Intiqam Aliyev Explained
Intiqam Kamil oglu Aliyev (; 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). 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
- 2012: the Homo Homini Award for his work on human rights;He was chosen as the best human rights defender of 2012.[9]
- 2014 (October): the Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, together with Leyla Yunus, Rasul Jafarov and other political prisoners in Azerbaijan.[10] Since he was in jail, the award was received by his children.
- 2015 (October): Human Rights Award, of the International Bar Association, for outstanding contribution to human rights.[11] Since he was in jail, the award was received by his children.
- 2016 (February): Human Rights Award, of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), for devoting "his life to protecting the rights of individuals against the repressive system of the Azerbaijani government" and providing for decades a "legal assistance and representation to the politically persecuted".[12] [13] Since he was in jail, the award was received by his children.
- 2016: Civil Rights Defender of the Year Award, Civil Rights Defenders[14]
Notes and References
- Web site: European Stability Initiative. Intiqam Aliyev. 4 September 2014.
- News: Baku Court Upholds Lawyer's Sentence. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 24 February 2016 . en. 2019-02-14.
- News: Azerbaijani Rights Activist Jailed For Three Months. 4 September 2014. Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty. 8 August 2014.
- Web site: ECHR begins Communication on 11 Complaints during Parliamentary Elections in 2010. Contact. 4 September 2014.
- Web site: AZERBAIJAN: THE REPRESSION GAMES: THE VOICES YOU WON'T HEAR AT THE FIRST EUROPEAN GAMES. Amnesty International. 26 August 2015.
- Web site: В Азербайджані звільнили ще одного правозахисника. Human Rights. 28 March 2016 . 2016-03-29.
- Web site: Release of Azerbaijani Human Rights Lawyer Intigam Aliyev. U.S. Department of State. 2016-03-29.
- https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/case-history-intigam-aliyev Status: Released
- https://humanrightshouse.org/articles/azerbaijani-ilia-project-expert-intiqam-aliyev-the-human-rights-defender-of-year-2012/ Azerbaijani ILIA project expert Intiqam Aliyev – the human rights defender of year 2012
- Web site: Norwegian Helsinki Committee. Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award to political prisoners in Azerbaijan. 6 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006181505/http://nhc.no/en/news/Sakharov+Freedom+Award+to+political+prisoners+in+Azerbaijan.b7C_wlnQZX.ips. 6 October 2014. dead.
- Web site: HRI - Intigam Aliyev receives IBA Human Rights Award 2015 for outstanding contribution to human rights. 2015-11-17.
- Web site: PRESS RELEASE : The CCBE Human Rights Award. 2016-02-04. 2016-02-04. CCBE. CCBE. en.
- Web site: İntiqam Əliyev: Bizim dəyərlər insan haqları, onların dəyərləri hakimiyyət hərisliyi və zorakılıq. VOA. 4 February 2016 . 2016-02-04. Azerbaijani.
- News: Intigam Aliyev Civil Rights Defender Of The Year. Azadlıq Radiosu. 7 April 2016 . az. 2019-11-20.
