1,323 convicts were released under the amnesty dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Victory

The issue of applying the amnesty law in connection with the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War has been considered in relation to 5,614 convicted individuals, with resolutions issued for the release of 1,323 convicted individuals from further serving their sentences (including 25 minors). Such data is provided as of July 24, as reported by the Information and Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus.

The issue of applying the amnesty law in connection with the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War has been considered in relation to 5,614 convicted individuals, with resolutions issued for the release of 1,323 convicted individuals from further serving their sentences (including 25 minors). Such data is provided as of July 24, BELTA was informed by the Information and Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus.

In addition, a decision has been made to reduce the sentence by one year for 1,412 individuals. Amnesty was denied to 2,879 individuals deprived of liberty. The reasons for denial include the presence of lawsuits and malicious violations of the sentence serving procedure.

During the amnesty, compensation for damages amounting to almost Br3.2 billion was recovered from those serving sentences in places of deprivation of liberty.

According to the Department of Execution of Punishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus, a total of 7,967 people fall under the amnesty.