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The Parliament of Azerbaijan has adopted a mass amnesty bill. According to preliminary data, at least 16,000 prisoners will be affected by it. Experts positively assess the decision positive, but emphasize that it does not solve the problem of political prisoners.

Today, at the plenary session of the Milli Mejlis (Azerbaijani parliament), the bill “On the declaration of amnesty amid the November 8 Victory Day” was adopted. The act of amnesty was submitted to the deputies by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and is timed to the anniversary of the country’s victory in the second Karabakh war.

According to preliminary data, more than 16,000 convicts will fall under the amnesty. The amnesty act will cover the following categories of prisoners: