On March 17th, President of Azerbaijan, signed a decree pardoning a number of prisoners (the full list available here in Azeri).
Among these is Ganimat Zahid, editor- in- chief of Azadliq newspaper. Zahid, was arrested in 2007 and sentenced to 4 years. He was charged with hooliganism.
He was released this morning (March 18th). In his statement upon his release, journalist said "freedom is my right".
Congratulating him on his release, I wish him and his family Happy Novruz and hope for justice for other journalists serving their sentences in prison.
This is really good news, even though one would have preferred him never ending up in jail in the first place.
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