Worldwide Protests Against Safarov’s Release Continue

WORLDWIDE PROTESTS AGAINST SAFAROV’S RELEASE CONTINUE

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13:33 ~U 11.09.12

The international protests against the extradition and release of the
life-sentenced Azerbaijani officer, Ramil Safarov, reached New York
overnight, gathering a crowd of US-Armenians outside the Hungarian
Consulate

According to the Ministry of Diaspora, the event attracted
representatives from the US-Armenian coalition, as well as religious,
youth and student organizations. The crowd held up posters and chanted
slogans criticizing Hungary’s move. The protesters also voiced a
condemnatory statement.

Earlier, Washington had hosted two protests (on August 31 and September
9) organized by Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaksutyun’s
committee, Sephu, and a branch of the Armenian Youth Federation.

Executive Director of the Armenian Revolutionary
Federation-Dashnaksutyun Aram Hamparian made a speech at the meeting.

At the end, the Armenian church Holy Cross offered a liturgy to
commemorate Gurgen Margaryan, the Armenian officer who was brutally
axed to death by Safarov back in 2004.

A crowd of Czech-Armenians, upon the initiative of the community’s
coordinating council, organized this week-end a protest in front
of the Hungarian Embassy in Prague, demanding Safarov’s return to
Budapest and the recognition of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.

“Our protest is against the official Budapest’s dishonest and
unreasonable step, not the Hungarian nation which is our friend,”
they said in a statement.

The Czech-Armenians have launched active discussions in social networks
while the local media (particularly the newspaper “iDNES.cz/Zpravy)
keep condemning the Hungarian government’s decision to hand over the
violent murderer to his home country.

Plans for a new protest outside the Embassy are reportedly under
discussion now.