Ramil Səfərov
Ramil Səfərov (also Ramil Säfärov ; * 1977 in Cəbrayıl , Azerbaijani SSR , Soviet Union ) is a lieutenant in the Azerbaijani army. In February 2004 he took part in a course within the framework of the NATO program Partnership for Peace in Hungary and on February 19, 2004 killed the Armenian participant Gurgen Markarjan ( Armenian Գուրգեն Մարգարյան, in English transcription Gurgen Markarian) 1 in his sleep with an ax after he stabbed him with a knife.
1 The common English spelling Gurgen Margaryan is a transliteration , because the name is written with g (գ), but it is pronounced like k '(ք).
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A Budapest police officer reported that the murder was "unusually cruel" and that the victim's head was almost completely separated from the body. Səfərov admitted the murder in March.
Response from the Azerbaijani public
The National Democratic Party of Azerbaijan voted him Man of the Year 2005 for his “services to the fatherland” . The party leader said: “I don't care how he killed the Armenian officer. It is important that there is now one less 'Gurgen' [meaning Armenians ], and the more Azerbaijanis will kill Armenians, the fewer they will be. "
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Safarovs act was by a court Trauma established that he had suffered when he during the war to Nagorno-Karabakh had to flee. However, this was refuted elsewhere by Safarov when he stated that he studied in Baku and Turkey between 1992 and 1996.
On March 7, 2006, the court declared him sane. On April 13, 2006, Səfərov was sentenced to life imprisonment . The court ruled out an amnesty for 30 years.
Tradition and pardon
After eight years in prison, Hungary handed Ramil Safarov over to Azerbaijan on August 31, 2012. Although the Azerbaijani government has officially promised to continue the life sentence, Azerbaijani President İlham Əliyev pardoned Ramil Safarov shortly after his arrival in Baku and acquitted him of his life sentence.
The transfer of the murderer Safarov, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in Hungary to Azerbaijan, is generally seen as a deal with the government in Baku. Since the beginning of August there have been media reports that Azerbaijan wants to buy Hungarian government bonds worth two to three billion euros and thus Safarov "free". Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán confessed to having struck a deal with Azerbaijan and stated that, through the tradition of Ramil Safarov, he wanted to give a sign to the Republic of Azerbaijan "to signal security to possible new lenders" and added that he assumed that they would Safarov would not be pardoned until months later because of "health problems".
Reactions
Armenia
Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan announced that he would initially freeze all diplomatic relations and all official contacts with Hungary. The spokesman for the National Assembly, Howik Abrahamjan , postponed his visit to Hungary, which was planned for the end of September.
In a speech on the Independence Day of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic , President Sargsyan asked: “Is there anyone in the world who will propose to the people of Nagorno-Karabakh to become part of Azerbaijan, a country where every murderer is celebrated as a hero because he is killed an Armenian? "
Hundreds of activists gathered in the capital Yerevan and demonstrated in front of the Hungarian consulate. The Hungarian flag was burned and tomatoes were thrown at the Hungarian consulate.
The Armenian Hayk Makuchyan, who escaped an attempted assassination attempt by Ramil Safarov on the same night that Markarjan was murdered, said he wanted to turn to European judicial authorities and the International Court of Justice in The Hague because it was one ethnically motivated murder.
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan celebrated Ramil Safarov as a national hero after arriving in Baku. Azerbaijan's Defense Minister Safar Abiyev promoted Ramil Safarov to major . In addition, Safarov received a new apartment and military pay for the eight and a half years that he had served in Hungarian custody.
Arsu Abdullajewa, chairman of the Azerbaijani section of the Helsinki Citizens Assembly, called the pardon and heroization of Safarov by the majority of the Azerbaijani media a "shame". The chairman of the Association for Democracy in Azerbaijan, Gurban Alakbarov, called the productions in Azerbaijan about this incident an "monkey circus" with the sole purpose of giving İlham Əliyev legitimacy for the 2013 presidential elections in Azerbaijan. “All the elections that have taken place so far are fake, and the West must finally understand that too. That is why the rulers need something with which they can legitimize themselves, ”said Alakbarov, adding that the PR actions by Azerbaijan around Safarov represent a deception of the people and a manipulation of public opinion.
The popular Azerbaijani writer Akram Aylisli published the novel “Dreams of Stone” in December 2012 as a reaction to the pardon and heroization of Səfərov, in which he describes both the pogroms in Sumgait and Baku , which are taboo in Azerbaijan, and the massacres of Armenians in his Nakhichevan hometown thematized by Turkish troops in 1918 and the exodus of the Armenians from Nakhchivan. Although he had already written the text in 2006, he has so far shied away from publication. "When I saw this insane reaction and how they artificially fueled hatred between Armenians and Azerbaijani in a way that went beyond any scope, I decided to publish the novel." In response, President İlham Əliyev left him all Withdraw awards and pensions and remove his works from the theater and school curricula.
Hungary
Hungary's Foreign Ministry condemned Azerbaijan's pardon for the convicted murderer Ramil Safarov, stating that it was incompatible with international law. "Before Safarow was deported to his homeland, Baku officially promised that he would have to serve his sentence there," said Hungary's Foreign State Secretary Zsolt Nemeth.
Pro-government newspapers called the "surrender to Azerbaijan" a "moral bankruptcy" and demanded a transparent, detailed explanation of the case and its circumstances. Leading representatives of the Hungarian Reformed and Lutheran Churches expressed their solidarity with the Catholicos of the Armenian Church. A letter signed by Bishops Gusztav Bölcskei and Peter Gancs assures the Patriarch that the two Bishops and their parishes are on the side of the Church and the people of Armenia.
Within a very short time, several pages were set up on Facebook in which the Hungarian people apologized for the actions of their government towards Armenia and the Armenian people. After two days, the "Sorry Armenia" page reached more than 10,000 sympathizers.
United States
In a statement, Tommy Vietor was, spokesman for the National Security Council of the United States that President Obama is deeply concerned about the message that the President of Azerbaijan Ramil Safarov pardoned after his return from Hungary. The United States, the statement goes on to say, "also expects a declaration from Hungary on the Safarov decision to hand over to Azerbaijan."
The US Congressman Frank Pallone called the behavior of Azerbaijan as "irresponsible" and "outrageous". He also stated that by releasing a convicted murderer, Azerbaijan has only further confirmed its desire to promote and condone violence against Armenia and its people.
Minsk OSCE group
The Minsk OSCE group (made up of the mediators USA, Russia and France , with the aim of a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict ) stated that the pardon of the Azerbaijani officer who murdered an Armenian officer, the previous attempts at peace between the two countries Bringing about Armenia and Azerbaijan has seriously hurt.
European Union
A spokeswoman for EU Foreign Affairs Representative Catherine Ashton said the European Union is very concerned that Azerbaijan's President İlham Əliyev has pardoned officer Ramil Safarov. In addition, the EU is "very concerned" about the possible impact of this release on the entire region.
Organization of the Collective Security Treaty
The Secretary General of the CSTO , Nikolai Bordyuzha , stated, that the decision of Azerbaijan Ramil Safarov pardon is contrary to international law, adding that this approach can be justified by anything.
Amnesty International
Human rights organization Amnesty International expressed concern about Azerbaijan's release of Ramil Safarov, saying it would be seen as an advocacy of ethnic violence. "With the pardon and subsequent promotion of Ramil Safarov, President Aliyev has signaled to the Azerbaijanis that violence against Armenians is not only accepted but also rewarded," reads a document from the human rights organization.
Others
The case of Səfərov is comparable to that of Warushan Karapetjan , the former member of the now defunct Armenian terrorist organization ASALA . On July 15, 1983, Karapetyan committed an act of terrorism at Paris-Orly Airport . 8 people (including two Turks ) were murdered and 55 others injured. After 17 years in French custody, he was pardoned in 2001 at the request of the Armenian government and extradited to Armenia, where he was celebrated like a hero. He was awarded a job and an apartment, and important Armenian intellectuals such as Silwa Kaputikjan , Gevorg Emin, Pertsch Sejtunzjan and Zori Balajan expressed their solidarity with Karapetjan for his actions.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Agency reports on geocities.com ( Memento from November 22, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Murder Case Judgment Reverberates Around Caucasus ( Memento from September 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ^ Copy of the letter ( Memento of December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ).
- ↑ Ax murderer affair: Azerbaijan denies billion deal with Hungary
- ↑ Armenia breaks off relations with Hungary
- ↑ Orbán Trapped
- ↑ Armenia breaks off relations with Hungary
- ↑ Orbán on Extradition of the Ax Slayer: My Decision
- ↑ Armenia breaks off relations with Hungary
- ↑ Azerbaijan pardons convicted ax murderer
- ↑ Azerbaijan pardons murderers - a shock for Yerevan
- ↑ An Azerbaijani hero
- ↑ Armenian officer, who miraculously escaped from Azerbaijani serviceman's ax, will fight for his rights (English)
- ↑ Azerbaijan celebrates the ax murderer of Budapest
- ↑ Azerbaijan makes ax murderers a hero
- ↑ Flowers for the ax murderer
- ↑ Populism in Azerbaijan - "That was an ape circus"
- ↑ Акрам АЙЛИСЛИ: Каменные сны. Дружба Народов 2012, 12 ( online at Журнальный зал )
- ^ Ernst von Waldenfels: writer Akram Aylisli: ax and pen. How the Azerbaijani writer went from a living classic to an enemy of the people.
- ↑ Azerbaijani President signs orders to deprive Akram Aylisli of presidential pension and honorary title ( Memento of the original from March 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Trend.az.
- ↑ Распоряжение Президента Азербайджанской Республики о лишении Акрама Айлисли (Акрама Наджаф оглу Наибова) персональной пенсии Президента Азербайджанской Республики
- ↑ В Азербайджане изымают из школьных учебников произведения опального писателяПодробнее
- ↑ Azerbaijan makes ax murderers a hero
- ↑ Orbán Trapped
- ^ Cardinal mediates between Hungary and Armenia in a crisis
- ↑ Sorry Armenia
- ^ Statement by NSC Spokesman Tommy Vietor on Azerbaijan's Decision to Pardon Ramil Safarov
- ↑ Pallone Statement Condemning Azerbaijani President's Pardon of Convicted Murderer, Ramil Safarov
- ↑ OSCE decries Azerbaijan-Armenia tensions (English)
- ↑ EU urges Azerbaijan and Armenia to exercise restraint
- ↑ Освобождение Сафарова идет вразрез с нормами международного права - Генсек ОДКБ (Russian)
- ↑ DOCUMENT - AZERBAIJAN: GOVERNMENT SENDS DANGEROUS MESSAGE ON ETHNICALLY-MOTIVATED VIOLENCE (English)
- ↑ Nurit Greenger: Varoujan Garabedian, Armenia's Adulated Terrorist. October 19, 2017, accessed July 3, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Səfərov, Ramil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Safarov, Ramil; Säfarov, Ramil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Azerbaijani lieutenant, convicted murderer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cəbrayıl , Azerbaijani SSR , Soviet Union |