Intiqam Aliyev

Intiqam Kamil oglu Aliyev (sometimes also spelled Intigam) (born 30 November 1962, Pushkin (now Bilasuvar), Azerbaijan SSR) is a human rights defender and lawyer in Azerbaijan.[1]

Along with other human rights activists, Aliyev was jailed in mid-2014 as part of a country-wide crackdown. In April 2015 the court sentenced him to 7.5 years in jail.[2] Aliyev's arrest is widely considered to have been politically motivated.[3] Aliyev had previously brought a number of cases against Azerbaijani authorities to the European Court of Human Rights.[4]

Prior to his arrest, Aliyev ran the Legal Education Society (LES).[1] On 22 April 2015, he was sentenced to seven and a half years’ imprisonment. He was found guilty of large-scale embezzlement and fraud, illegal business and tax evasion.[5] He was considered a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International. On 28 March 2016, the Supreme Court ordered his release and he was freed same day.[6][7] On 28 March 2016, Supreme Court of Azerbaijan changed his prison sentence from seven years and six months to a five-year suspended sentence.[8]

Awards

References
  1. European Stability Initiative. "Intiqam Aliyev". Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  2. "Baku Court Upholds Lawyer's Sentence". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  3. "Azerbaijani Rights Activist Jailed For Three Months". Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  4. "ECHR begins Communication on 11 Complaints during Parliamentary Elections in 2010". Contact. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  5. "AZERBAIJAN: THE REPRESSION GAMES: THE VOICES YOU WON'T HEAR AT THE FIRST EUROPEAN GAMES". Amnesty International. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  6. "В Азербайджані звільнили ще одного правозахисника". Human Rights. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  7. "Release of Azerbaijani Human Rights Lawyer Intigam Aliyev". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  8. Status: Released
  9. Azerbaijani ILIA project expert Intiqam Aliyev – the human rights defender of year 2012
  10. Norwegian Helsinki Committee. "Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award to political prisoners in Azerbaijan". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  11. "HRI - Intigam Aliyev receives IBA Human Rights Award 2015 for outstanding contribution to human rights". Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  12. CCBE (2016-02-04). "PRESS RELEASE : The CCBE Human Rights Award" (PDF). CCBE. CCBE. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  13. "İntiqam Əliyev: Bizim dəyərlər insan haqları, onların dəyərləri hakimiyyət hərisliyi və zorakılıq". VOA (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  14. "Intigam Aliyev Civil Rights Defender Of The Year". Azadlıq Radiosu (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2019-11-20.
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