Intiqam Aliyev

{{Short description|Azerbaijani lawyer}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Intiqam Aliyev

| image = Intigam Aliyev via VOA (screenshot).png

| native_name = {{Langx|az|İntiqam Əliyev }}

| native_name_lang = az

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|11|30}}

| birth_place = Bilasuvar District, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR

| education =

| alma_mater = Baku State University

| occupation = human rights activist and lawyer

| awards = Homo Homini Award (2012)

}}

Intiqam Kamil oglu Aliyev ({{Langx|az|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.{{cite web|last1=European Stability Initiative|title=Intiqam Aliyev|url=http://www.esiweb.org/index.php?lang=en&id=578|accessdate=4 September 2014}}

Along with other human rights activists, Aliyev was jailed in mid-2014 as part of a countrywide crackdown. In April 2015, the court sentenced him to 7.5 years in jail.{{Cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/azerbaijani-intiqam-aliyev-jail-sentence-upheld/27571224.html|title=Baku Court Upholds Lawyer's Sentence|newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|date=24 February 2016 |language=en|access-date=2019-02-14}} Aliyev's arrest is widely considered to have been politically motivated.{{cite news|title=Azerbaijani Rights Activist Jailed For Three Months|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/azerbaijan-rights-activist-detain-intigam-aliyev/26520249.html|accessdate=4 September 2014|agency=Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty|date=8 August 2014}} Aliyev had previously brought a number of cases against Azerbaijani authorities to the European Court of Human Rights.{{cite web|title=ECHR begins Communication on 11 Complaints during Parliamentary Elections in 2010|url=http://www.contact.az/docs/2013/Politics/103000055682en.htm#.VAjJZsWSzni|website=Contact|accessdate=4 September 2014}}

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.{{cite web|title=AZERBAIJAN: THE REPRESSION GAMES: THE VOICES YOU WON'T HEAR AT THE FIRST EUROPEAN GAMES|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur55/1732/2015/en/|publisher=Amnesty International|accessdate=26 August 2015}} He was considered a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International. On 28 March 2016, the Supreme Court ordered his release and he was freed the same day.{{Cite web|url=https://humanrights.org.ua/material/v_azerbajdzhani_zvilnili_shhe_odnogo_pravozahisnika|title=В Азербайджані звільнили ще одного правозахисника|website=Human Rights|date=28 March 2016 |access-date=2016-03-29}}{{Cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2016/03/255251.htm|title=Release of Azerbaijani Human Rights Lawyer Intigam Aliyev|website=U.S. Department of State|access-date=2016-03-29}} On 28 March 2016, the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan changed his prison sentence from seven years and six months to a five-year suspended sentence.[https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/case-history-intigam-aliyev Status: Released]