A court in Azerbaijan on April 22, 2015, sentenced Intigam Aliyev, Azerbaijan’s leading human rights lawyer, to seven years and six months in prison on bogus charges, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should immediately release Aliyev, 52, and vacate his politically motivated conviction.Aliyev’s conviction comes 51 days before Azerbaijan will host the inaugural European Games, starting June 12. Azerbaijan’s international partners sho...

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