3500 inmates to be pardoned tomorrow

  14 June 2016    Read: 1056
3500 inmates to be pardoned tomorrow
The decision of amnesty on the occasion of the May 28, Republic Day will come into force on June 15, AzVision.az reports.
The `Amnesty Act` submitted by Azerbaijan`s first lady, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, MP Mehriban Aliyeva on the occasion of 28 May – Republic Day, is expected to apply to 10,000 prisoners. 3,500 of them will be released from detention.

It is the fourth appeal of Mehriban Aliyeva to the parliament over the adoption of the act of pardon. 61 pardon decrees and 10 amnesty acts have been adopted in the country since 1995.

9,877 inmates were pardoned under the decision of the Azerbaijani parliament dated May 8, 2007, 9,564 inmates - under the decision dated March 17, 2009, and 10,040 inmates - under the decision dated May 7, 2013.

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