Evidence of the Russian Government’s Cover up of Lawyer’s Torture and Murder Is Presented in the British House of Commons

November 18, 2011

Today, new evi­dence of the Russ­ian government’s cov­er up of the tor­ture and mur­der in Russ­ian police cus­tody of Sergei Mag­nit­sky was pre­sent­ed to the British House of Com­mons. Mark­ing the sec­ond anniver­sary of his death, William Brow­der, CEO of Her­mitage Cap­i­tal Man­age­ment, spoke in front of mem­bers of Par­lia­ment, researchers and aca­d­e­mics in the House of Com­mons in London.

Com­ment­ing on the case, Gisela Stu­art, MP stat­ed, “The Mag­nit­sky case is a ter­ri­ble indict­ment of Russia’s jus­tice sys­tem, and his death as well as the cov­er up that fol­lowed are com­plete­ly unac­cept­able. This must be reflect­ed in the rela­tion­ship between our coun­tries, at the very least by exclud­ing those evi­dent­ly respon­si­ble but yet not held to account from enter­ing the Unit­ed Kingdom.”

In a shock­ing account based on offi­cial records, Mr Brow­der pre­sent­ed a series of Russ­ian gov­ern­ment doc­u­ments which prove the com­plic­i­ty of Russ­ian law enforce­ment offi­cials, pros­e­cu­tors, judges and jail offi­cials in the tor­ture and death of Sergei Mas­g­nit­sky and the con­ceal­ment of the crime after­wards. Respon­si­bil­i­ty for the far-reach­ing con­ceal­ment of Magnitsky’s false arrest, tor­ture and mur­der, as well as the $230 mil­lion theft he uncov­ered, stretch­es across all lev­els of Russ­ian law enforce­ment bureau­cra­cy and the Russ­ian judiciary.

In May, Russ­ian Pres­i­dent Dmit­ry Medvedev assigned Russ­ian Gen­er­al Pros­e­cu­tor Yuri Chai­ka to “strength­en over­sight” over the Mag­nit­sky case. Mr Chai­ka is the same man who Mag­nit­sky, as described in his com­plaints, held per­son­al­ly respon­si­ble for his ill-treat­ment and the vio­la­tions of his rights while in custody.

Since then, the Russ­ian author­i­ties opened a posthu­mous pros­e­cu­tion of Mr Mag­nit­sky under the same fab­ri­cat­ed case under which he was arrest­ed. In addi­tion, in what are trans­par­ent acts of harass­ment and intim­i­da­tion that have been con­demned by Russ­ian human rights activists, these same author­i­ties have sum­moned Magnitsky’s rel­a­tives for ques­tion­ing. The Russ­ian inves­tiga­tive author­i­ties have refused to open an inves­ti­ga­tion into Magnitsky’s tor­ture and mur­der, and they have instead charged two med­ical offi­cials with unin­ten­tion­al “neg­li­gence.”

Sergei Mag­nit­sky, a 37-year old anti-cor­rup­tion lawyer and out­side coun­sel for the Her­mitage Fund, was tor­tured to death in Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­istry cus­tody after he had tes­ti­fied about the involve­ment of Inte­ri­or Min­istry offi­cials in the theft of $230 mil­lion from the Russ­ian Treasury. 

The Russ­ian offi­cials who were respon­si­ble for his unjust arrest, tor­ture and mur­der have been absolved from any respon­si­bil­i­ty, dec­o­rat­ed with state hon­ours, and promoted.

Shocked by the impuni­ty of Russ­ian offi­cials in this high-pro­file case of human rights abuse, law­mak­ers in the US, Cana­da and numer­ous Euro­pean nations are intro­duc­ing visa and eco­nom­ic sanc­tions against the offi­cials behind these crimes as well as the result­ing cov­er up. Mag­nit­sky-relat­ed sanc­tions leg­is­la­tion is cur­rent­ly pend­ing in front of the US Con­gress and the Cana­di­an Par­lia­ment. In addi­tion, the US State Depart­ment has inde­pen­dent­ly blocked US visas for those Russ­ian offi­cials asso­ci­at­ed with Magnitsky’s death.

По делу Магнитского в Парламенте Великобритании выступил глава компании Hermitage Capital

November 18, 2011

В годовщину гибели Сергея Магнитского с докладом в британском парламенте выступил руководитель Her­mitage Cap­i­tal Man­age­ment Уильям Браудер. Он рассказал о том, что за два года расследования гибели в СИЗО Сергея Магнитского в России до сих пор никто не привлечен к уголовной ответственности, российские власти отказываются расследовать обстоятельства применения пыток и убийства юриста, препятствуют его родным в проведении независимого медицинского исследования, а также и том, что ни один чиновник так и не был привлечен к ответственности за хищение 5,4 миллиардов рублей государственных денег.

Обращаясь к депутатам, представителям научной и культурной общественности Великобритании, г‑н Браудер сказал:

«Безнаказанность чиновников, ответственных за тягчайшие преступления, шокируют, но это должно мобилизовать наши усилия в установлении справедливости и в отношении Сергея Магнитского, и в отношении других людей, попавших под каток бесчеловечной государственной машины» Read more

Independent Investigation Reveals the Role of Senior Russian Police and Prison Officials in Sergei Magnitsky’s Torture and New Evidence of His Murder in Custody

November 17, 2011

Zoya Sve­to­va, an inde­pen­dent reporter for the Russ­ian mag­a­zine, The New Times, has pub­lished results of her new inves­ti­ga­tion into the tor­ture and death of Her­mitage Fund lawyer Sergei Mag­nit­sky two years ago in Russ­ian gov­ern­ment cus­tody (http://www.newtimes.ru/articles/detail/46260). The new find­ings, based on the doc­u­men­tary evi­dence, reveal that Russia’s most senior police and prison offi­cials were involved in cre­at­ing tor­tur­ous con­di­tions for Mag­nit­sky in deten­tion in order to force him to retract his tes­ti­mo­ny about the $230 mil­lion cor­rup­tion he had uncov­ered. The new inves­ti­ga­tion also doc­u­ments that Magnitsky’s death was not sim­ply a result of neg­li­gence, but that he was mur­dered in police custody.

Zoya Sve­to­va goes on to unrav­el the evi­dence of how Sergei Mag­nit­sky had been sys­tem­at­i­cal­ly tor­tured before he was mur­dered and who was respon­si­ble. Read more

Новое журналистское расследование раскрывает роль высокопоставленных чиновников МВД и ФСИН по делу Магнитского

November 17, 2011

Журнал «The New Times» опубликовал результаты нового журналистского расследования гибели юриста Сергея Магнитского (http://www.newtimes.ru/articles/detail/46260). Они раскрывают роль высокопоставленных чиновников МВД и ФСИН по делу Магнитского, а также указывают на свидетельства того, что Магнитский не просто умер от халатности и неоказания ему медицинской помощи, а был жестоко убит.

«Близкие юриста Her­mitage Cap­i­tal убеждены: Магнитский был убит», — пишет Зоя Светова в статье «Девятый вал уголовки», опубликованной в журнале «The New Times». Read more

Министр юстиции Германии и мама Сергея Магнитского открыли выставку его памяти в Берлине

November 16, 2011

Открывая церемонию, с трогательной речью к гостям обратилась Министр юстиции Германии Сабина Лойтхойзер-Шнарренбергер «Когда мужество ведет вас к смерти – ситуация с верховенством закона в России». Read more

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