Azerbaijan pardons foreign prisoners

The pardoned foreigners - citizens of Afghanistan Sabur Gasimi Shakur, Heydar Zarifi Khojazein, Gasim Hafizullah Afzali and Iranian citizens Purmehrali Bahruz shirali and Afruz Bahman Ahmad were released from jail No. 17, Nigerian citizen Otos Ochuko Kingsley – from jail No. 2. Afghans and Iranian were sentenced for illegal crossing the state borders.

Chinese citizen Yu Lei Jung, Russian citizen Paramonov Alexandr Victorovich and Macedonian Todorovski Sashko Alexandrovich sentenced for different criminal cases were also released.

The foreign prisoners released from jail thanked the Azerbaijani president for pardoning them.

Deputy Chief of the Penal Service Nizamaddin Jalilov told reporters that totally 9 foreigners were released from prison under the presidential decree.

He said the pardoned foreigners would be handed over to the State Migration Service to be sent back to their countries.

/APA/