Posthumous Prosecution of Sergei Magnitsky is Moving Forward In Spite of Massive Falsifications; Lawyers are Forbidden to See the Case File

November 2, 2012

On the eve of the third anniver­sary of the death of Sergei Mag­nit­sky in Russ­ian police cus­tody, the Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­istry has announced that it has com­plet­ed its inves­ti­ga­tion and pre­pared the case file for an immi­nent tri­al. The pro­ceed­ings in rela­tion to Mag­nit­sky, who has been dead for three years, will be the first case of a posthu­mous pros­e­cu­tion in Russ­ian legal history.

Lawyers for Her­mitage have uncov­ered evi­dence of mas­sive fal­si­fi­ca­tions of doc­u­ments in the case file. They have filed 40 com­plaints in the last six months detail­ing the fal­si­fi­ca­tion and oth­er legal vio­la­tions, includ­ing con­ceal­ment of evi­dence and con­flict of inter­est, but all com­plaints have been reject­ed by the Ostank­in­sky Dis­trict Court and the Fed­er­al Inte­ri­or Min­istry on unrea­soned grounds. Fol­low­ing these com­plaints, the Inte­ri­or Min­istry inves­ti­ga­tor Shupolovsky, who has been put in charge of the case, has now denied Her­mitage’s lawyer any access to fur­ther mate­ri­als in the case file. Read more

Award Winning Play about Magnitsky’s Murder to Open in London Theatre on Anniversary of His Death

October 31, 2012

“ONE HOUR EIGHTEEN MINUTES”

UK the­atre debut of an award-win­ning play about the mur­der of Sergei Magnitsky 

in Russ­ian Cus­tody to start on 13^th Novem­ber 2012

(OPENING NIGHT 16 Novem­ber 2012)

30 Octo­ber 2012 — The British the­atre debut of “One Hour Eigh­teen Min­utes”, an award-win­ning play that merges the­atre, pol­i­tics and human rights cam­paign­ing into a pow­er­ful account of a one-man’s tragedy at the hands of a repres­sive state, will open at the New Dio­ra­ma The­atre in Lon­don on 13^th Novem­ber 2012.  The play depicts the final hours of Sergei Mag­nit­sky, a whis­tle-blow­ing Russ­ian lawyer who uncov­ered mas­sive cor­rup­tion in the Russ­ian gov­ern­ment, tes­ti­fied about it and was killed in cus­tody. Read more

UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee Calls on Government to Disclose Names on Visa Bans Lists as a Result of Magnitsky Case

October 18, 2012

Yes­ter­day, the House of Com­mons For­eign Affairs Com­mit­tee rec­om­mend­ed that the British Gov­ern­ment should pub­licly dis­close the names of human rights abusers who have been denied entry into the UK. The new pol­i­cy rec­om­men­da­tion was announced as part of the British Parliament’s review of the For­eign and Com­mon­wealth Office’s approach to Human Rights, which was pub­lished in the For­eign Affairs Com­mit­tee Third Report of Ses­sion 2012 – 13.
(http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmfaff/116/116.pdf)

The For­eign Affairs Com­mit­tee report and their rec­om­men­da­tions fol­lowed the sub­mis­sion of evi­dence from Amnesty Inter­na­tion­al, Fair Tri­als Inter­na­tion­al, Her­mitage Cap­i­tal, Human Rights Watch, REDRESS and oth­ers. Read more

Council of Europe to Conduct International Investigation into the Torture and Murder of Sergei Magnitsky

October 5, 2012

Coun­cil of Europe to Con­duct Inter­na­tion­al Inves­ti­ga­tion into the Tor­ture and Mur­der of Sergei Magnitsky

5 Octo­ber 2012 — Today, the Bureau of the Par­lia­men­tary Assem­bly of the Coun­cil of Europe (PACE) approved the appoint­ment of its Legal Affairs and Human Rights Com­mit­tee to con­duct an inter­na­tion­al inves­ti­ga­tion into all of the cir­cum­stances of the death of Sergei Mag­nit­sky in Russ­ian police cus­tody three years ago. The vote passed with 9 in favor and 7 opposed.

The vote took place in Stras­bourg at the Bureau meet­ing of the PACE, which con­sists of nation­al del­e­ga­tion rep­re­sen­ta­tives, par­ty group lead­ers and the chairs of each of the PACE com­mit­tees. The Bureau of the Par­lia­men­tary Assem­bly deter­mines the day-to-day work­ings of PACE. Read more

Moscow Court Reveals Secret FSB File of Operational Activities Against Sergei Magnitsky While he Was in Prison

October 3, 2012

Niko­lai Gorokhov, the lawyer for Sergei Mag­nit­sky’s moth­er, announced in Moscow court that evi­dence has sur­faced of a secret FSB file which indi­cat­ed a series of oper­a­tional activ­i­ties con­duct­ed by the FSB (the Russ­ian secret police) inside the prison while Sergei Mag­nit­sky was held in pre-tri­al deten­tion. The files have been kept con­fi­den­tial and the Mag­nit­sky fam­i­ly lawyer beleieves these activ­i­ties and the files doc­u­ment­ing them could shed light on the cir­cum­stances of his mur­der in police cus­tody and who was behind it. Read more

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