Baku, Azerbaijan, March 18
Trend:
The Penitentiary Service of Azerbaijan's Justice Ministry has started the execution of the pardon decree signed by the country's President Ilham Aliyev March 17.
Sixteen people, including Israeli and Pakistani citizens, were released from a correctional institution on March 18.
Meanwhile, the pardoned are being released from other correctional institutions as well.
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.
Edited by SI
