SLIDESHOW: ARMENIANS PROTEST SAFAROV EXTRADITION IN LOS ANGELES

ianyan Magazine

Sept 7 2012

By Liana Aghajanian on September 7, 2012 12:46 am

Following international protests in Armenia, Hungary, India and
Argentina, around 400 protestors crowded the streets of West Los
Angeles on Thursday afternoon to voice their dismay at the extradition
of Ramil Safarov, an Azerbaijani military officer who killed Armenian
solider Gurgen Margaryan with an axe while he slept, when both were
attending a 2004 NATO “Partnership for Peace” conference. The crowd
carried homemade signs, made use of slogans, and included a diverse
mix, from teenagers to veterans of the Nagorno-Karabakh war. Los
Angeles Councilmember Paul Krekorian, the first Armenian-American
elected to the L.A. City Council spoke at the event and along with
organizers, attempted to make his way to the Hungarian and Azerbaijani
Consulates to deliver a formal letter, though access by security
detail of the representatives was denied. More details and context
on the protest here: Crowd protests killer’s release

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