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It will affect 16 thousand people, of which 10,700 will be released from criminal liability and further serving sentences.

The lower house of the parliament of Tajikistan on September 6 adopted the law “On amnesty”. The amnesty will release 800 suspects and accused, 350 defendants, about 3000 convicts from correctional institutions, 1900 convicts from colonies-settlements and 4650 convicts from the correctional labor inspectorate. 5300 convicts will have their sentences reduced.

As the Deputy Prosecutor General of Tajikistan Dilshod Talbakzoda told the people’s deputies, according to the norms of the law “On Amnesty”, women, minors, men over 55 are released from serving a sentence of imprisonment, regardless of the term of the sentence and from serving other sentences not related to imprisonment. years old, disabled people of I, II and III groups, patients with malignant neoplasms of stage 4 and 4 clinical groups with tuberculosis of the respiratory organs and destructive lesions of the lungs, coronary heart disease – angina pectoris of III and IV functional classes, participants of the Second World War and persons equated to them, participants in hostilities on territories of other states, persons injured as a result of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, awarded state awards and foreign citizens.