(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 30. The next session of
the Pardon Issues Commission under the President of Azerbaijan will
be held on April 5, trend reports.
As of today, more than 1,300 appeals for pardon have been
reviewed.
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
remaining part of the punishment for 36 people was reduced by half.
Three people sentenced to conditional imprisonment were released,
whereas six people sentenced to restriction of freedom – from the
remaining part of the sentence.
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