CORRUPTION: A PROBLEM THAT SPANS THE OSCE REGION AND DIMENSIONS
December 30, 2009
Report by Troy C. Ware, Policy Advisor (CBCF Fellow)
With contributions from Shelly Han, Policy Advisor, and Helsinki Commission staff
Hon. Benjamin L. Cardin, Chairman
Volume: 41, Number: 13
December 30, 2009
www.csce.gov
In July 2008, Members of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) and other Members of Congress traveled to Astana, Kazakhstan for the seventeenth Annual Session of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA). The session’s theme was “Transparency in the OSCE.” At the outset of the trip, Congressman Alcee L. Hastings, then Chairman of the Commission, remarked that while he supported the candidacy of Kazakhstan for the Chairmanship of the OSCE it was “imperative that the government undertake concrete reforms on human rights and democratization.”1 A number of nongovernmental organizations have cited the high level of corruption in Kazakhstan as one impediment to democratic reform.
REPORT OF THE PUBLIC OVERSIGHT COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS OBSERVANCE IN MOSCOW DETENTION CENTERS
December 29, 2009
REVIEW OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE DETENTION OF SERGEI MAGNITSKY IN THE PRE TRIAL DETENTION CENTERS OF THE CITY OF MOSCOW
REPORT OF THE PUBLIC OVERSIGHT COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS OBSERVANCE IN MOSCOW DETENTION CENTERS
ОТЧЁТ ОБЩЕСТВЕННОЙ НАБЛЮДАТЕЛЬНОЙ КОМИССИИ
December 28, 2009
ОТЧЁТ ОБЩЕСТВЕННОЙ НАБЛЮДАТЕЛЬНОЙ КОМИССИИ ПО ОСУЩЕСТВЛЕНИЮ ОБЩЕСТВЕННОГО КОНТРОЛЯ ЗА ОБЕСПЕЧЕНИЕМ ПРАВ ЧЕЛОВЕКА В МЕСТАХ ПРИНУДИТЕЛЬНОГО СОДЕРЖАНИЯ Г. МОСКВЫ О ПРОВЕРКЕ СОДЕРЖАНИЯ С.Л. МАГНИТСКОГО В СИЗО Г. МОСКВЫ
ОТЧЁТ ОБЩЕСТВЕННОЙ НАБЛЮДАТЕЛЬНОЙ КОМИССИИ
Russian NGO Names Officials Responsible for the Death of Anti-Corruption Lawyer Sergei Magnitsky
December 28, 2009
28 December 2009 – Today the Moscow Public Oversight Commission, a Russian NGO that is mandated by law to monitor human rights in Moscow detention facilities, has released a detailed report about the gruesome circumstances that lead to the death of 37-year old anti-corruption lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in a Moscow pre-trial detention facility where he was kept without trial for 12 months.
The 20-page report concludes that investigators from the Russian Interior Ministry, and the administration and medical staff at Butyrka prison, were responsible for the creation of “torturous” detention conditions for Sergei Magnitsky. The report concludes that Sergei Magnitsky was deliberately subjected to physical and psychological pressure and denied urgent medical care in order to coerce him to commit perjury and give false testimony. The report highlights the responsibility of judge Stashina of the Tverskoi district court of Moscow who, four days prior to Sergei Magnitsky’s death, refused to accept documents evidencing his dire medical condition and instead prolonged his detention. Finally, the report draws the conclusion that the Russian Prosecutor Office failed to intervene to address the serious legal breaches of the detention conditions of Sergei Magnitsky, despite a detailed complaint addressed to General Prosecutor, Yuri Chaika.
Подробности расследования гибели Сергея Магнитского, проведенного по указанию Президента Медведева, Доклад ОНК Москвы
December 28, 2009
Следователи СК при МВД РФ, судьи и прокуроры должны нести ответственность за создание бесчеловечных условий содержания под стражей Сергея Магнитского, приведших к его гибели – Общественная наблюдательная комиссия г. Москвы
28 декабря 2009 г. – Сегодня Общественная наблюдательная комиссия по осуществлению общественного контроля за обеспечением прав человека в местах принудительного содержания г. Москвы (далее – «Комиссия») распространила отчет «О проверке содержания С.Л. Магнитского в СИЗО г. Москвы». В 20-страничном отчете, подготовленном Комиссией, указываются обстоятельства, приведшие к гибели 37-летнего юриста Сергея Магнитского. Комиссия делает вывод о том, что старший следователь СК при МВД РФ майор Сильченко О.Ф., судья Тверского суда г. Москвы Сташина Е.В. и ряд чиновников прокуратуры причастны к созданию бесчеловечных, унижающих человеческое достоинство, сравнимых, по сути, с пытками, условий содержания Сергея Магнитского, приведших к его смерти.
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