Execution of the pardon decree has been completed - UPDATED

The execution of the pardon decree has been completed. According to APA, the decree was executed in the institutions of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice.

It should be noted that President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree today on pardoning a number of convicted individuals.

According to the decree, 19 people sentenced to deprivation of liberty and one person sentenced to restriction of liberty were released from the unserved portion of their sentences. Among those pardoned are also five foreigners who were serving sentences in Azerbaijan.

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The implementation of the Order on pardoning a number of convicted persons, signed today by President Ilham Aliyev, has begun.

According to APA, the Order is being implemented at the institutions of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice.

It is expected that the implementation of the Order will be completed today.