MosJan Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 Azeri Jailed For Life In Hungary For Killing Armenian Officer AFP, AP, RFE/RL An appeals court in Budapest upheld a life sentence on Thursday against an Azerbaijani military officer who brutally murdered an Armenian lieutenant during a NATO training course in Hungary in 2004. "The appellate court upheld the life sentence handed down by the first instance [in April last year]," court spokesman Gyorgy Felkai told AFP. Ramil Safarov, an Azerbaijani army lieutenant, used an axe to hack Armenian lieutenant Gurgen Markarian to death in his sleep in the dormitories of a NATO training center in Budapest in 2004. The two officers were enrolled in an English-language course in the Hungarian capital as part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Partnership for Peace program, of which both Armenia and Azerbaijan are members. Safarov was also found guilty of planning the murder of another Armenian, which he did not carry out. He will be eligible for parole in 30 years. On Thursday, Safarov denied that he had intended to kill anyone, while his lawyer, Gyorgy Magyar, cited some experts' opinions which declared Safarov mentally unstable. Other experts, however, had said Safarov was fit to stand trial. He earlier said ethnic conflicts between Azerbaijan and Armenia were at the root of his actions. The appeals court ruling was welcomed by both Hungarian prosecutors and Nazeli Vartanian, an Armenian lawyer representing the slain officer’s family. “Hungarian courts have investigated all circumstances of the case and have properly appraised the Azerbaijani officer’s actions,” Vartanian told RFE/RL from Budapest. “We warned [the appeals court] that if the first instance verdict is softened, that will create a worldwide precedent and potentially lead to ethnically motivated killings of other Armenians,” she said. Many in Armenia had attributed Markarian’s murder to "anti-Armenian hysteria" fanned by the Baku government, while Azerbaijani officials countered that the killer was himself a refugee from the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict who had painful memories of the 1991-1992 with the Armenians. (Photolur photo: Safarov pictured in the courtroom.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 Hungarian Appeal’s Court left in force decision on life imprisonment for Safarov 22.02.2007 18:12 GMT+04:00 Print version Send to mail In Russian In Armenian /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Hungarian Appeal’s Court chairman Karpat Piroshki left in force the April 13, 2006 life imprisonment verdict of a lower instance court for Azeri officer Ramil Safarov, who killed Armenian officer Gurger Markarian. This information was spread by Safarov’s layer Ikram Shirinov. At the court’s session also chief of Azerbaijani Bar Association Azer Tagiyev, embassy employees and representatives of Azeri Diaspora in Hungary were present. I. Shirinov avoided expressing further plans, saying only that he will do it as soon as arriving in Azerbaijan, namely after February 24, “Trend” reports. Lieutenant of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia Gurgen Markarian, who was participating in the English language courses in the framework of “Cooperation for Peace” NATO program, was brutally hacked to death with an ax by the Azeri officer, who was also participating in the same program. The Hungarian court sentenced Safarof to life imprisonment without the right to pardon during the first 30 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 Safarov’s lawyers going to reach European Court 23.02.2007 13:58 GMT+04:00 Print version Send to mail In Russian In Armenian /PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Azerbaijani Coordination Council on Ramil Safarov’s rights defense “protests” against the decision of the Hungarian Court of Appeal which sustained life sentence for the Azeri serviceman, council representative, Azeri Milli Mejlis member Azay Guliyev said. He said the Coordination Council rates the verdict as “partial and preconceived and is going to appeal it in the Hungarian Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights.” “We expected such a decision,” Safarov’s father told reporters. He said Ramil called him several days ago and informed that two or three judges of the Court of Appeal were replaced. Safarov senior blamed the Azeri Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Office of Prosecutor General for “inactivity in defending Ramil.” “I think this verdict was handed against whole Azerbaijan but not my son,” he said, reports Novosti Azerbaijan. February 22, 2007 judge Piroski Karpati of the Hungarian Court of Appeal sustained the April 13 verdict providing for life imprisonment for Ramil Safarov, the murderer of Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan. February 19, 2004 Armenian armed forces lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan, who was taking an English language course within Partnership for Peace NATO program, was hacked to death by Safarov. The Hungarian court sentenced the murderer for life imprisonment without the right to pardon during initial 30 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Ramil Safarov has no chance to return to Azerbaijan 28.02.2007 18:07 GMT+04:00 Print version Send to mail In Russian In Armenian /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Azeri serviceman Ramil Safarov, the murderer of Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan, has no chance to return to Azerbaijan, Margaryans’ family lawyer Nazeli Vardanyan told a news conference today. “Presently, Safarov’s extradition is out of the question,” she said. She said Safarov’s lawyers purposefully wanted to extenuate the court decision to wring out a chance to convey him to the Azeri side. “However, the Hungarian history hasn’t recorded cases when a person sentenced to life imprisonment was conveyed to another state,” she said, reports www.newsarmenia.ru February 19 RA armed forces officer Gurgen Margaryan was brutally hacked to death by Azeri serviceman Ramil Safarov. Both were taking an English course in the framework of Partnership for Peace NATO program in Budapest. The Hungarian court sentenced Safarov to life imprisonment without right to pardon during initial 30 years. February 22, 2007 the Court of Appeal sustained the verdict. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Armenia will urge reparation of moral damages for Armenian officer murder 28.02.2007 18:40 GMT+04:00 Print version Send to mail In Russian In Armenian /PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian side intends to initiate a civil case on reparation of moral damages for the murder of the Armenian officer in Budapest, lawyer Nazeli Vardanyan told a news conference in Yerevan. She said the essential documents have been already filed. “We did not want to mix the issue with the murder case, since it’s a separate and long-term process. We will be consistent,” Vardanyan said. The Armenian side intends to demand a $500 thousand compensation, according to her, www.newsarmenia.ru reports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aratta-Kingdom Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 AZERBAIJANI OFFICER RAMIL SAFAROV SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT TO SERVE HIS PUNISHMENT AT REFORMATORY OF STRICT REGIME Noyan Tapan Feb 28 2007 YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 28, NOYAN TAPAN. The April 13, 2006 sentence of Budapest first instance court on case of RA Armed Forces Officer Gurgen Margarian's murder has come into force from February 22. According to the sentence, the murderer sentenced to life imprisonment, Azerbaijani Officer Ramil Safarov who was at Budapest investigation isolator should be moved to a reformatory of strict regime. Lawyer Nazeli Vardanian representing the interests of the aggrieved party reported this at the February 28 press conference. She informed the press conference that the complaint of R. Safarov's Hungarian defender Madyar Dorji was heard at Budapest Appeal Court on February 22. According to the complaint, though the first instance court examined the case very thoroughly, nevertheless, many violations were committed: four expertises were made, but when passing the sentence the court took as a basis only the defender's first testimony when the Azerbaijani Officer confessed that this was an aforethought murder, that unless he killed the Armenian officer at that moment, the murder would be committed at another place. R. Safarov had also said that he had become a serviceman in order to exterminate all Armenians of the world. M. Dorji declared at the court that his defendant gave the first evidence in Russian without lawyer's presence and did not understand what he was saying. At the same time, he said that Hungarians cannot understand why R. Safarov killed the Armenian Officer and why this is qualified in a different way in Azerbaijan and "to kill an Armenian is not considered as a crime there." Prosecutor Edit Bagi in his charge qualified the murder as a cruel, inhuman murder with many aggravating circumstances. "For us, it is very important to estimate the murder as a fact and not to assess to what culture R. Safarov belongs," the Prosecutor said. In the Prosecutor's words, R. Safarov was away from Azerbaijan in the years of war, he did not witness the war and none of his relatives perished in that war. Therefore, as the Hungarian Prosecutor said, the defendant could not suffer and get into stress when seeing an Armenian. In her speech made at the sitting Hungarian lawyer Gabriela Gaspar representing the interests of the aggrieved party said that R. Safarov had committed this murder for being heroized. In her words, the same is noticed in Turkey when they tried to heroize the criminal having committed the murder of Armenian journalist in Istanbul. "The strictest punishment should be kept to put an end to manifestations of genocide, for people not to be killed for their national belonging," G. Gaspar said. In N. Vardanian's words, "the Azerbaijanis have an opportunity to apply to Strasbourg court, which will be only favorable for us." "So, Azerbaijanis will show their cultural peculiarities in the center of Europe, that is, a murder committed on ethnic ground is not a crime," she said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zartonk Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 ARMENIAN SIDE TO DEMAND MATERIAL AND MORAL COMPENSATION The Armenian side is going to file a civil case in the court and demand material and moral compensation against the murder of Gurgen Margaryan, an Armenian officer murdered by an Azeri in Budapest, Nazeli Vardanyan, advocate representing the interests of Margaryan’s family, told a press conference today. In her words, the documents are ready but taking into consideration that the civil case process is complicated in Hungary more document are needed as well as expenditures must be justified. The advocate said, the initial sum of compensation that the Armenian side is going to demand from Ramil Safarov’s family is USD 500,000. www.panorama.am/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 RAMIL SAFAROV TAKEN TO PRISON * Yesterday Azeri serviceman Ramil Safarov, who was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Budapest Court for the murder of Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan, was conveyed to prison located 170 km far from Budapest. Safarov’s family representative Ikram Shirinov informed that lawyer Clara Fischer is going to attend the convict in prison. The decision by the Court of Appeal has not been submitted to the lawyers yet. Upon receipt Safarov’s lawyers are going to organize a cassation complaint to the Hungarian Supreme Court. February 22, 2007 judge Piroski Karpati of the Hungarian Court of Appeal sustained the April 13 verdict providing for life imprisonment for Ramil Safarov. February 19, 2004 Armenian armed forces lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan, who was taking an English language course within Partnership for Peace NATO program, was hacked to death by Safarov. The Hungarian court sentenced the murderer to life imprisonment without the right to pardon during initial 30 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yerevanforeigner6 Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 This is sad what happened but we can't change what happened. Beside that we should not judge all Azerbaijanis by what an Azeri did. Don't judge a whole nation by the acts of few!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Դրօ Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 This is sad what happened but we can't change what happened. Beside that we should not judge all Azerbaijanis by what an Azeri did. Don't judge a whole nation by the acts of few!! I agree that you cannot judge a whole nation from what a single person did, but the Azeri government hailed the murder, declaring him to be the man of the year, and encouraged the Azeri mothers to name their sons after him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Էլիա Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 I agree that you cannot judge a whole nation from what a single person did, but the Azeri government hailed the murder, declaring him to be the man of the year, and encouraged the Azeri mothers to name their sons after him. The Azeri Government is just sick-minded and inhumane for doing that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 GENOCIDE MUSEUM DIRECTOR SAYS NO CHANCES TO CHANGE SAFAROV’S VERDICT Defense attorneys of Ramil Safarov, an Azerbaijani military who stabbed an Armenian officer in Hungary, say that they are going to appeal life sentence in Hungarian Appeal Court. Haik Demoyan, director of Genocide Museum, told a news conference today “there are no chances to change the verdict.” He said the newly appointed Azerbaijani defense attorneys just want to show they can do something. Source: Panorama.am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 ՈՂՈՐՄԵԼԻ ՓՈՐՁԵՐ * Հայ սպա Գուրգեն Մարգարյանի սպանության համար ցմահ ազատազրկման դատապարտված Ռամիլ Սաֆարովի փաստաբանները որեւէ հնարավորություն չունեն Բուդապեշտի վճռաբեկ դատարանում բողոքարկելու վերաքննիչ դատարանի վճիռը: Երեկ հրավիրված ասուլիսում նման համոզմունք հայտնեց ԳԱԱ Հայոց ցեղասպանության թանգարան-ինստիտուտի տնօրեն Հայկ Դեմոյանը՝ անդրադառնաով Սաֆարովների ընտանիքի եւ Ադրբեջանի պաշտպանության նախարարության շահերի ներկայացուցչի մինչեւ մայիսի վերջ վճռաբեկ գանգատ ներկայացնելու մասին հայտարարությանը: «Ակնհայտ է, որ նրանք շանսեր չունեն»,- ընդգծեց նա՝ ավելացնելով, որ դա ե՛ւ իր, ե՛ւ Գ.Մարգարյանի ծնողների ու հայ սպա Հայկ Մակուչյանի շահերի պաշտպան Նազելի Վարդանյանի կարծիքն է: Հ.Դեմոյանը վճռաբեկ գանգատ բերելը վերագրում է «ադրբեջանցի նոր փաստաբանների էնտուզիազմին» եւ ընդգծում, որ նրանք պարզապես փորձում են գործունյա մարդկանց տպավորություն թողնե Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominO Posted May 20, 2007 Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 AZERBAIJANI OFFICER MAY BE EXTRADITED TO AZERBAIJAN : HUNGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan May 18 2007 Azerbaijan, Baku / corr Trend S.Agayeva / On 18 May, the Azerbaijani and Hungarian Foreign Ministers, Elmar Mammadyarov and Kinga Hentz, discussed in Baku, Azerbaijan, the issue on the extradition of Ramil Safarov, an officer of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in Hungary. Mammadyrarov voiced his confidence that Hungary will take into consideration Azerbaijan's position, which encourages a fair approach to the issue. The Hungarian minister stated that a trail on the Safarov's case is still underway and the final resolution on his extradition will be made once the process has been completed. The issue will also be discussed by the justice ministers of the two countries in Budapest in June," Hentz announced. On 13 April, 2006 Safarov was sentenced to life-imprisonment by the Budapest City Court for the murder of an Armenian fellow soldier during NATO military exercises in Hungary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantom22 Posted May 20, 2007 Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 No way in hell will we allow this to happen. If Safarov gets to Azerbaijan he will be made a national hero and given his own private dacha. AZERBAIJANI OFFICER MAY BE EXTRADITED TO AZERBAIJAN : HUNGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan May 18 2007 Azerbaijan, Baku / corr Trend S.Agayeva / On 18 May, the Azerbaijani and Hungarian Foreign Ministers, Elmar Mammadyarov and Kinga Hentz, discussed in Baku, Azerbaijan, the issue on the extradition of Ramil Safarov, an officer of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in Hungary. Mammadyrarov voiced his confidence that Hungary will take into consideration Azerbaijan's position, which encourages a fair approach to the issue. The Hungarian minister stated that a trail on the Safarov's case is still underway and the final resolution on his extradition will be made once the process has been completed. The issue will also be discussed by the justice ministers of the two countries in Budapest in June," Hentz announced. On 13 April, 2006 Safarov was sentenced to life-imprisonment by the Budapest City Court for the murder of an Armenian fellow soldier during NATO military exercises in Hungary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 ՀՆԱՐԱՎՈՐ Է ՄԱՐԴԱՍՊԱՆ ՍԱՖԱՐՈՎԻ ՏԵՂԱՓՈԽՈՒՄԸ ԱԴՐԲԵՋԱՆ * Հայ սպա Գուրգեն Մարգարյանի սպանության գործով հունգարական բանտում ցմահ բանտարկության դատապարտված ադրբեջանական բանակի սպա Ռամիլ Սաֆարովը հնարավոր է, որ տեղափոխվի Ադրբեջան: Ադրբեջանական լրատվամիջոցների տեղեկացմամբ, Բաքու պաշտոնական այցելության ընթացքում նման հայտարարություն է արել Հունգարիայի արտգործնախարար Ինգի Հենցը: Հունգարիայի արտաքին գերատեսչության ղեկավարը տեղեկացրել է, որ այդ հարցը քննարկվել է Ադրբեջանի արտգործնախարար Էլմար Մամեդյարովի հետ: «Սաֆարովի Ադրբեջան տեղափոխումը հնարավոր է, բայց ոչ հիմա, քանի որ նրա գործը դեռ քննվում է տարբեր դատական ատյաններում: Ապագայում, երբ դատական բոլոր գործընթացները կավարտվեն, հնարավոր է կոնկրետ քայլեր ձեռնարկվեն այդ ուղղությամբ», նշել է Հունգարիայի արտգործնախարարը: Սաֆարովի հարցի քննարկումը կլինի նաեւ մոտ ժամանակներս Ադրբեջանի ներքին գործերի նախարարի Հունգարիա այցելության ընթացքում Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 AZERIS TO APPEAL LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR MURDERER SAFAROV IN AUTUMN * The lawyers of Azeri murderer Ramil Sarfarov are going to appeal the February 22 verdict of life imprisonment sentenced to him at the Budapest Appeal Court. "Azeri Press" agency informed that the lawyers decided to leave the appeal to the court for autumn session, as the Budapest based courts are closing for summer vacations. At the same time, they state that the Hungarian legislation defines no deadlines for appeal procedures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 AZERBAIJAN WANTS TO RETURN MURDERER SAFAROV * Not satisfied with making the Armenian officer Gurgen Margarian's murderer Ramil Safarov a hero, Azerbaijani authorities want to return him officially to their country. The military procurator of Azerbaijan Khanlar Veliyev visited Budapest and saw the Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov, who is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of the Armenian officer Gurgen Margarian. According to Day.az agency the military procurator announced that the physical and moral state of Safarov is satisfactory. He also hoped that they would take Safarov to Azerbaijan. Khanlar Veliyev informed that they would appeal against the February 22, 2007 verdict of Budapest Appeal Court about leaving the life imprisonment decision unchangeable in autumn, as there is no time limit for the appeal in Hungarian Court. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 RAMIL SAFAROV’S LAWYERS GOING TO ISSUE CASSATION COMPLAINT TO HUNGARIAN COURT A cassation appeal on the case of Azeri army officer Ramil Safarov will be sent to the Hungarian court in September, judge Ikram Shirinov said. An appeal on “Safarov’s alleged disobedience to the warders” will be also considered, he added. Besides, Mr Shirinov informed that lawyer Elmar Kerimov and another lawyer, whose name is not announced, as the contract hasn’t been concluded with him yet, are dealing with the Safarov case, Day.az reported quoting Lider TV channel. February 19, 2004 Armenian Armed Forces officer Gurgen Margaryan, who was taking an English language course in Budapest within Partnership for Peace NATO program, was brutally axed asleep by his Azeri fellow Ramil Safarov. The Hungarian court sentenced Safarov to life imprisonment without a right for pardon during the initial 30 years. In November 2006 the warders brought an action against Safarov. He was accused of putting up resistance and injuring a state official and was given an 8-month suspended sentence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOB Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 this guy must be sick I met with him in prison. My colleague Rabiyyat Aslanova and officer of our embassy were also there. Ramil Safarov with his tolerance, honor and behavior protects our country's image. Azay Guliyev, Azerbaijani MP quoted by Azerbaijani news agency ource: RAMIL SAFAROV FASTS IN PRISON, Azeri press Agency, Azerbaijan. Oct 8 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVO Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 What do you expect from a baboon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOB Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 True. We can't expect more from a cynical baboon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 Ramil Safarov extradition to Azerbaijan inadmissible for Armenia 31.10.2007 14:31 GMT+04:00 Print version Send to mail In Russian In Armenian /PanARMENIAN.Net/ “Extradition of Ramil Safarov, the murderer of Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan, is inadmissible for Armenia,” Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said at a meeting with his Hungarian counterpart Kinga Goncz. Mr Oskanian thanked the Hungarian justice for a fair verdict to the murderer, the RA MFA press office reported. February 19, 2004 lieutenant of the Armenian Armed Forces Gurgen Margaryan, sent to Budapest for an English course within the NATO Partnership for Peace Program, was brutally hacked by Azeri officer Ramil Safaroiv taking the same course. April 13, 2006, the Budapest Court of First Instance sentenced Safarov to life imprisonment without right for pardon during initial 30 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Safarov 8-month suspended sentence upheld 30.01.2008 17:44 GMT+04:00 Print version Send to mail In Russian In Armenian /PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Budapest Court of Appeals upheld the verdict of 17 November, 2006 to Ramil Safarov, sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan. A court of first instance gave Safarov an 8-month sentence for disobedience to authorities. On February 19, 2004, the prison guards told Safarov to give his phone card. Not knowing Hungarian, Safarov failed to understand them and a fight started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elle Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 So is he going to be extradited to Azerbaijan now or he's going to rot in Hungary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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