Azerbaijani President pardons several imprisoned persons, including Eynulla Fatullayev

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has signed an order to pardon a number of imprisoned persons, the Azerbaijani President's official website reported.

The order pardoned 70 people sentenced to imprisonment, 10 people sentenced to limitation of freedom, two people sentenced to the punishment as correctional work, six people sentenced to punishment in form of fine.

Upon the Presidential order, the period of limitation of freedom of two people sentenced to limitation of freedom has reduced by half.

Those pardoned also include the former editor-in-chief of "Real Azerbaijan" and "Gundelik Azerbaycan" newspapers Eynulla Fatullayev.


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