Pussy Riot to Lead Tribute to Sergei Magnitsky at the British Parliament on the Fifth Anniversary of His Murder in Russian Police Custody

November 12, 2014

Pussy Riot to Lead Trib­ute to Sergei Mag­nit­sky at the British Par­lia­ment on the Fifth Anniver­sary of His Mur­der in Russ­ian Police Custody

11 Novem­ber 2014 – This month marks the fifth anniver­sary of the killing in Russ­ian police cus­tody of 37-year old anti-cor­rup­tion lawyer Sergei Mag­nit­sky, who exposed a $230 mil­lion fraud per­pe­trat­ed by Russ­ian gov­ern­ment offi­cials and organ­ised criminals. 

While his death ignit­ed world­wide con­dem­na­tion and lead to numer­ous polit­i­cal and legal calls for jus­tice around the globe, five years on there is still no jus­tice in Rus­sia for Sergei Magnitsky.

To mark the mem­o­ry of Sergei Mag­nit­sky and the fight against cor­rup­tion which he gave his life for, politi­cians, artists, jour­nal­ists and cam­paign­ers will gath­er in Lon­don on Tues­day 18 Novem­ber 2014 to par­tic­i­pate in a major pan­el by Hen­ry Jack­son Soci­ety to be held at the British parliament.

The ses­sion chaired by Chris Bryant, MP, is enti­tled ‘Prospects for Rus­sia after Putin: Five Years from the Death of Sergei Magnitsky.’ 

Among the pan­elists are mem­bers of the Russ­ian punk protest group Pussy Riot, Nadezh­da Tolokon­niko­va and Maria Alekhi­na, who were pre­vi­ous­ly jailed in Rus­sia for stag­ing an anti-Putin protest in a Moscow church. Also par­tic­i­pat­ing will be Hon Irwin Cotler MP, for­mer Gen­er­al Pros­e­cu­tor of Cana­da, who rep­re­sent­ed pris­on­ers of con­science Nathan Sha­ran­sky and Nel­son Man­dela; for­mer Russ­ian Prime Min­is­ter Mikhail Kasyanov; envi­ron­men­tal activist and oppo­si­tion leader Evge­nia Chiriko­va; and Fran­co-Rus­so jour­nal­ist Ele­na Servet­taz, author of the book, “Why Europe Needs a Mag­nit­sky Law”.

“This event will com­mem­o­rate Sergei Magnitsky’s lega­cy by bring­ing togeth­er some of the top human rights cam­paign­ers to dis­cuss Rus­sia after Putin, and if there is a chance for the kind of Rus­sia that Sergei Mag­nit­sky believed in,” said a Mag­nit­sky Jus­tice Cam­paign representative.

Sergei Mag­nit­sky was a 37-year old lawyer and out­side coun­sel for the Her­mitage Fund, who was tor­tured to death in Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­istry cus­tody after he tes­ti­fied about the involve­ment of Inte­ri­or Min­istry offi­cials in the theft of his client’s com­pa­nies and the $230 mil­lion theft. The Russ­ian offi­cials respon­si­ble for his arrest, tor­ture and killing were absolved from any respon­si­bil­i­ty, pro­mot­ed and dec­o­rat­ed with state honours.

For more infor­ma­tion, please contact:

Mag­nit­sky Jus­tice Campaign
+44 2074401777
info@lawandorderinrussia.org
lawandorderinrussia.org

To reg­is­ter your atten­dance at the Mag­nit­sky event, please go to Hen­ry Jack­son Soci­ety website:
http://henryjacksonsociety.org/2014/11/18/prospects-for-russia-after-putin-five-years-from-the-death-of-sergei-magnitsky/

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