UK Authorities Refused Russian Mutual Legal Assistance Request in Magnitsky Posthumous Prosecution Case

July 2, 2012

UK Author­i­ties Refused Russ­ian Mutu­al Legal Assis­tance Request in Mag­nit­sky Posthu­mous Pros­e­cu­tion Case

2 July 2012 – The Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­istry report­ed this morn­ing that the UK author­i­ties had refused their mutu­al legal assis­tance request in the case of posthu­mous pros­e­cu­tion of late whis­tle-blow­ing lawyer Sergei Mag­nit­sky and in-absen­tia pros­e­cu­tion of his client William Brow­der who is cam­paign­ing for tar­get­ed visa and finan­cial sanc­tions on the Russ­ian gov­ern­ment offi­cials involved in the false arrest, tor­ture and in-cus­tody mur­der of Magnitsky. 

In spite of the refusal from the UK to coop­er­ate in this high-pro­file mat­ter, the Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­istry stat­ed their inten­tion to move the first-in-his­to­ry posthu­mous case to tri­al, say­ing they see no “legal” obsta­cle to it. Read more

Members of German Parliament Call For German and EU-Wide Visa Bans and Asset Freezes on Russian Officials Implicated in the Magnitsky Case

July 2, 2012

Fol­low­ing the Mag­nit­sky Act’s approval by the U.S. Sen­ate For­eign Rela­tions Com­mit­tee, a num­ber of Ger­man law­mak­ers have adopt­ed a sim­i­lar res­o­lu­tion call­ing for the Ger­man gov­ern­ment to ini­ti­ate both a Ger­man and EU-wide visa ban and asset freeze on the Russ­ian offi­cials impli­cat­ed in the Mag­nit­sky case.

The motion enti­tled “Denial of Entry into the EU for the Russ­ian Par­tic­i­pants in the Mag­nit­sky Case” was adopt­ed by mem­bers of the Alliance 90/The Greens fac­tion in the Ger­man par­lia­ment (http://www.bundestag.de/presse/hib/2012_06/2012_325/03.html). Read more

Senator McCain Calls Upon President Obama to Apply Aggressive New Sanctions Designed to Combat Terrorism to the Russian Organized Crime Group Who Murdered Sergei Magnitsky

June 26, 2012

Today U.S. Sen­a­tor John McCain called on Pres­i­dent Oba­ma to invoke Exec­u­tive Order 13581 against the Klyuev Orga­nized Crime Group in Rus­sia con­nect­ed to the mur­der of whis­tle-blow­ing lawyer Sergei Mag­nit­sky. Exec­u­tive Order 13581 was signed by Pres­i­dent Oba­ma in July last year and allows the Pres­i­dent to “pro­scribe” orga­nized crime groups using the same tools that the US Gov­ern­ment cur­rent­ly uses against ter­ror­ist organizations. 

“I write to you today to request that you begin a process to deter­mine whether to des­ig­nate and impose sanc­tions, under the Exec­u­tive Order 13581, against a dan­ger­ous transna­tion­al crim­i­nal orga­ni­za­tion known as the “Klyuev Group ‚” said Sen­a­tor McCain in the let­ter. Read more

Radio Netherlands Wins Prestigious International Radio Award for Reporting on Sergei Magnitsky Justice Campaign

June 19, 2012

“Jus­tice for Sergei – A Debt of Hon­our,” a radio inter­view by Radio Nether­lands World­wide with William Brow­der, CEO of Her­mitage Cap­i­tal, on the cam­paign to get jus­tice for his lawyer Sergei Mag­nit­sky tor­tured to death in Russ­ian police cus­tody (http://www.rnw.nl/english/radioshow/seeking-justice), won the Best Radio Cov­er­age Award at the New York Inter­na­tion­al Radio and Tele­vi­sion Fes­ti­vals last night. 

The inter­view won the gold medal in the “Best Cov­er­age of an On-going News Sto­ry” cat­e­go­ry at the New York Inter­na­tion­al Radio and Tele­vi­sion Fes­ti­vals which had over 200 entries from 30 coun­tries. Read more

US Religious Groups Call On the U.S. Congress to Impose Magnitsky Sanctions

June 18, 2012

Today a num­ber of US reli­gious orga­ni­za­tions from dif­fer­ent denom­i­na­tions have called on the U.S. Con­gress to pass the Mag­nit­sky Act. The lead­ers of nine US reli­gious organ­i­sa­tions have writ­ten to mem­bers of Con­gress urg­ing the swift pas­sage of the Mag­nit­sky Act in its cur­rent form. In their let­ter, they point out that the Mag­nit­sky Act gives the Unit­ed States an impor­tant and effec­tive pol­i­cy tool to address seri­ous human rights abus­es around the world (http://ucsj.org/2012/06/15/sergei-magnitsky/).

“It is one thing to talk about the human rights and reli­gious free­doms and quite anoth­er to actu­al­ly do some­thing about it. Because of the well thought out terms of this leg­is­la­tion, we believe that this bill will become an effec­tive lever that the Unit­ed States will have in deal­ing with this per­ni­cious and grow­ing prob­lem of human rights abus­es around the world,” said the reli­gious groups in their joint let­ter. Read more

« Previous Page — Next Page »

• Link