The amnesty act declared on the occasion of the "Year of Constitution and Sovereignty" has been applied to 22,935 individuals.
Medianews.az reports that this information was released by the Press Service of the Ministry of Justice.
According to the information, the implementation of the Decision of December 19, 2025, adopted by the National Assembly on the initiative of the President regarding the declaration of amnesty on the occasion of the "Year of Constitution and Sovereignty" has been completed. The execution of the amnesty act was carried out over a period of 4 months, involving non-governmental organizations, media, and other representatives of civil society:
"This decision, which is another manifestation of the state's humanism policy, is the broadest amnesty adopted so far in terms of the number of individuals to whom it applies. This amnesty act, ranked 13th in number, has been applied to a total of 22,935 persons.
Of those to whom amnesty was applied, 5,348 individuals were released from imprisonment for a certain period. Additionally, the unserved sentence period of 3,555 individuals sentenced to imprisonment was reduced by 6 months.
Amnesty was also applied to 9,714 persons sentenced to penalties not related to imprisonment. Specifically, 7,970 sentenced to restriction of liberty, 734 sentenced to correctional labor, 82 sentenced to community service, 741 sentenced to fines, 175 sentenced to restriction under military service, and 12 sentenced to detention at military disciplinary units were released from these penalties. Furthermore, amnesty was applied to 1,059 convicts who were conditionally sentenced, had their execution of sentence deferred, or were conditionally released early.
In addition, a total of 3,259 individuals have been exempted from criminal liability: 1,676 in cases pending before courts, and 1,583 in cases pending before preliminary investigation and inquiry bodies."
It was noted that since 1996, the total of 13 amnesty acts adopted demonstrates once again the state's preference for humanism in penal policy, the more effective protection of human rights, social justice, and restorative approaches.