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The initiative of Azerbaijan’s First Lady, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva to adopt an Amnesty Act was a real gift to our families.

Nizami Aliyev, an amnestied person, who was released today from the detention center, made the remark while talking to Trend. He thanked President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva for great joy that his family experienced following the decision.

The execution of the amnesty act, adopted by the Parliament of Azerbaijan on May 2 on the initiative of Azerbaijan's First Lady has today been started. The amnesty act covers 10,000 prisoners. Of these, 3,500 people will be released from the places of detention.

MP Bakhtiyar Aliyev described the amnesty act, as a manifestation of humanism.

Aliyev expressed hope that the amnesty will positively affect the released persons and prevent them from engaging in crime in the future.

Under the amnesty act, all persons convicted for crimes that don't pose big danger to society, a number of women convicted for less serious crimes, the persons who were under the age of 18 at the time of committing the crime, and the men who have reached 60 years of age will be exempt from the imprisonment punishment.

The amnesty act also covers those who have dependant minors or children with the first or second group of disability, the persons who have participated in battles for the defense of sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, the persons displaced internally from their native lands as a result of the occupation of the Azerbaijani territories, and the persons of other categories.

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