Amnesty for 30,000 convicts in Kazakhstan

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The Kazakh Senate (Parliament's upper chamber) has approved a bill on an amnesty for about 30,000 convicts and people held in pretrial detention, Sputnik- Kazakhstan reported.

Within the amnesty, 1,500 people behind the bars will be freed and the rest would have their prison terms shortened.
The amnesty was proposed by President Nursultan Nazarbaev on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Kazakhstan's independence.
Earlier the bill was approved by Kazakh Mazhilis (Parliament's lower chamber). It is expected that it will signed into law by Nazarbaev before Independence Day on December 16.