Azerbaijan’s first lady presents amnesty act to parliament

Azerbaijan`s first lady, MP Mehriban Aliyeva has submitted a bill on “Amnesty Act” to the Parliament on the occasion of 28 May Republic Day, first vice-speaker Ziyafat Asgarov told the Parliament’s plenary meeting, APA reports.

Asgarov said the Amnesty Act is intended to apply to as many as 10,000 people, of which 3,500 people will be released from prison.

This is the fourth initiative of Mehriban Aliyeva about submitting an Amnesty Act bill to the Parliament.