Dushanbe, July 2, Interfax - Tajikistan has amnestied 298 female convicts, including 17 former members of the outlawed Hizb ut-Tahrir extremist organization, under a June 21 amnesty, deputy head of the Tajik Justice Ministry's penitentiary department Bakhrom Abdulkhakov told Interfax on Monday.
"All in all, we have released 298 of 352 female convicts who are serving their time in the only women's correctional institution in Tajikistan, the Nurek penitentiary," he said.
The seventeen former extremists were sentenced to up to 12 years in custody for advocating a state coup.
"The women were not technically eligible for the amnesty due to their serious crimes and long sentences, but the amnesty commission finally approved their release," Abdulkhakov said.
The amnesty was valid for all women serving their first prison term, convicts who committed their crimes before they turned 18, foreigners, invalids, World War II and Afghan War veterans, and Chernobyl cleanup veterans," he said.
Convicts sentenced for several murders, terrorism, extremism and coup appeals were not eligible for the amnesty.
"Ninety-two male convicts have been released from Tajikistan's penitentiaries and prisons. The amnesty commission has just started working and the amnesty will last through the summer," Abdulkhakov said.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment