Updated Information on European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee vote on Sergei Magnitsky

November 24, 2010

For­eign Affairs Com­mit­tee of the Euro­pean Par­lia­ment Vot­ed in Favor of the Call for Visa and Eco­nom­ic Sanc­tions Against Russ­ian Offi­cials in Mag­nit­sky Case in its Draft Annu­al Report on Human Rights 

Fur­ther details and clar­i­fi­ca­tions on the vote tak­en in the Euro­pean Par­lia­ment ’s Com­mit­tee on For­eign Affairs on the Sergei Mag­nit­sky case were pro­vid­ed today.

The call for visa and eco­nom­ic sanc­tions on the Russ­ian offi­cials involved in the arrest and death of 37-year old Russ­ian anti-cor­rup­tion lawyer Sergei Mag­nit­sky have been includ­ed as part of the Draft Annu­al Report on Human Rights in the World 2009 and the Euro­pean Union’s pol­i­cy on Human Rights. Read more

European Lawmakers Condemn the Absence of the Rule of Law in Magnitsky Case

November 18, 2010

Law­mak­ers around the world paid trib­ute this week to Sergei Mag­nit­sky, the Russ­ian anti-cor­rup­tion lawyer, who was arrest­ed and tor­tured to death a year ago in police cus­tody after he had exposed the embez­zle­ment of $230 mil­lion by Russ­ian state offi­cials. Euro­pean politi­cians said Magnitsky’s case has demon­strat­ed the pre­vail­ing dis­re­spect for human rights in Rus­sia and the hor­ri­ble price paid by the Russ­ian peo­ple for the absence of the rule of law. They fur­ther ques­tioned whether for­eign com­pa­nies should do busi­ness in Rus­sia while cor­rupt offi­cials are still not held accountable.

Speak­ing on the anniver­sary of Magnitsky’s death, the Pres­i­dent of the Euro­pean Par­lia­ment Jerzy Buzek called upon the Russ­ian lead­er­ship to pros­e­cute those respon­si­ble for the tor­ture and death of Mag­nit­sky. He said:

“I raised the case of Sergey Mag­nit­sky’s death dur­ing my meet­ing with Pres­i­dent Medvedev in June in Moscow. I urge once again the author­i­ties of the Russ­ian Fed­er­a­tion at all appro­pri­ate lev­els to con­duct a thor­ough, impar­tial and cred­i­ble inves­ti­ga­tion in order to bring those involved in and respon­si­ble for the death of Sergey Mag­nit­sky to jus­tice.” Read more

British Politician Calls for End to Russia’s “Putin-lag” on Magnitsky Case

November 18, 2010

The Rt Hon Dr Denis Mac­Shane, MP, called upon British Prime Min­is­ter David Cameron to raise with Russ­ian Prime Min­is­ter Putin the case of Sergei Mag­nit­sky, the 37-year old Russ­ian anti-cor­rup­tion lawyer tor­tured to death in police cus­tody a year ago.

The Rt Hon Denis Mac­Shane said:

“Today I have tabled Par­lia­men­tary Ques­tions ask­ing David Cameron to raise the Mag­nit­sky case when he goes to Moscow as the dead lawyer was work­ing for a British firm and rep­re­sent­ing British cit­i­zens and there­fore the British prime min­is­ter should raise these issues with the Russ­ian Prime Min­is­ter, Mr Putin.” Read more

Sergei Magnitsky Announced as Posthumous Winner of the Transparency International Integrity Award 2009 – 2010

November 12, 2010

Today, Trans­paren­cy Inter­na­tion­al, a lead­ing civ­il soci­ety organ­i­sa­tion fight­ing cor­rup­tion, announced that its 2009 – 2010 Integri­ty Award has been posthu­mous­ly giv­en to Sergei Mag­nit­sky, a 37-year old Russ­ian lawyer tor­tured to death in police cus­tody. The award was received by Sergei Mag­nit­sky’ moth­er, Natalia Mag­nit­skaya, at a spe­cial award cer­e­mo­ny of the Inter­na­tion­al Anti-Cor­rup­tion con­fer­ence in Bangkok.

Sion Assi­don, Chair of the Integri­ty Awards Com­mit­tee said:

“Sergei did what to most peo­ple seems impos­si­ble: he bat­tled as a lone indi­vid­ual against the pow­er of an entire state. He believed in the rule of law and integri­ty, and died for his belief. Sergei, his hero­ic fight, and the ideals he stood for must nev­er be for­got­ten”. Read more

Global Premiere for new Sergei Magnitsky film at World Parliaments

November 11, 2010

16 Novem­ber 2010

Unprece­dent­ed World­wide Polit­i­cal and Cul­tur­al Event 
to Protest the Impuni­ty of Russ­ian Offi­cials Who Tor­tured and Mur­dered Anti-Cor­rup­tion Lawyer Sergei Magnitsky

Novem­ber 16^th will mark the one-year anniver­sary of the mur­der in Russ­ian police cus­tody of Sergei Mag­nit­sky, a 37-year old Russ­ian anti-cor­rup­tion lawyer.

To com­mem­o­rate this anniver­sary, the glob­al pre­miere of “Jus­tice for Sergei,” a unique doc­u­men­tary on Magnitsky’s life and trag­ic death, will take place at a num­ber of par­lia­ments around the world, includ­ing the Euro­pean Par­lia­ment, Unit­ed King­dom, Ger­many, Esto­nia, Cana­da and the Unit­ed States.

In con­nec­tion with this unprece­dent­ed film launch at par­lia­ments around the world, lead­ing states­men, politi­cians, schol­ars, human rights activists, jour­nal­ists, lawyers and busi­ness­men will join togeth­er for the first time to protest the con­tin­u­ing impuni­ty of Russ­ian state offi­cials who cru­el­ly tor­tured and killed Mag­nit­sky in cus­tody. Read more

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