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International human rights organization Amnesty International issued a statement in which it called on the Azerbaijani government to immediately provide medical care to Azerbaijani political prisoner Intigam Aliyev.

The statement was posted on the organization's website.

“Azerbaijani human rights defender Intigam Aliyev’s health is rapidly deteriorating due to a lack of adequate medical care in the detention facility,” reports Amnesty International referring to Intigam Aliyev’s son and the medical reports provided to Amnesty International which indicate that Intigam Aliyev is suffering from serious spine-related problems and experiencing severe nerve pain and a chronic headache.
Amnesty International is calling on the authorities to release Intigam Aliyev immediately and unconditionally and provide him medical aid.
The statement reads that four of the five lawyers who have been representing Intigam Aliyev since his detention on 8 August, were removed from the case on 30 September. Following this, they were verbally informed that they were removed from the case because of a purported conflict of interest. Now they have no right to appeal the decision too.

On August 8, 2014 in Azerbaijan, the head of the Legal Education Society Intigam Aliyev was arrested in connection with the tax evasion, abuse of office and illegal business charges. He was promptly jailed for three months. International human rights organization Amnesty International stated that Aliyev was arrested on trumped-up charges and persecuted for his human rights activities.