President Aliyev pardons group of prisoners
By Jamila Babayeva
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree pardoning 170 people on May 26.
The pardon decree was signed as part of continuing the humane principles and taking into account appeals of the family members and the commissioner for human rights to the head of state; the health, family conditions and good behavior of the prisoners during the detention were considered as well.
According to the order, 157 convicts were released from the unserved part of their sentence and two sentenced to conditional sentence were pardoned. One person was released from community work and 11 were released from fines.
The list of those pardoned also includes journalist Faramaz Allahverdiyev.
Moreover, 13 Iranian citizens, one citizen of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Belarus are also among the pardoned.
The decree will enter into force from the signing date.
Over 50 pardon acts covering over 5,000 people were signed in 1995-2013 in Azerbaijan and 10 amnesty acts were executed. About 100,000 prisoners were released based on the amnesty acts in this period.
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