The reaction of the public to the act of pardoning on March 16 is ambiguous. Politicians and human rights activists criticize this document because of the fact that political prisoners are not present in it.
A public activist and former political prisoner Bakhtiyar Hajiyev called the pardon act "half-hearted", which upset the families of many political prisoners awaiting the release of their loved ones.
“It is unacceptable that releasing 400 criminals, they did not release 40 political prisoners,” he wrote on his Facebook page.
A human rights activist and former political prisoner Rasul Jafarov noted that only 4 political prisoners out of more than 100 received freedom. “Therefore, this act did not play any role in solving the problem of political prisoners,” Jafarov said.
The leader of the Popular Front opposition party Ali Kerimli called the act of pardon “an imitation of pardon.”
“The policy of the authorities has the character of imitation - this concerns elections, courts and everything else,” he wrote on his Facebook page. -03B-
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On Thursday, overcast weather is expected in the capital will be overcast, with light rain possible in the morning. There will be a moderate southeast wind. The temperature at night will be between +8 and +10°C, and during the day, it will range from +12 to +15°C. Humidity will be 65-75% both at night and during the day. Precipitation will occur in the eastern part of the country. There may be fog in some areas, with a moderate east wind.
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