Today, President of Tajikistan, exercising his constitutional right in the spirit of philanthropy, mercy and with the view of giving an amnesty on the eve of the 20^th anniversary since the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan, has submitted draft Law of Tajikistan “About amnesty” for consideration of Majlisi namoyandagon of Majlisi Oli of the Republic of Tajikistan.

The Law “About amnesty” covers those persons who have committed crimes before the implementation of the Law and who need amnesty from a point of view of gender, age, health state, and elimination of danger of crimes committed by them.

The law stipulates a group of persons who are amnestied, the order and terms of implementation of the act, the implementing bodies of this act, as well as solution of other issues related to the implementation of amnesty.

The draft Law envisages an amnesty for the convicted persons who have served three fourth of their terms, women, juveniles, men aged more than 55 years old, participants of the Great Patriotic War and war operations in the territories of other states, participants of political and military resistance in Tajikistan, persons who have been injured as a consequence of tragedy of Chernobyl Atomic Electricity Station, disabled of I, II and III groups, the persons with such diseases as cancer, tuberculosis of respiratory organs and lungs, heart problems, persons who have evaded conscription or abandoned military unit without permission, as well as foreigners.

Besides it, those convicted who have committed crimes by negligence, despite the type of criminal penalty and those persons who have committed crimes of little gravity and average gravity and who have been sentenced up to 5 years of imprisonment, are also amnestied.

Moreover, persons who have been sentenced to imprisonment of more than 5 years and served two third of their punishment, if they have not committed especially grave crimes, will be amnestied.

Those who are sentenced or punished for especially committing crimes of little gravity and average gravity for up to five years and those persons who before the implementation of the Law should still finish serving their term after 1 year and 6 months, except for those who have committed crimes of homicide, murder, rape, state betrayal, usurpation of authority, public invitation to change of constitutional order through violence, espionage, vandalism and crimes connected to terrorism, will further be freed from punishment and criminal liability.

According to draft Law, the reduction of term of imprisonment is implemented in respect to other convicted.

In accordance to preliminary data, the Law is to be implemented with regard to more than 10 thousand suspects, charged, defendants and convicted.

The adoption and implementation of the Law “About amnesty” is a humanitarian act and its mission is to render those persons who committed crimes into a tranquil life and work, family atmosphere, as well as to reform them.