EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PASSES MAGNITSKY SANCTIONS RESOLUTION CALLING FOR EU WIDE MAGNITSKY LIST

December 11, 2013

Today, the Euro­pean Par­lia­ment passed a res­o­lu­tion call­ing on the EU Coun­cil of Min­is­ters to adopt a com­mon list of Russ­ian offi­cials to be sanc­tioned for their role in the tor­ture and mur­der of 37-year Russ­ian whis­tle-blow­ing lawyer Sergei Mag­nit­sky. Under the tar­get­ed sanc­tions regime already adopt­ed in the Unit­ed States, these Russ­ian offi­cials will be pro­hib­it­ed from trav­el­ing to and bank­ing in the EU. Read more

U.S. Senators Call for Alexander Bastrykin and Other Russian Officials to be Subject to Magnitsky Sanctions in US and Europe

November 14, 2013

Two promi­nent U.S. Sen­a­tors have called for sanc­tions to be applied to Russ­ian top law enforce­ment offi­cials, includ­ing Alexan­der Bas­trykin, and oth­er human rights vio­la­tors under the Mag­nit­sky Act in the US and in Europe. Read more

Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner Condemns the Unlawfulness of the Posthumous Trial of Sergei Magnitsky

November 13, 2013

The Coun­cil of Europe’s Human Rights Com­mis­sion­er, Nils Muižnieks, con­demned the unlaw­ful­ness of the posthu­mous tri­al of whis­tle-blow­ing lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. 

In a report released yes­ter­day, the Com­mis­sion­er not­ed that the Mag­nit­sky tri­al held in Rus­sia con­tra­vened the Euro­pean Con­ven­tion on Human Rights. The Com­mis­sion­er said it is also con­trary to the Russ­ian Con­sti­tu­tion. Read more

Parliamentarians from 13 Countries Pledge to Advance Magnitsky Sanctions Worldwide

November 11, 2013

In a pow­er­ful mul­ti-coun­try move, par­lia­men­tar­i­ans from 13 coun­tries have pledged their sup­port to fur­ther the Mag­nit­sky cause and Mag­nit­sky sanc­tions around the world. Those sanc­tions include tar­get­ed visa bans and asset freezes on the Russ­ian offi­cials respon­si­ble for the tor­ture and death of Sergei Mag­nit­sky as well as oth­er gross human rights abusers. Read more

Russian Investigative Committee Has Formally Exonerated Olga Stepanova, the Tax Official Who Approved the Fraudulent $230 Million Refund Uncovered by Sergei Magnitsky

November 8, 2013

8The Russ­ian Inves­tiga­tive Com­mit­tee has informed U.S. lawyer Jami­son Fire­stone, Sergei Magnitsky’s for­mer law part­ner, that it found no grounds to pros­e­cute Olga Stepano­va, the for­mer head of Moscow Tax Office No 28, and the per­son who approved the major­i­ty of the $230 mil­lion ille­gal tax refund uncov­ered by the late Sergei Mag­nit­sky. The Russ­ian Inves­tiga­tive Com­mit­tee has exon­er­at­ed all oth­er tax offi­cials involved in approv­ing the fraud­u­lent tax refunds which cost Sergei Mag­nit­sky his life for expos­ing. Read more

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