Azerbaijani president signs pardon decree
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Wednesday signed a decree to pardon some of the prisoners, Trend news agency reported.
The president pardoned 79 of those sentenced to imprisonment, four of the people serving conditional sentences, and four others who faced fines.
The list of the pardoned includes journalists Aydin Janiyev and Anar Bayramli, rights defenders Vidadi Iskandarli and Taleh Khasmammadov, and department head of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party Shahin Hasanli.
There are also Iranian, Georgian, Nigerian, Turkish and Bangladeshi citizens among those pardoned.
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