German Justice Ministry Rejects Russian Interpol Request for William Browder

May 23, 2013

The Ger­man Jus­tice Min­istry has reject­ed the Russ­ian request sent via Inter­pol in rela­tion to William Brow­der, and assured him of an intim­i­da­tion-free atten­dance at the human rights forum planned in Berlin, Ger­many, for this com­ing Mon­day, 27^th May 2013 (www.bhrc.de).
“The deci­sion by the Ger­man Jus­tice Min­istry is a strong act in sup­port of human rights and against polit­i­cal abuse. It shows that Ger­many, along with its West­ern allies, will not be intim­i­dat­ed by the cor­rupt mis­use of inter­na­tion­al jus­tice mech­a­nisms by the Putin regime for polit­i­cal pur­pos­es,” said William Brow­der. Read more

Major Event in Germany Promoting European Magnitsky Sanctions Cancelled Because German Government Refuses to Grant Safe Passage to William Browder from Politically Motivated Russian Arrest Warrant

May 22, 2013

Ger­man author­i­ties have refused to grant William Brow­der, the leader of the glob­al cam­paign for jus­tice for Sergei Mag­nit­sky, safe pas­sage to Ger­many from a polit­i­cal­ly moti­vat­ed Russ­ian arrest war­rant, result­ing in the can­cel­la­tion of the Euro­pean Mag­nit­sky Law event, sched­uled in Berlin on 27 May 2013. Read more

Russia Abuses Interpol Channels with an ‘All Points Bulletin’ For William Browder in Retaliation for Magnitsky Act

May 20, 2013

On 7 May 2013, the Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­istry issued a for­mal request to Inter­pol to issue an ‘All Points Bul­letin’ to locate William Brow­der, CEO of Her­mitage Cap­i­tal Man­age­ment and leader of the jus­tice for Sergei Mag­nit­sky campaign. 

“The Russ­ian author­i­ties seek to involve Inter­pol in an abu­sive, and polit­i­cal­ly moti­vat­ed attack on Mr Brow­der. Any­one offer­ing the Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­istry sup­port, or in any way pro­cess­ing their request in rela­tion to Mr Brow­der, will become part and par­cel of Mr Putin’s polit­i­cal vendet­ta against Mr Brow­der and attempts to cov­er up the mur­der of Sergei Mag­nit­sky,” said a Her­mitage Cap­i­tal rep­re­sen­ta­tive. Read more

The Russian Government Congratulates Officials Responsible for Sergei Magnitsky’s False Arrest, Detention and Death in Custody

April 28, 2013

Yes­ter­day, Russ­ian Pres­i­dent Vladimir Putin and top offi­cials from the Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­istry, Jus­tice Min­istry and the Moscow Court pub­licly con­doned the acts of the offi­cials who were named by the U.S. Gov­ern­ment for their role in the Mag­nit­sky affair. 

Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­is­ter Vladimir Kolokolt­sev offi­cial­ly greet­ed six of the sanc­tioned Inte­ri­or Min­istry offi­cers in a tele­vised meet­ing at the Inte­ri­or Min­istry head­quar­ters where he promised them impuni­ty and pro­mo­tion prospects. The offi­cers present were Colonel Vino­grado­va, Lt Colonel Silchenko and Lt Colonel Kar­pov, and three more sanc­tioned offi­cers who were pre­sum­ably Lt Colonel Kuznetsov, and his two for­mer sub­or­di­nates, oper­a­tives Droganov and Tolchin­sky. Accord­ing to Russ­ian press reports, the Inte­ri­or Min­is­ter said to the offi­cials at the meeting:
“Deci­sions by for­eign states con­cern­ing our cit­i­zens should not and will not have any legal con­se­quence;” “I con­firm again: regard­ing our offi­cial posi­tion, let those type of deci­sions not give you any wor­ry.” Read more

Diplomatic Representatives of Five European Countries Say Posthumous Trial of Sergei Magnitsky in Russia is “Unacceptable”

April 23, 2013

Diplo­mat­ic rep­re­sen­ta­tives of five Euro­pean coun­tries have expressed con­cern over the on-going posthu­mous tri­al of Sergei Mag­nit­sky, killed in Russ­ian police cus­tody three years ago, and the recent clo­sure of the inves­ti­ga­tion into his death in Rus­sia (http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/bestanden/documenten-en-publicaties/brieven/2013/03/18/brief-over-de-opstelling-van-rusland-in-de-zaak-magnitsky/brief-over-de-opstelling-van-rusland-in-de-zaak-magnitsky.pdf).

In a let­ter addressed to the Sec­re­tary Gen­er­al of the Coun­cil of Europe, five per­ma­nent rep­re­sen­ta­tives from the UK, Ger­many, Hol­land, Swe­den, and the Czech Repub­lic have asked for the Mag­nit­sky case to be raised with Rus­sia author­i­ties. Read more

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