Baku, Azerbaijan, March 18
By Anakhanum Khidayatova - Trend:
The UK Minister for Europe, David Lidington, welcomes the pardon decree signed by Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev on March 17, said the message from the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
This is a positive development, said the minister.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on March 17 pardoning 148 people. Under the decree, 137 people, sentenced to imprisonment, have been freed from serving the remainder of the prison terms.
Moreover, six people were freed from the remainder of the correctional labor and five people were freed from the penalty in the form of a fine. Sixteen foreign citizens are among the pardoned.
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