Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 28 / Trend K.Zarbaliyeva /
The Azerbaijani Pardon Commission submitted a list of persons requesting pardon from the Azerbaijani President.
The Pardon Commission under the Azerbaijani President held a meeting on Monday and reviewed the list of persons requesting pardon. The Commission presented the list for the president's consideration, Commission member Elmira Akhundova told Trend on Tuesday.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is expected to pardon the detainees in connection with December 31, which is the Day of Solidarity of World Azerbaijanis, and New Year.
Some 300 people were included in the list.
According to 47 pardon orders, signed since 1994, 5,029 people have been freed from punishment. Fifteen of them had been signed by Ilham Aliyev and 32 by the late President Heydar Aliyev. Eight acts of amnesty, signed until now, covered 40,000 prisoners.