IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT A CONVICTED MURDERER IS WELCOMED AS A HERO IN AZERBAIJAN, COE SECRETARY GENERAL SAID

Mediamax
Sept 4 2012
Armenia

Yerevan, September 4. /Mediamax/. In today’s statement the Council
of Europe’s Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland said that murder –
such as that committed by Ramil Safarov – cannot be glorified.

“Ramil Safarov was convicted for murder and sentenced to life
imprisonment in Hungary. On August 31, he was transferred to
Azerbaijan, and immediately pardoned. I do not want to comment on
the legal proceedings, but I find it unacceptable that a convicted
murderer is welcomed as a hero”, – CoE Secretaru General said.

“I reject the prospect of a world whose moral code begins to fray,
where respect for human dignity is denied. This is not the Europe that
we should wish for future generations. I condemn such glorification
of crime, and urge that we all work to uphold the respect for life,
and our values as defended by the Council of Europe”, he said.

From: Baghdasarian