The Amnesty Act, adopted by the Milli Majlis on December 19 based on the initiative of President Ilham Aliyev to declare an amnesty, is also being implemented in Nakhchivan, APA's local bureau reports.
The Amnesty Act is being implemented in the mixed-regime penitentiary institution of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
Note that the Amnesty Act has been applied to 128 prisoners in Nakhchivan. In total, 57 people will be released. Today, 15 people are being released under the amnesty act. 6 of them are foreign citizens (2 Turkish, 2 Iranian, 2 Turkmen citizens).