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Ahead of Canadian Elections Next Monday, All Major Canadian Political Parties Commit to Implement Magnitsky Sanctions Legislation if Elected

October 13, 2015

13 Octo­ber 2015 – All of Canada’s major polit­i­cal par­ties have pub­licly pledged to imple­ment Mag­nit­sky sanc­tions leg­is­la­tion if elect­ed ahead of the fed­er­al elec­tion set for next Mon­day, 19 Octo­ber 2015. 

Mag­nit­sky sanc­tions leg­is­la­tion will cre­ate con­se­quences for gross human rights vio­la­tions. Such leg­is­la­tion is already in place in the Unit­ed States.
Last spring Lib­er­al Cana­di­an MP Irwin Cotler’s motion call­ing for a Mag­nit­sky law won unan­i­mous sup­port in the Canada’s House of Commons.

Canada’s Min­is­ter of For­eign Affairs and mem­ber of the Con­ser­v­a­tive par­ty Rob Nichol­son gave a pledge to amend Canada’s exist­ing sanc­tions regime to include Mag­nit­sky sanc­tions — the abil­i­ty to tar­get human rights abusers through­out the world with visa bans and asset freezes (http://upnorth.eu/canadian-ministers-pledge-to-adopt-global-magnitsky-nemtsov-legislation-and-create-digital-freedom-fund/)

NDP and Green Par­ty of Cana­da stat­ed that they will intro­duce Mag­nit­sky leg­is­la­tion involv­ing sanc­tions against Russ­ian offi­cials respon­si­ble for the ille­gal impris­on­ment in Rus­sia of Ukrain­ian cit­i­zens (NDP: http://www.ucc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1‑NDP-Response-Ukrainian-Canadian-Congress-Questionnaire.pdf; Greens: http://www.ucc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1‑Green-Party-Leader-UCCResponseFinal.pdf)

The Lib­er­al Par­ty of Cana­da said that a Lib­er­al Gov­ern­ment will intro­duce leg­is­la­tion, mod­elled on the US Mag­nit­sky leg­is­la­tion, because of the belief that, “by impos­ing sanc­tions, we can impose mean­ing­ful penal­ties on human rights vio­la­tors and deter future vio­la­tions,” and that it “will imme­di­ate­ly expand the list of sanc­tioned Rus­sians to include influ­en­tial busi­ness­men, and close Putin sup­port­ers, Igor Sechin and Vladimir Yakunin.” (http://www.ucc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1‑LPC-Response-Election-2015.pdf)

The state­ments from the polit­i­cal par­ties came in response to ques­tions raised by the Ukrain­ian Cana­di­an Con­gress (UCC) chal­leng­ing all Cana­di­an polit­i­cal par­ties on issues of impor­tance to the Ukrain­ian Cana­di­an com­mu­ni­ty in advance of the election. 

The 2015 Cana­di­an elec­tion will be held on Octo­ber 19, 2015 and will elect mem­bers to the House of Com­mons of the 42nd Par­lia­ment of Canada.

For more infor­ma­tion please contact:

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Сергей Магнитский посмертно удостоен почетного звания финалиста международной премии «За нравственное величие»

October 5, 2015

Сергей Магнитский посмертно удостоен почетного звания финалиста международной премии «За нравственное величие»

5 октября 2015 года –  Сергей Магнитский посмертно удостоен звания финалиста международной премии «За нравственное величие».

Сергей Магнитский был отмечен на международной церемонии, прошедшей в Ванкувере, вместе с индонезийской организацией «Следим за коррупцией», а также призерами премии — ангольским журналистом Рафаэлем де Море и кенийским анти-коррупционным активистом Джоном Джитонго.

«Я хотела бы поблагодарить всех людей, помнящих Сергея, — сказала мама Сергея Магнитского Наталья. – Пока человека помнят, он — жив.»

В ходе международной церемонии «За нравственное величие» отмечаются выдающиеся люди и организации, внесшие значительный вклад в продвижение идеалов правосудия и справедливости и противодействия коррупции. Церемония проходит раз в два года под эгидой Юридической школы имени Питера Алларда в Канаде.

«Магнитский жил, как писал Солженицын.…  Я думаю, он — герой», — сказал Валерий Борщев, возглавлявший независимую комиссию правозащитников, изучавших обстоятельства пыток и убийства Сергея Магнитского в ноябре 2009 года в московском следственном изоляторе.

Короткий фильм о лауреатах премии 2015 года «За нравственное величие» доступен по ссылке https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzt4wQSyA2I&sns=em

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Sergei Magnitsky Posthumously Honoured by the Allard Prize Committee for International Integrity

October 5, 2015

Sergei Mag­nit­sky Posthu­mous­ly Hon­oured by the Allard Prize Com­mit­tee for Inter­na­tion­al Integrity

5 Octo­ber 2015 – Sergei Mag­nit­sky, the Russ­ian lawyer who exposed a $230 mil­lion cor­rupt scheme by Russ­ian offi­cials, has been posthu­mous­ly hon­oured by the Allard Prize Com­mit­tee for Inter­na­tion­al Integri­ty. The recog­ni­tion comes one month before the 6th anniver­sary of his mur­der in Russ­ian police cus­tody at the age of 37.

Sergei Magnitsky’s moth­er, wife and son attend­ed the award cer­e­mo­ny held in Van­cou­ver, Cana­da at the Uni­ver­si­ty of British Columbi­a’s Peter A. Allard School of Law.

On accept­ing the hon­ourable recog­ni­tion on behalf of Sergei Mag­nit­sky, his moth­er said:

I would like to thank all peo­ple who remem­ber Sergei. Because when the per­son is remem­bered, that per­son is alive. I recent­ly saw a per­son who said I am alive because of Sergei’s sacrifice.”

Valery Borschev, chair of the Moscow Pub­lic Over­sight Com­mis­sion, who inves­ti­gat­ed how Sergei Mag­nit­sky­had been tor­tured and mur­dered in police cus­tody, said:

Mag­nit­sky lived like Solzhen­it­syn wrote – don’t be afraid, don’t beg. I think he is a hero.”

Sergei Mag­nit­sky was one of four final­ists for the 2015 Allard Prize for Inter­na­tion­al Integri­ty. The oth­er final­ists includ­ed Indone­sia Cor­rup­tion Watch, and two recip­i­ents of the prize — John Githon­go, who exposed a $1 bil­lion cor­rup­tion scan­dal in the Kenyan gov­ern­ment, and Rafael Mar­ques de Morais, a jour­nal­ist writ­ing on issues of con­flict dia­monds and army bru­tal­i­ty in Ango­la. (View the Allard Prize short film about Sergei Mag­nit­sky and the oth­er finalists)

The Allard Prize for Inter­na­tion­al Integri­ty rec­og­nizes indi­vid­u­als and organ­i­sa­tions who show excep­tion­al courage and lead­er­ship in com­bat­ing corruption.

Sergei Magnitsky’s name has become syn­ony­mous with the lack of rule of law in Rus­sia. His tor­ture and killing in Russ­ian police cus­tody after he uncov­ered and tes­ti­fied about Russ­ian offi­cials involved in the $230 mil­lion theft has led to the adop­tion of the 2012 Sergei Mag­nit­sky Rule of Law Account­abil­i­ty Act in the Unit­ed States which impos­es tar­get­ed sanc­tions in the form of visa bans and asset freezes on those involved in his case, as well as in oth­er gross human rights abus­es. A Glob­al Mag­nit­sky Bill which would apply sim­i­lar sanc­tions to cas­es of human rights vio­la­tions around the world is cur­rent­ly under con­sid­er­a­tion in the U.S. Sen­ate after its approval by the U.S. Sen­ate For­eign Rela­tions Committee.

For more infor­ma­tion please contact:

 

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Organization of International War Crimes Prosecutors Posthumously Awards Sergei Magnitsky with the 2015 Joshua Heintz Humanitarian Award

September 30, 2015

Orga­ni­za­tion of Inter­na­tion­al War Crimes Pros­e­cu­tors Posthu­mous­ly Awards Sergei Mag­nit­sky with the 2015 Joshua Heintz Human­i­tar­i­an Award 

 

31 August 2015 – One of the world’s most pres­ti­gious indi­vid­ual achieve­ment prizes, the Joshua Heintz Human­i­tar­i­an Award for dis­tin­guished ser­vice to mankind and achieve­ment in the field of inter­na­tion­al jus­tice, has been award­ed posthu­mous­ly­to Sergei Magnitsky.

 

The award was pre­sente­dat the Inter­na­tion­al Human­i­tar­i­an Dialogs, an annu­al assem­bly of cur­rent and for­mer pros­e­cu­tors at inter­na­tion­al war crimes tri­bunals and renowned aca­d­e­mics and law experts. The event took place at the Chau­tauqua Institution’s Jack­son Center.

 

On Sergei Magnitsky’s behalf theaward was accept­ed by his fam­i­ly mem­bers, includ­ing his moth­er, wife and son.

 

Speak­ing at the award cer­e­mo­ny, Magnitsky’s moth­er Natalia said:

 

I wish to express sin­cere grat­i­tude to all the peo­ple in the world who are sup­port­ing us and our cause. All the atten­tion paid to my son’s ulti­mate sac­ri­fice will hope­ful­ly help and save lives of oth­ers in the future so they don’t have to suf­fer the same fate as Sergei.”

 

Bill Brow­der, the glob­al leader of the Mag­nit­sky Jus­tice cam­paign and author of the best-sell­ing book, ‘Red Notice’, com­ment­ed on the impor­tance of the inter­na­tion­al award to Sergei Magnitsky:

 

I am inspired to see that Sergei Magnitsky’s brav­ery is rec­og­nized by the bright­est minds whose job it is and has been to pros­e­cute and con­front the most heinous vio­la­tors of human rights in this world. It is grat­i­fy­ing that Sergei’s lega­cy lives on in people’s hearts more than five years since his bru­tal killing in Russ­ian police cus­tody. May this serve as a reminder of both the sac­ri­fice that Sergei made for a more just world, and the steps that still need to be tak­en before Sergei’s own per­pe­tra­tors can be brought to justice.”

 

Sergei Mag­nit­sky was a Russ­ian lawyer who uncov­ered the $230 mil­lion cor­rup­tion scheme involv­ing Russ­ian offi­cials and an orga­nized crime gang. He was arrest­ed on trumped-up charges and killed in pre-tri­al deten­tion in Rus­sia in 2009 after tes­ti­fy­ing against the offi­cials involved. Sergei Magnitsky’s name has become syn­ony­mous with the lack of rule of law in Rus­sia. His case has lead to the adop­tion of the 2012 Sergei Mag­nit­sky Rule of Law Account­abil­i­ty Act in the Unit­ed States  impos­ing tar­get­ed per­son­al sanc­tions on those involved in his tor­ture and death and oth­er doc­u­ment­ed cas­es of cor­rup­tion and gross human rights abuse.  The sanc­tions include ban on entry visas and asset freezes.

 

The first recip­i­ent of the Joshua Heintz Human­i­tar­i­an Award was Whit­ney Rob­son Har­ris, the US pros­e­cu­tor at the Nurem­berg Tri­als who led the team’s case against Ernst Kaltenbrun­ner, the high­est-rank­ing leader of the Nazi Secu­ri­ty Police to face tri­al for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

 

The extra­or­di­nary sto­ry of how Sergei Mag­nit­sky stood up to cor­rupt Russ­ian offi­cials and paid the ulti­mate price for his ideals is described in Bill Browder’s book, ‘Red Notice’ released ear­li­er this year to a world-wide acclaim.

 

For more infor­ma­tion, please contact:

 

Mag­nit­sky Jus­tice Campaign

+44 2074401777

info@lawandorderinrussia.org

www.lawandorderinrussia.org

http://www.billbrowder.com/sergei-magnitsky

 

 



Сергей Магнитский удостоен международной премии за вклад в дело борьбы с преступлениями против человечества

September 30, 2015

Сергей Магнитский удостоен международной премии за вклад в дело борьбы с преступлениями против человечества 

 

31 августа 2015 года – Россиянин Сергей Магнитский посмертно удостоен международной премии 2015 года за вклад в укрепление верховенства закона и противостояние преступлениям против человечества.

 

О вручении премии Сергею Магнитскому было объявлено на международной ассамблее прокуроров и юристов, ведущих дела о военных преступлениях и преступлениях против человечества, прошедшей вчера вечером в штате Нью-Йорк. Церемония проходила в Центре имени Роберта Джексона — генерального прокурора и судьи Верховного суда США, выступавшего обвинителем на Нюрнбергском процессе над нацистскими военными преступниками.

 

Награда, присуждаемая международными прокурорами и юристами, была вручена родственникам Сергея Магнитского.

 

«Мы благодарны всем людям, которые поддерживают меня и мою семью в нашей цели утверждения справедливости, - сказала мама Сергея Магнитского.  – Возможно, внимание, проявляемое к трагедии Сергея, поможет другим людям и убережет их от страшной участи.»

 

Первым лауреатом премии  в сфере международного правосудия, которой в этом году удостоен Сергей Магнитский, был прокурор со стороны США на Нюрнбергском военном трибунале Уитни Харрис. В ходе процесса Уитни Харрис представлял сторону обвинения против начальника Главного управления имперской безопасности обергруппенфюрера СС Эрнста Кальтенбруннера, причастного к массовому истреблению евреев в варшавском гетто в 1943 году. По приговору Нюрнбергского трибунала Кальтенбруннер в числе 11 других сообвиняемых был повешен. Его казнь состоялась 16 октября 1946 года. Харррис также расследовал преступления руководства германских секретных служб.

О жизни и подвиге Сергея Магнитского, удостоенного посмертно премии в сфере международного правосудия, читайте документальный бестселлер «Красный циркуляр» — она доступна в электронной версии для скачивания http://www.billbrowder.com – Приобрести книгу на русском языке можно

http://www.yakaboo.ua/krasnyj-cirkuljar.html#.VeN7d_lViko

 

 

За дополнительной информацией обращайтесь:

 

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