President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko signed the law “On Amnesty in Connection with the 75th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.”
This was reported by BelTA with reference to the press service of Lukashenko.
The law defines the categories of citizens subject to exemption from punishment: minors, pregnant women, women and single men with children under the age of 18, persons of retirement age, persons with disabilities of groups I and II, as well as some other categories of convicted and accused.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the number of such citizens will be about 5.4 thousand people.
Earlier it was reported that in Peru amnesty 3 thousand prisoners due to coronavirus.