Tuesday, 21 June 2005

AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT PARDONS 100 PRISONERS

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By empty (6/21/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on 20 June pardoning 100 prisoners \"on humanitarian grounds.\" The 100 include 27 persons from a list of 107 designated political prisoners by the Council of Europe, together with Rza Guliev, the nephew of self-exiled opposition Democratic Party of Azerbaijan Chairman Rasul Guliev. Rza Guliev was sentenced six years ago to eight years\' imprisonment on charges of embezzlement.
Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on 20 June pardoning 100 prisoners \"on humanitarian grounds.\" The 100 include 27 persons from a list of 107 designated political prisoners by the Council of Europe, together with Rza Guliev, the nephew of self-exiled opposition Democratic Party of Azerbaijan Chairman Rasul Guliev. Rza Guliev was sentenced six years ago to eight years\' imprisonment on charges of embezzlement. But Murad Sadaddinov, who is president of the Fund for the Protection of Democracy and Human Rights, told Turan that three people considered political prisoners by the Council of Europe -- Elchin Amiraslanov, Arif Kazimov and Safa Poladov -- were not among those pardoned. (Turan)
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