Intiqam Aliyev

Intiqam Aliyev (sometimes also spelled Intigam) is a widely respected human rights defenders 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]

In 2012 he was awarded the Homo Homini Award for his work on human rights. In October 2014, Aliyev was awarded the Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, together with Leyla Yunus, Rasul Jafarov and other political prisoners in Azerbaijan.[4]

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Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. ↑ Norwegian Helsinki Committee. "Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award to political prisoners in Azerbaijan". Retrieved 6 October 2014.