Artsakh Public TV says Karabakh shocked by Azeri editor’s murder

Artsakh Public TV, Stepanakert
4 Mar 05

[Presenter over video of journalists and public figures] Nagornyy
Karabakh journalists and public are shocked by the assassination of an
Azerbaijani journalist and the editor-in-chief of Monitor magazine,
Elmar Huseynov.

Artsakh Public TV has interviewed some journalists and public figures
and they said the following:

[Karen Ogadzhanyan, head of Karabakh Helsinki Initiative-92] I
personally knew Elmar Huseynov. He was a man with a broad and
democratic outlook. I want to offer my condolences to Elmar’s
relatives. I think that his assassination is a step towards the return
of terror in Azerbaijan, which can also spread to other countries in
the South Caucasus. I think that democratic forces in Azerbaijan and
abroad should unite and stop the spread of terror. The spread of
terror will affect Azerbaijan’s democratic development and the
Nagornyy Karabakh conflict settlement. It will be much more difficult
or even impossible to settle the conflict with undemocratic
Azerbaijan.

[Gegam Bagdasaryan, president of Stepanakert (Xankandi) press club]
The assassination of Elmar Huseynov shows that something is wrong in
Azerbaijan. It shows that the authorities put their own interests
above those of the public. The assassination also has a direct impact
on the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict settlement. If the Azerbaijani
authorities kill people of the same nationality, what will they do to
people of other nationalities? Anyway, it is also a tragedy for the
family of Elmar Huseynov and I offer my condolences to Elmar’s family.