Convicts, who have been granted the status of political prisoner, will be released from prisons on January 13. The amnesty approved by the parliament will refer to the persons convicted with the charges of espionage and for participating in demonstrations on November 7, 2007 and May 26, 2011.
Minister of Corrections and Legal Assistance, Sozar Subari says the chairperson of parliament will sign the amnesty law on January 12, as the president`s deadline to sign it expires on January 11. The document will be enforced immediately after it is signed by the speaker. Consequently, the release of the political prisoners will begin on January 13.
