(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Thirty Jewish prisoners held under various charges were granted amnesty by a decree of the President of the Latvian Republic, Semgal, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Latvia’s independence.
The thirty were among a large number of inmates in state institutions who were set free or whose terms were reduced.
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