Intiqam Aliyev

Intiqam Aliyev (sometimes also spelled Intigam) is a widely respected human rights defender and lawyer in Azerbaijan.[1] Along with other human rights activists, he was jailed in mid-2014 as part of a country-wide crackdown. Aliyev's arrest is widely considered to be politically motivated.[2] Aliyev had previously brought a number of cases against Azerbaijani authorities to the European Court of Human Rights.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5][6]

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 European Stability Initiative. "Intiqam Aliyev". Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  2. "Azerbaijani Rights Activist Jailed For Three Months". Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  3. "ECHR begins Communication on 11 Complaints during Parliamentary Elections in 2010". Contact. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  4. "AZERBAIJAN: THE REPRESSION GAMES: THE VOICES YOU WON'T HEAR AT THE FIRST EUROPEAN GAMES". Amnesty International. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  5. "В Азербайджані звільнили ще одного правозахисника". Human Rights. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  6. "Release of Azerbaijani Human Rights Lawyer Intigam Aliyev". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  7. Norwegian Helsinki Committee. "Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award to political prisoners in Azerbaijan". Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  8. "HRI - Intigam Aliyev receives IBA Human Rights Award 2015 for outstanding contribution to human rights". Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  9. CCBE (2016-02-04). "PRESS RELEASE : The CCBE Human Rights Award" (PDF). CCBE. CCBE. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  10. "İntiqam Əliyev: Bizim dəyərlər insan haqları, onların dəyərləri hakimiyyət hərisliyi və zorakılıq". VOA (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2016-02-04.
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