On May 7 the Parliament of Azerbaijan will consider the draft Amnesty Act. It has been submitted as a legislative initiative by Mehriban Aliyeva, wife of the president Ilham Aliyev. Amnesty is timed to the 90th anniversary of Heydar Aliyev, said Ali Huseynli, Chairman of the Committee on Legal Policy and State Building at the plenary session of the Parliament.
It is assumed that the amnesty will affect 9,000 people, of which 2,000 will be released from prison.
In particular: women who had not committed crimes of greater threat to society; convicted of committing less serious crimes; the perpetrators of the crime before the age of 18 years, invalids of the first and second groups, men at the age of 60, and persons who have small children and disabled children of the first or second groups; and persons involved in defending the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, refugees and displaced persons.
However, it is not clear exactly which Articles of the Criminal Code fall under the amnesty.
Earlier, twice in 2007 and 2009 Azerbaijan adopted Amnesty Acts and both times they were initiated by Mehriban Aliyeva.—16B06—
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It will be cloudy and rainy in Baku and Absheron on 14 February. Wind will be north-west, gusty. Air temperature at night +2+4, during the day + 5+7. Humidity 75-85%.
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At the "Julfa" customs post of the Nakhchivan customs, during an inspection of a truck from Iran that was transiting to Türkiye, 101.4 kg of methamphetamine was found in the fuel tank and heating system tank.
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This year, 22,000 foreign language teachers and an additional 4,000 teachers who were unable to pass certification last year will be involved in the certification process, the director of the state agency for preschool and general education, Eshgi Bagirov, announced on February 12. According to him, of the 65,000 teachers involved in the certification, 55,000 passed successfully and received salary supplements. At the same time, employment contracts were terminated with 5,000 teachers who did not pass the certification.
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