դատավճիռը կհրապարակվի ապրիլի 13-ին:

[MosJan]

30 YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR RAMIL SAFAROV

 

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Yesterday the Budapest court continued the trial over Azerbaijani serviceman Ramil Safarov charged with a murder of Armenian officer Gurgen Margarian. The murderer was allowed to have a final word. Despite the efforts of Safarov’s lawyer, the judge said that the defendant’s guilt is already established and that the latter was sane while committing the crime. Information on imprisonment terms varies from 30 years to life imprisonment.

 

Verdict is expected to be announced on April 13.