  France’s Armenians to rally against Safarov’s pardoning Sept 6 September 3, 2012 - 15:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On September 6, Armenian community of France will hold a rally in front of Hungarian embassy in Paris to protest extradition and pardoning of Azeri assassin Ramil Safarov, Nouvelles d'Arménie said.CCAF (Coordination Council of Armenian organizations of France) urged Hungarian leadership to demand Safarov’s imprisonment from Azerbaijan. The Council slammed Safarov’s pardoning as a violation of international legislation, threatening Armenian nation’s right for life and freedom. “Pardoning of Armenian officer’s murderer on the threshold of Genocide 100th anniversary is nothing but a perpetuation of the Pan-Turkist policy of impunity for extermination of Armenians,” France’s Armenian community stressed.   Gurgen Margaryan On February 19, 2004, Lieutenant of the Armenian Armed Forces Gurgen Margaryan, 26, was hacked to death, while asleep, by a fellow Azerbaijani participant, lieutenant Ramil Safarov, in Budapest during a three-month English language course in the framework of Partnership for Peace NATO-sponsored program. In accordance with Budapest District Court sentence dated April 13, 2006, Ramil Safarov was life imprisoned for murdering the Armenian officer. Partner news  Top stories “The above mentioned NGOs’ participation in the forum is only possible as a part of Azerbaijani delegation,” ANP said. The military academy will be named after legendary commanders of Armenian origin Alexander Suvorov and Valerian Mandatov. French Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Jacques Faure said the co-chairs are not planning a visit to Nagorno Karabakh. Last month, renowned Turkish pianist Fazıl Say was also handed a suspended 10-month prison sentence for blasphemy.   Partner news |  Latest news Kerry, Lavrov to discuss Syria in Paris  U.S. officials say they want to advance efforts to start talks between the Syrian government and opposition leaders.Muse to play free London show after Brad Pitt’s “World War Z” premiere The concert will take place on Sunday, June 2 and 15,000 tickets will be made available for the event.Gael Garcia Bernal to topline Jon Stewart’s “Rosewater” Bernal recently starred in Pablo Larrain's "No" and produced "Chavez," which stars Michael Pena.Large blast heard in center of Kabul The explosion occurred at about 4 pm in the downtown district of Borj-e Sharahah, a Kabul police spokesman said. |
