September 6, 2012 - 15:06 AMT
Beirut hosts mass rally to protest Azeri assassin Safarov extradition

Beirut is hosting a mass rally in front of Hungarian embassy in Lebanon to protest extradition of Azeri criminal Ramil Safarov who murdered an Armenian officer in Budapest.

The event was organized by the youth wings of 3 traditional Armenian parties: ARF Dashnaktsutyun, Social Democrat Hunchak Party and Ramkavar Azatakan.

The demonstrators met with the Hungarian ambassador to hand him a protest note against the extradition of the assassin who was later pardoned by Azeri leadership.