Gurgen Margaryan Murder

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www.defacto.am News/News 2007-02-23

The Azeri party also petitioned the court to remit the sentence, as Safarov is another culture’s representative, so Hungarian party cannot understand his motives, because an Armenian’s assassination is not considered a criminally punishable act in Azerbaijan.



Am I really reading this correctly, sat in my home in the 21st Century ?

We really haven't progressed since 1915, have we?

That sort of thinking is actually common in western Europe. For example, I've seriously heard it said that it's OK for Gypsy communities to commit crimes because it is part of their culture to do so, and that to punish Gypsies for behaviour that has been defined as "criminal" by non-Gypsies is tantamount to racism. Azerbaijan is just taking that viewpoint to its ultimate conclusion.