HUNGARIAN INTELLECTUALS VISIT GURGEN MARGARYAN’S TOMB
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16:12 10.10.2012
Hungarian historian Zoltan Biro, theologian Gabor Ivanyi, journalist
Gabor Deak and writer Rudolf Ungvary visited Gurgen Margaryan’s tomb
at Yerablur Pantehon today.
Armenian Officer Gurgen Margaryan was axed by Azeri Ramil Safarov
during NATO courses in Budapest in 2004. On April 16, 2006, the
Hungarian court sentenced Safarov to life imprisonment without
possibility of appeal until 2036.
In late August 2012, however, Hungarian authorities agreed to release
and extradite Safarov to Azerbaijan to serve the remainder of his
sentence there. However, upon his arrival in Azerbaijan Safarov was
pardoned by President Ilham Aliyev. Safarov has since been promoted
to the rank of major and provided with accomodations by the Azerbaijan
government.
At a press conference in Yerevan, the Hungarian intellectuals
said Safarov’s transfer was an incomprehensible and unacceptable
political decision, which faced the severe criticism of the majority
of Hungarians.
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