Armenia should be involved as third party in Gurgen Margaryan murder trial- ombudsperson

Armenia should be involved as third party in Gurgen Margaryan murder trial- ombudsperson

Larisa Alaverdyan, Armenia’s first ombudsperson on Saturday highlighted the need of involving the country as a third party in the Gurgen Margaryan murder trial in the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

She said she finds the Armenian authorities have all the grounds to raise such a demand on the necessary level.

“In the past six months, the ECtHR has four to five times considered matters of the kind. As for Gurgen Margaryan’s case, it isn’t for now possible to predict the Court’s ruling, however, Armenia’s efforts will be essentially significant,” she told reporters on Saturday.

Asked to compare the Azerbaijani authorities’ conduct with the Islamic State’s policies, Alaverdyan said she sees that both that country and the Islamic militant group demonstrate a blatant contempt for the laws.

“Azerbaijan is in breach of all the human rights and all the international laws, disrespecting the values of civilization. That’s what their policies demonstrate,” she added.

The political analyst Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan, also attending the news conference described Azerbaijan’s blatant Armenophobia as part of that country’s official policy line, citing the axe-killer’s glorification in Baku as the most vivid example proving that.

“Safarov’s extradition and glorification as a hero [in 2012] changed the situation, the moment becoming a turning point in terms of stalling the negotiation process,” he said, calling for the Azerbaijani authorities’ accountability for the willful act.

The expert further stressed the IMPORTANCE of giving a proper attention to Azerbaijan’s propaganda.

“It is the right time for Armenia to focus, apart from the legal [aspect], also on the propaganda efforts to demonstrate to the international community what Azerbaijan wishes to really achieve,” he added.

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