Office of Ombudsman
Press-release N 1689-2258/368-10, 06.01.2011
E.
Suleymanova attended ceremony of fulfillment of Pardon Decree
Considering
personality, the state of health, family status of inmates, their
behavior
during serving their punishment and basing on the principle of humanism
92
inmates were pardoned according to the 48th Pardon Decree of
the
country President dated December 29, 2010.
From her first days
of activity, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of
Azerbaijan
examined the possibility of pardoning of inmates in the frame of law
according
to their own or family members appeals. Considering the fact that some
of them
repent for the offences they committed, have been rehabilitated and
don’t
threaten the society any more, she sent motions to the Pardoning
Commission for
pardoning of 81 prisoners after the last pardoning decree, according to
article
1.4 of the Constitutional Law on Ombudsman.
Considering the
motions of the Ombudsman seven inmates were pardoned according to the
last
pardon decree. It should be mentioned since the beginning of the
activity of
Commissioner 326 inmates, including juveniles, women, ill persons, the
elderly
and journalists have been liberated up to date.
With regard to the fulfillment
of the pardon Decree, Commissioner visited the prisons No. 6, Medical
and
Correction Institutions of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of
Justice,
met with prisoners.
Ombudsman noted as a
result of humanist policy of the state 9 amnesty acts have been adopted
and 48
pardon Decrees were signed up to now.
The Commissioner also
noted punishment is being liberalized; inmates are treated with more
humanism,
detention condition, nutrition and the medical services rendered to
them are
improved.
E. Suleymanova
presented the documents on liberation to the pardoned inmates.
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