OFFICIAL NEWS
PRESS SERVICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN
On the signed Decree, 129 persons were freed of the remained term of punishment.
42 persons of the pardoned are the people, who were convicted for participation in the crimes committed against independence, territorial integrity and state power of Azerbaijan Republic.
Of them, 9 persons have participated in the illegal actions in October 1994 in Ganja, 24 persons - in March 1995 in the city of Baku, in Gazakh and Agstafa regions, in the illegal armed units who attempted to assume power contradicting the Constitution of Azerbaijan Republic.
Furthermore, 2 of the convicted participated in the actions aimed at dismembering the territory of Country in the south of Azerbaijan in June-August 1993, while 1 has committed crime in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic in October 1993 and August 1994, and the other - in the illegal armed units in Samukh region in 1993.
Also, 4 of the pardoned are those who, in September 1993, attempted to assassinate on Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan Republic Heydar Aliyev who was performing his duties as the Acting President of Azerbaijan Republic.
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan expressed his confidence that the pardoned people would make right conclusions from this humanist act, reform and join the society and observe the laws of the state of Azerbaijan.