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 Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. 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". Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. 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. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |