(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 23. The Pardon
Issues Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
has held a regular meeting today, trend reports.
Over 200 appeals for pardon were reviewed during the
meeting.
As of today, the Commission held discussions on more
than 900 appeals for pardon and made appropriate decisions on the
matter.
The next meeting is scheduled for February 28.
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, and 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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