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In Budapest sentence was passed upon a murderer with no nationality

Murder of an Armenian doesn’t carry punishment in Azerbaijan.
Clear-cut borders are established between the Armenians and the rest
of the whole world in this country.
24.02.2007 GMT+04:00

The Court of Appeal in Hungary left the verdict of Budapest City Court
of 13 April 2006 in power, according to which Ramil Safarov, the
murderer of the Officer of the Armenian Armed Forces Gurgen Margaryan
is sentenced to life imprisonment. The court, as it could be expected
rejected Azerbaijan’s appeal for reconsideration of the case. It
should be mentioned that the Coordinating Committee for Ramil
Safarov’s rights is intending to appeal to the European Court of Human
Rights, though Armenia has more reasons for it.

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In the opinion of the Azeri Mass Media `Court’s
decision was biased, as neither the additional proves provided by
Azerbaijan, nor the new circumstances were taken into
consideration…’ There are two possible explanations for the given
situation: either Azerbaijan doesn’t realize why Safarov was judged,
or it is trying to increase the hatred towards the Armenians. Yet the
Hungarian Court acted according to laws existing in any country –
sentence was passed upon a murderer with no nationality and not an
Azerbaijani having killed an Armenian. The fact that Baku is probably
well aware of the above mentioned facts, does not keep the
Azerbaijanis away from announcing that the court’s decision was unjust
and that Safarov is just a martyr, or almost a soldier fighting for
justice, this is much easier than admitting once guilt. By the way,
let us mention that killing an Armenian doesn’t carry punishment in
Azerbaijan. Clear-cut borders are established between the Armenians
and the rest of the whole world in this country. Only for some reasons
Hungary respects laws recognized in the whole world and not in
Azerbaijan only, which consequently gives rise to resentments.

According to the Azeri attorney Shirinova the prosecutor almost failed
to contradict the facts indicated in the appeal – he only denied them
and rejected the appeal. But what did this word almost mean? This is
not the appropriate term to be used in this sphere. Safarov had no
extenuating circumstances, in spite of the attempts to make him out an
injudicious person, who couldn’t be responsible for his acts and
words. It’s worth mentioning that besides life imprisonment Safarov
received another term for scuffling with the prison guard.

Meanwhile Safarov’s father’s remarks are worth mentioning; `We always
make a fuss about nothing. The Armenians use the arguments which may
be heard in Azerbaijan for their own purposes. In due time the
Hungarian journalists were invited to Azerbaijan, but they didn’t meet
Safarov’s family, so the consequences were not unexpected, as
Azerbaijan didn’t take any serious steps. Ministry of Defence never
displayed any interest in the course of events. They only provided the
attorneys with some financial support a day before sending them to
Budapest. I think that this sentence is passed not on my son, but on
whole Azerbaijan.’

Comments are needless. Only what does the European Court of Human
Rights have to do with all this?

PanARMENIAN.Net» analytical department