Milli Majlis passes amnesty act unanimously

  07 May 2013    Read: 763
Milli Majlis passes amnesty act unanimously
The Parliament of Azerbaijan passed the amnesty act on the initiative of Milli Majlis deputy, president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva.
114 parliamentarians stood for the draft amnesty act.
In her short speech, Mehriban Aliyeva noted that serious steps were taken in the direction of amnesty and release of prisoners after Heydar Aliyev returned to power in 1993.

"The amnesty act covers 9,000 prisoners of which 2,000 will be released", she said.

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