1. Alikram Hummatov or Ali Akram Hummatzade was an Azerbaijani Talysh military commander and political activist.
11 Facts About Alikram Hummatov
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Alikram Hummatov was the president of the self-proclaimed Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic in 1993 and was imprisoned in Azerbaijan.
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Alikram Hummatov was considered as a political prisoner by international organizations including Amnesty International and the Council of Europe.
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Alikram Hummatov was pardoned in 2004 and stripped of his Azerbaijani citizenship; he lived in exile in the Netherlands.
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Alikram Hummatov graduated from the Baku Polytechnical Institute, then worked in the automotive industry.
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Alikram Hummatov served in different political parties, including the Popular Front of Azerbaijan.
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In 1995 Alikram Hummatov was sentenced to death by an Azerbaijani court, later commuted to life imprisonment, on a range of charges including treason.
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Alikram Hummatov was among those identified in 2001 by the Council of Europe as political prisoners who should either be released or retried.
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In 2004 Alikram Hummatov was pardoned by President Aliyev, stripped of his Azerbaijani citizenship, and sent to the Netherlands where his family lived.
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Alikram Hummatov continued to campaign in exile for the rights of the Talysh people.
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Alikram Hummatov was married to Sudaba Rasulova; they had two sons.