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38 political prisoners pardoned (UPDATED)
Baku/18.03.21/Turan: Among 625 persons pardoned today, 38 people are considered political prisoners, Rasul Jafarov, a human rights activist, told Turan. Among them, 28 people were convicted in the case of the riots in the Nardaran settlement in 2015. Four members of the Popular Front Party were also released, among them journalist Elchin Ismail.
One person convicted in the 2018 Ganja riots case has been released. One Islamist convicted of protesting against the ban on wearing the hijab at school, is released. Another political prisoner is a relative of a political emigrant living abroad. -02D-
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2021 March 18 (Thursday) 16:19:24
I. Aliyev issued a decree on pardon
Baku/18.03.21/Turan: On March 18, Ilham Aliyev issued a decree pardoning several hundred convicts. Some have their prison sentences reduced, and some will be released. The total number of those pardoned was 625. So, 475 people will be released.
The term of imprisonment for 98 convicts was reduced by half.
The term of imprisonment for three life-sentenced prisoners is 25 years.
Two are exempted from suspended sentences.
Three are released from the deferred punishment.
Nine people are exempted from the restriction of freedom.
Twelve people were released from correctional labor.
Twenty-three people were exempted from fines.
Among those pardoned, there are also persons considered political prisoners. -02D-
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- 18 March 2021 16:57
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- 18 March 2021 17:14
Politics
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On March 28, the Khatai Court of Baku did not reject the request to transfer Alesker Mammadli, the legal founder of the “Toplum TV” Internet channel, to house arrest. The petition was filed due to the deterioration of Mammadli's health, his lawyer Agil Laidj told Turan. "He has a tumor growing in his thyroid gland, and he is suffocating. During the court session, his blood pressure rose to 160. Mammadli himself also asked the court to provide conditions for his treatment," the lawyer said. Despite this, the court refused to grant the petition. The defense intends to file an appeal against this decision.
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On March 28, representatives of the Ombudswoman visited Hafiuz Babaly, the editor of the economic news department of the Turan agency, who was arrested in the "Abzas Media case", in the Baku pre-trial detention center-1.
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Gubad Ibadoglu, chairman of the Azerbaijan Democracy and Welfare Party, an economist, is losing his eyesight, the politician's brother Ghalib Bayramov said. According to him, Ibadoglu can no longer see well at a distance of 4-5 meters. The politician's family believes that these are signs of retinopathy in Ibadoglu.
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On March the 7th, at 11:15 in the morning, Moscow time, following normal procedures and through established channels that have been employed many times previously, the United States government passed a warning in writing to Russian security services, the White House told reporters on Thursday describing how Washington, in advance of the March 22nd attack, provided "clear, detailed information to Russian authorities regarding the terrorist threat against large gatherings and concerts in Moscow," as National Security Council's John Kirby put it.
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