Azeri leader pardons 96
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Tuesday ordered to pardon 96
prisoners. The persons affected by the presidential decree include
two inmates who were considered by the Council of Europe as
"political prisoners".
The pardoned prisoners also include the former national hero and commander of a military unit, Rasim Akbarov, and ex-speaker Rasul Guliyev’s newphew, Bayram Guliyev, as well as the health ministry’s former department head Alexander Umnyashkin, who had been arrested over the case of former minister Ali Insanov.
The list of the pardoned prisoners does not include three jailed journalists.*
The pardoned prisoners also include the former national hero and commander of a military unit, Rasim Akbarov, and ex-speaker Rasul Guliyev’s newphew, Bayram Guliyev, as well as the health ministry’s former department head Alexander Umnyashkin, who had been arrested over the case of former minister Ali Insanov.
The list of the pardoned prisoners does not include three jailed journalists.*
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