Safarov's lawyers going to reach European CourtFebruary 23, 2007 - 13:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Azerbaijani Coordination Council on Ramil Safarov's rights defense "protests" against the decision of the Hungarian Court of Appeal which sustained life sentence for the Azeri serviceman, council representative, Azeri Milli Mejlis member Azay Guliyev said. He said the Coordination Council rates the verdict as "partial and preconceived and is going to appeal it in the Hungarian Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights.""We expected such a decision," Safarov's father told reporters. He said Ramil called him several days ago and informed that two or three judges of the Court of Appeal were replaced. Safarov senior blamed the Azeri Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Office of Prosecutor General for "inactivity in defending Ramil." "I think this verdict was handed against whole Azerbaijan but not my son," he said, reports Novosti Azerbaijan. February 22, 2007 judge Piroski Karpati of the Hungarian Court of Appeal sustained the April 13 verdict providing for life imprisonment for Ramil Safarov, the murderer of Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan. February 19, 2004 Armenian armed forces lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan, who was taking an English language course within Partnership for Peace NATO program, was hacked to death by Safarov. The Hungarian court sentenced the murderer for life imprisonment without the right to pardon during initial 30 years. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |