UYA to commemorate Gurgen Margaryan, Sumgait massacreFebruary 8, 2013 - 10:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In memory of Lt. Gurgen Margaryan, a slain Armenian officer axed to death while asleep by the self-confessed Azeri ax-murderer Lt. Ramil Safarov on February 19, 2004, and in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Sumgait massacres in Azerbaijan, the Unified Young Armenians (UYA) will organize a rally on February 19, 2013, at 3:00 pm in front of Consulate of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles. The same building also houses the Hungarian Consulate. “The government of Azerbaijan secured the extradition of Ramil Safarov by purchasing billions of dollars of Hungarian sovereign debt and by promising investment in that country. Subsequently, Ilham Aliyev, the authoritarian "president" of Azerbaijan who took power from his father in 2003 pardoned the killer, promoted him to the rank of major, and paraded him in the streets of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. Lt. Gurgen Margaryan's killing was not a case of simple murder. Rather, it was a slap in the face of NATO Alliance as the murder occurred during NATO’s Partnership for Peace training program,” UYA said in a statement. For the sake of the past, and for the sake of the future, Unified Young Armenians calls upon the Armenian community, as well as the peace-loving people of the Southern California to be there and amplify our call for justice and fairness. 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. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenian government besieged by protesters Protesters led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan poured into Yerevan’s Republic Square to try to surround the seat of Armenia’s government. Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. EU calls on Azerbaijan to release all political prisoners The European Union calls on Azerbaijan to release all those imprisoned for exercising their fundamental rights. |