Council of Europe Report Denounces Russian Persecution of Hermitage Partner as “Not Bona Fide Pursuit of Criminal Justice”

January 24, 2014

In its new report on the Mag­nit­sky case, the Coun­cil of Europe Rap­por­teur has crit­i­cized the case opened by the Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­istry against Her­mitage Cap­i­tal part­ner, Ivan Cherkasov, say­ing it was not a “bona fide pur­suit of crim­i­nal jus­tice.” Read more

Council of Europe Calls on Russia to Cease Posthumous Case Against Magnitsky and the Persecution of Other Hermitage Lawyers

January 23, 2014

A draft res­o­lu­tion enti­tled, “Refus­ing Impuni­ty for the Killers of Sergei Mag­nit­sky,” will be vot­ed on next week by the Par­lia­men­tary Assem­bly of the Coun­cil of Europe. The res­o­lu­tion calls on Russ­ian author­i­ties to stop the posthu­mous pros­e­cu­tion of Sergei Mag­nit­sky, cease pres­sure on his fam­i­ly, and stop the per­se­cu­tion of oth­er Her­mitage lawyers, includ­ing bar­ris­ter Eduard Khairet­di­nov, who rep­re­sent­ed the Her­mitage Fund in Rus­sia to defend against the $230 mil­lion fraud uncov­ered by Sergei Mag­nit­sky. Read more

Prominent Russian Duma Representative Suggests Hermitage Was Behind Magnitsky’s Death

January 22, 2014

Promi­nent Russ­ian Duma Mem­ber, Chair of Inter­na­tion­al Affairs Com­mit­tee Alex­ei Pushkov came out today alleg­ing Her­mitage could have been behind Magnitsky’s death, and “was to ben­e­fit” from it because Mag­nit­sky “could have giv­en seri­ous infor­ma­tion against Brow­der” Read more

Association of Russian Judges Denies Magnitsky’s Mother Public Hearing on the Role of the Russian Judiciary in her Son’s Death

January 9, 2014

The Asso­ci­a­tion of Russ­ian Judges has refused a request from Sergei Magnitsky’s moth­er to pub­licly dis­cuss the role of judges in her son’s per­se­cu­tion, ill-treat­ment and death. It said that it “can­not dis­cuss” the mat­ter in spite of the fact that last year its region­al divi­sion had dis­cussed the mat­ter and issued a res­o­lu­tion in a closed forum secret­ly from Magnitsky’s fam­i­ly and human rights groups. Read more

STATEMENT BY WILLIAM BROWDER ON MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY’S RELEASE

December 20, 2013

Mikhail Khodor­kovsky was freed today by his hostage tak­ers after being kept 10 years in cap­tiv­i­ty at the per­son­al direc­tion of Vladimir Putin. 

I can’t imag­ine the duress he must have suf­fered by his false impris­on­ment and I’m delight­ed and relieved for him and his fam­i­ly that he is final­ly free. Read more

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