Australians to Protest axe murderer extradition at Hungarian Embassy in Canberra
13:37, 7 September, 2012
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 7, ARMENPRESS: Leading Armenian-Australian
churches, political organisations and relief organisations have joined
to Protest at the Hungarian Consulate in Canberra on Friday, 14
September, reports Armenpress citing ANCA Australia. In 2006, Azeri
lieutenant Ramil Safarov was handed to a life sentence for the
premeditated axe murder of Armenian lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan, who
was asleep at the time, while they were both taking part in NATO’s
Partnership for Peace program in Hungary. In late August 2012,
Hungarian authorities extradited Safarov back to Azerbaijan after
receiving ”assurances” from Azeri authorities that he would serve
the remainder of his sentence in Azerbaijan. However, upon his return
to Baku, Azerbaijan president Ilham Aliyev pardoned Safarov, and he is
now being hailed as a national hero. The Protest in Canberra will
express the Armenian-Australian community’s condemnation of Hungary’s
deal to extradite Safarov. Buses to and from Canberra have been
organised for the day. See details on flyer on the left.
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