Azerbaijan to release 65 female prisoners within act of amnesty
By Trend
The amnesty act, announced in connection with the Victory Day of Azerbaijan, has covered 65 female prisoners serving sentences in correctional institutions of the Penitentiary Service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Justice, Head of the Human Rights and Public Relations Department of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Justice Aynur Sabitova said, Trend reports on Dec. 3.
Sabitova said that the term of punishment for 40 women was reduced by six months, 24 women were released from serving their sentences.
"One of the women covered by the amnesty is being treated against drug addiction," Sabitova said.
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