Intiqam Aliyev
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Azerbaijani:İntiqam Əliyev | |
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| Born | November 30, 1962 |
| Alma mater | Baku State University |
| Occupation(s) | human rights activistandlawyer |
| Awards | Homo Homini Award(2012) |
Intiqam Kamil oglu Aliyev(Azerbaijani:İntiqam Kamil oğlu Əliyev;sometimes also spelled Intigam; born 30 November 1962, Pushkin (nowBilasuvar), Azerbaijan SSR) is anAzerbaijanilawyer 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 theEuropean 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 andtax evasion.[5]He was considered aprisoner of consciencebyAmnesty 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
[edit]- 2012: theHomo Homini Awardfor his work on human rights;He was chosen as the best human rights defender of 2012.[9]
- 2014 (October): theAndrei Sakharov Freedom Awardof theNorwegian Helsinki Committee,together withLeyla Yunus,Rasul Jafarovand other political prisoners in Azerbaijan.[10]Since he was in jail, the award was received by his children.
- 2015 (October): Human Rights Award, of theInternational 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 theCouncil 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]
References
[edit]- ^abEuropean Stability Initiative."Intiqam Aliyev".Retrieved4 September2014.
- ^"Baku Court Upholds Lawyer's Sentence".Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.24 February 2016.Retrieved2019-02-14.
- ^"Azerbaijani Rights Activist Jailed For Three Months".Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty. 8 August 2014.Retrieved4 September2014.
- ^"ECHR begins Communication on 11 Complaints during Parliamentary Elections in 2010".Contact.Retrieved4 September2014.
- ^"AZERBAIJAN: THE REPRESSION GAMES: THE VOICES YOU WON'T HEAR AT THE FIRST EUROPEAN GAMES".Amnesty International.Retrieved26 August2015.
- ^"В Азербайджані звільнили ще одного правозахисника".Human Rights.28 March 2016.Retrieved2016-03-29.
- ^"Release of Azerbaijani Human Rights Lawyer Intigam Aliyev".U.S. Department of State.Retrieved2016-03-29.
- ^Status: Released
- ^Azerbaijani ILIA project expert Intiqam Aliyev – the human rights defender of year 2012
- ^Norwegian Helsinki Committee."Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award to political prisoners in Azerbaijan".Archived fromthe originalon 6 October 2014.Retrieved6 October2014.
- ^"HRI - Intigam Aliyev receives IBA Human Rights Award 2015 for outstanding contribution to human rights".Archived fromthe originalon 2015-11-12.Retrieved2015-11-17.
- ^CCBE (2016-02-04)."PRESS RELEASE: The CCBE Human Rights Award"(PDF).CCBE.Retrieved2016-02-04.
- ^"İntiqam Əliyev: Bizim dəyərlər insan haqları, onların dəyərləri hakimiyyət hərisliyi və zorakılıq".VOA(in Azerbaijani). 4 February 2016.Retrieved2016-02-04.
- ^"Intigam Aliyev Civil Rights Defender Of The Year".Azadlıq Radiosu(in Azerbaijani). 7 April 2016.Retrieved2019-11-20.
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