The acts of amnesty were applied to about 100,000 people-Minister of Justice

The acts of amnesty were applied to about 100,000 people-Minister of Justice
About 100,000 prisoners have been pardoned or released by amnesty throughout 20-year period of independence of Azerbaijan.

The statement came from Azerbaijan’s Minister of Justice Fikrat Mammadov.

"In 20-years of Azerbaijan’s independence, the acts of amnesty were applied to about 100,000 people", Mammadov said in his interview with the official mass media of the republic published on Thursday.

"It is noteworthy that the recent two amnesty acts passed on initiative of the first lady, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, MP Mehriban Aliyeva covered about 20,000 people", the minister said.

Additionally, according to Mammadov, over 5200 prisoners were pardoned within these 20 years of independence. "The past two decrees of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev about pardoning were applied to over 180 prisoners", he said.

He also noted that in 10 months of the year, the Ministry of Justice held the legal expertise of 1352 legislative acts. Additionally, over 700 normative acts were registered.

According to Mammadov, the number of notary actions in the republic is growing dramatically. Thus the number of notary actions this year has increased by 25% over the same period of 2010, thus reaching 2.8m units.

"The number of acts about civil state has also increased. 290,000 civil acts have been registered this year and about AZN 11,500,000 has been transferred to the state budget over this", the minister said.

Additionally, 92 noncommercial legal entities were registered and 190 bodies of mass media and typographies were taken on account in ten months of the year. "Thus, the country accounts for 4534 media and typographies, 3598 noncommercial legal entities, including 2700 NGOs", the minister said.

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