BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 15. President of the
Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has initiated the declaration
of an amnesty, Trend reports.
The Amnesty Act submitted by the President of the Republic of
Azerbaijan to the Parliament of Azerbaijan is expected to be the
largest amnesty in terms of the number of persons to be applied,
including the number of prisoners to be released from
imprisonment.
Thus, the amnesty act is expected to apply to more than 20,000
persons in total.
It is projected that more than 5,000 convicts will be released
from imprisonment, the sentences of over 3,000 individuals
sentenced to deprivation of liberty will be reduced, more than
7,000 convicts will be released from sentences involving
restriction of liberty, nearly 4,000 convicts will be freed from
other non-custodial or conditionally applied sentences, and more
than 1,000 individuals will be released from criminal
liability.
