(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 7. The Pardon Issues
Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan has
held a meeting today, trend reports.
More than 100 appeals for pardon were reviewed during the
meeting.
The Commission held a total of four meetings, where over 400
appeals for pardon were discussed and appropriate decisions were
made.
In 2022, following the Presidential Decree of May 27, 2022, as
many as 213 people have been granted clemency based on humanist
principles as a consequence of reviewing pardon appeals of numerous
convicted individuals, members of their families, the Human Rights
Commissioner (Ombudsman) of Azerbaijan, as well as human rights
organizations addressed to the head of state.
As many as 168 people punished by deprivation of liberty were
released after serving a specified period of time, while the
unserved part of the punishment for 36 people was reduced by half.
Three people sentenced to conditional imprisonment were released
from punishment, whereas six people sentenced to restriction of
freedom – from the unserved part of the sentence.
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