Georgian president pardons 15 inmates
Nine of the convicts were released from serving remainders of their sentences in penitentiary institutions, while six convicts had their sentences commuted. Photo: Presidential Administration
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Georgian president Salome Zourabichvili on Friday pardoned 15 inmates, the presidential administration announced.
Nine of the convicts were released from serving remainders of their sentences in penitentiary institutions, while six convicts had their sentences commuted.
The administration also said two of the pardoned were women.
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Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has pardoned 15 inmates, including six Ukrainian citizens, on the 33rd anniversary of the April 9 tragedy in Tbilisi.
The Presidential Administration said the pardoned inmates, seven of whom are women, would leave the penitentiary institutions on Saturday.
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Georgian Justice Minister Rati Bregadze on Friday highlighted the European Court of Human Rights had not received a “single complaint” about conditions in the Georgian penitentiary system since 2012, when the ruling Georgian Dream party came into power.
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