Baku /21.03.19/Turan: Even after being released in connection with the presidential decree of clemency of March 16, fifty-five political prisoners remain in jails - journalists, bloggers, civil, opposition and religious activists, as well as former officials in Azerbaijani prisons, reads the message of the Union "For the freedom of political prisoners" of Azerbaijan. The list was compiled by the coordinators of the union - Director of the Institute of Peace and Democracy Leyla Yunus and head of the Center for Monitoring Political Prisoners Elshan Hasanov. 87 people are classified into 7 groups. In the category of "journalists and bloggers" - 5 people ; Human rights activists" - 1 person; "Members of opposition parties and movements" - 7 people, "victims of crimes in the MNS (abolished in 2015, the Ministry of National Security) - 3 people," believers "- 56 people," hostages "- 1 person," life convicted "- 14 person. The "believers" group is divided into several groups, including Islamic Party leaders convicted of the 2015 Nardaran events and others. -06B -
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