The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) passed a Chamber judgment on May 26, 2020, in the case of Makuchyan and Minasyan v. Azerbaijan and Hungary. The ECHR case concerned the 2004 murder of Armenian Lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan and attempted murder of another Armenian soldier, Hayk Makuchyan, by Azerbaijani Lieutenant Ramil Safarov during a NATO Partnership for Peace English language program in Budapest, Hungary. The ECHR case also involved the presidential pardon given to Safarov, who had been convicted to a life sentence by a court in Budapest, and the hero’s welcome he received after he was extradited to Azerbaijan from Hungary in 2012, where he was supposed to serve the rest of his sentence.
by By Maria Titizian and Lusine Sargsyan, EVN Report
