Pardon Issues Commission Of Azerbaijan Reviews More Than Hundreds Of Appeals
Date
3/14/2023 9:43:44 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 14. The Pardon Issues
Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan has
held a regular meeting today, trend reports.
Over 100 appeals for pardon were considered at the meeting.
Thus, the total number of considered appeals exceeded 1,300.
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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