Intiqam Aliyev

Intiqam Aliyev
Azerbaijani: İntiqam Əliyev
Born (1962-11-30) November 30, 1962 (age 61)
Bilasuvar District, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Alma materBaku State University
Occupation(s)human rights activist and lawyer
AwardsHomo Homini Award (2012)

Intiqam Kamil oglu Aliyev (Azerbaijani: İntiqam Kamil oğlu Əliyev; sometimes also spelled Intigam; born 30 November 1962, Pushkin (now Bilasuvar), Azerbaijan SSR) is an Azerbaijani lawyer and human rights activist.[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]

  1. ^ a b European Stability Initiative. "Intiqam Aliyev". Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Baku Court Upholds Lawyer's Sentence". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 24 February 2016. 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. 28 March 2016. 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