Head of department: Amnesty applied to five foreign states' citizens

To date, the amnesty has been applied to citizens of five foreign countries, Elnur Musayev, head of the Prosecutor General's Office's Department for Non-Criminal Prosecution, State Counselor of Justice, 3rd class, Report informs.

He said that the vast majority of amnestied convicts are those sentenced to imprisonment for a less serious or first-time grave crime and with an unserved period of their imprisonment less than six months, and those condemned to prison labor: "They make up 78% of the amnestied prisoners. Also, most of the main types of sentences in released inmates, i.e., 89%, are imprisonment for a certain period and penal labor."

At a meeting of the Milli Majlis on November 5, a decision was made to declare an amnesty on the occasion of November 8 - Victory Day. The Amnesty Act was adopted on the initiative of President Ilham Aliyev.