Probation Service to be created in Azerbaijan
Baku / 11.02.17 / Turan Probation Service will be created in Azerbaijan by the order of the President Ilham Aliyev in order to improve the penal sphere, the humanization of punishment and expanding the use of alternative measures without isolation from society. According to the document, the Ministry of Justice is to modernize the penal institutions, to upgrade infrastructure and improve the management mechanism. Ministry of Justice has been tasked within a month to submit to the President proposals for the organization of the probation service, reads an official statement, but it is not specified what will be function of the new structure.
According to international practice, probation is a form of conditional punishment, during which the convicted person is placed on the probation period established by the court, under the supervision of special bodies. That is, taking into account the personality and other circumstances, the court considers it possible correction of the convict, without depriving them of freedom and release him from prison. Actually probation is an alternative punishment system, which monitors the behavior of the accused or convicted person. -02D-
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On December 25, an Embraer 190 passenger plane operated by Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC (AZAL), on a Baku–Grozny flight, crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan. Azerbaijan’s Consul General in Aktau, Ayxan Suleymanlı, stated that the plane had 67 people onboard, including crew members, 38 of whom died. According to him, 26 of the deceased were Azerbaijani citizens.
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On December 27th, rain is expected in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula, and heavy rainfall in some areas. The wind will be southeast. The air temperature at night will be +7 to +9°C, and during the day, it will be +9 to +11°C. Humidity will be 70-80%. Precipitation is expected across the country in the evening, particularly in the eastern regions. Snow is expected in the mountains.
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Embraer 190 plane of Azerbaijani airline AZAL crashed near the city of Aktau early in the morning on December 25.
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Embraer 190 plane of Azerbaijani airline AZAL crashed near the city of Aktau early in the morning on December 25.
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