Press conference on the Magnitsky’s death in custody: Violations of the International Convention against torture

April 19, 2010

PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT
MOSCOW PRESS CONFERENCE

THE UNLAWFUL PERSECUTION, TORTURE AND MURDER
OF SERGEI MAGNITSKY:  VOLATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL
CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE

On Thurs­day, 22 April 2010, at 11:30am, Inter­fax will be host­ing a press con­fer­ence announc­ing new legal ini­tia­tives to seek jus­tice for the unlaw­ful arrest, tor­ture and mur­der of 37-year old anti-cor­rup­tion lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.

The press con­fer­ence will take place at the Inter­fax Press Cen­tre, 1st  Tver­skaya-Yam­skaya, Build­ing 2, Str. 1, Moscow. The fol­low­ing indi­vid­u­als will be speaking:
-        Ms. Lud­mi­la Alex­ee­va, Chair­per­son of the Moscow Helsin­ki Group
-        Mr. Valery Borschev, Chair­man of the Moscow Prison Over­sight Commission
-        Ms. Natalya Mag­nit­skaya, Moth­er of Sergei Magnitsky

The speak­ers will also announce a num­ber of legal steps that have recent­ly been tak­en to seek jus­tice for the unlaw­ful arrest, tor­ture and mur­der of Sergei Mag­nit­sky. He was killed in order to con­ceal the crimes of senior Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­istry offi­cers. The press con­fer­ence will also dis­cuss the wider prob­lem of cor­rupt law enforce­ment offi­cials abus­ing their police pow­ers to com­mit crimes and ruin the lives of inno­cent individuals.

The Moscow Helsin­ki Group is a Russ­ian non-gov­ern­men­tal organ­i­sa­tion that seeks to pro­tect human rights and assist in the devel­op­ment of civ­il soci­ety in Rus­sia. To achieve this, the group expos­es human rights vio­la­tions and works to ensure com­pli­ance with Russia’s human rights oblig­a­tions under Russ­ian and inter­na­tion­al law.

The Moscow Prison Over­sight Com­mis­sion is a Moscow-based watch­dog organ­i­sa­tion empow­ered by law with mon­i­tor­ing human rights in Russ­ian deten­tion cen­tres. On 28 Decem­ber 2009, the Com­mis­sion released the results of its five-week inves­ti­ga­tion into the death of Sergei Mag­nit­sky, describ­ing his tor­ture and the vio­la­tion of his human rights while in custody.
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For fur­ther infor­ma­tion, please contact:

Inter­fax – Jour­nal­ist Accreditation
Phone: +7 495 250 8832
Fax:      +7 495 250 9727
Her­mitage Cap­i­tal Management
Phone:      +44 (0)20 7440 1777
Email:        info@hermitagefund.com
Law and Order in Russia
lawandorderinrussia.org
Email:        info@lawandorderinrussia.org

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