President signs decree pardoning a group of prisoners
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed a decree to pardon 87 prisoners, AzerTag state news agency reported.
According to the presidential decree, of them 79 are released
from prison, three people released from correctional work, and five
people from fines.
The decision on pardon was made after the appeals of a number of
prisoners, their family members, the Commissioner for Human Rights,
the human rights organizations, addressed to the President, was
taken into account the personality, health status, marital status
of prisoners, their behavior while serving their sentence and
proceeding from the principles of humanism.
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