Baku / 17.10.17 / Turan: The President of Azerbaijan submitted to the Parliament a bill that provides for the expansion of the range of convicts, to whom the execution of punishment may be postponed. One of the amendments concerns Article 79 (postponement of the serving of punishment by pregnant women and mothers of young children) of the Criminal Code. The new version proposes to extend the right to delay the serving of punishment for women with children under 14 years old, as well as men who single-handedly raise children up to 14 years of age. In the current legislation, the age limit is 8 years. It is expected that the bill will be submitted to the Milli Mejlis for consideration on October 20.-05D-
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On May 4th, officers from the Sumgayit city police implemented a court order by attaching an electronic monitoring bracelet to Azerbaijani politician and academic Gubad Ibadoglu at his house. This device restricts Ibadoglu's movements to a specified area, marking a continuation of his legal troubles.
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In June, the beach season will open, the Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology will announce the pollution of seawater in some beaches, and cleanliness in others. Every year, the bacteriological indicators of seawater on the beaches of Absheron remain the same: the northern coast of the peninsula is relatively clean, and beaches near Baku, Sumgayit, Yalama, and Khachmaz can reward bathers with serious illnesses.
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In the picturesque Sabail district of Baku, overlooking the Caspian Sea, lawyer Aslan Ismailov, together with a group of dedicated eco-activists, celebrated an important milestone today: the seventh anniversary of the park, created on a once abandoned hillside prone to landslides.
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Variable cloudiness is expected in Baku and Apsheron peninsula on Sunday, 5 May, with some precipitation possible in the morning and evening.
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