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The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Takes Steps Towards Launching an International Investigation into the Murder of Sergei Magnitsky

April 25, 2012

Yes­ter­day, at the Spring Ses­sion of the Par­lia­men­tary Assem­bly of the Coun­cil of Europe (PACE) meet­ing in Stras­bourg, 69 mem­bers of Par­lia­ment from 29 coun­tries signed a motion enti­tled: “Refus­ing impuni­ty for the killers of Sergei Mag­nit­sky”. The motion calls for a ‘ded­i­cat­ed report’ to inves­ti­gate the death of Sergei Mag­nit­sky and return the find­ings to the Assem­bly at a lat­er date this year. (more…)

European Commission Calls for Magnitsky’s Torturers to Be Brought to Justice

April 20, 2012

At a mid­day Euro­pean Com­mis­sion brief­ing today, the spokesman for the Euro­pean Jus­tice Com­mis­sion­er Cecil­ia Malm­strom made a strong state­ment call­ing upon the Russ­ian Fed­er­a­tion to bring to jus­tice the tor­tur­ers of late whis­tle-blow­ing lawyer Sergei Mag­nit­sky and to stop his posthu­mous prosecution. 

Com­mis­sion­er Malmstrom’s spokesper­son said:

“You know the case of Mr Mag­nit­sky, the lawyer who was killed. This is an issue which has been raised by Com­mis­sion­er Malm­strom on a num­ber of occa­sions and every time that she has met the Russ­ian author­i­ties and she has called on the Russ­ian author­i­ties to shed full light on this extreme­ly con­tro­ver­sial issue.” (more…)

Heavy-Weight Sponsors Submit New Strengthened Magnitsky Bill to the U.S. House of Representatives

April 20, 2012

Tonight, a new strength­ened ver­sion of the Mag­nit­sky Bill was sub­mit­ted to the U.S. House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives call­ing for asset freezes and visa bans on any­one involved in the per­se­cu­tion of late whis­tle-blow­ing lawyer Sergei Mag­nit­sky, the Russ­ian gov­ern­ment con­spir­a­cy he had uncov­ered and the sub­se­quent cov­er-up of these crimes. The Bill also impos­es sim­i­lar sanc­tions on oth­er gross human rights abusers.

“Sergei Mag­nit­sky was bru­tal­ly tor­tured and allowed to die in deten­tion because he had the courage to stand up to Russ­ian author­i­ties on behalf of the truth. This bill hon­ors his mem­o­ry by hold­ing account­able not only those indi­vid­u­als respon­si­ble for his abuse and death, but also oth­ers who have com­mit­ted gross human rights vio­la­tions. Enact­ing the bill would pow­er­ful­ly demon­strate that the pro­tec­tion of fun­da­men­tal rights and free­doms is a cor­ner­stone of U.S. for­eign pol­i­cy,” said Con­gress­man McGov­ern, Co-chair­man of the U.S. Con­gres­sion­al Tom Lan­tos Human Rights Com­mis­sion and the orig­i­nal spon­sor of the Bill in the pre­vi­ous Con­gress. (more…)

В нижнюю Палату Конгресса США внесен законопроект имени Сергея Магнитского

April 20, 2012

В Палату представителей Конгресса США внесен расширенный законопроект имени Сергея Магнитского. Законопроект поддержан влиятельными конгрессменами от обеих ведущих партий, и имеет все шансы быть принятым в самое ближайшее время.
Законопроект предполагает введение визового запрета и арест активов всех, причастных к разоблаченным Сергеем Магнитским злоупотреблениям и хищениям многомиллиардных сумм из российского бюджета, его преследованию и гибели, а также всех, причастных к серьезным нарушениям прав человека.
Внося законопроект в Палату представителей, Джим Макгаверн, сопредседатель Комиссии Конгресса США по правам человека, сказал:

«Поскольку российские органы власти не обеспечили справедливость в отношении Сергея Магнитского и его семьи, то Соединенные Штаты обязаны приложить все усилия для того, чтобы лица, ответственные за это злодеяние, понесли наказание. Предлагаемый законопроект отчасти восстановит справедливость в отношении этого смелого человека путем введения визовых и экономических санкций против тех, кто принимал участие в его преследовании и гибели, кто обогатился на этом преступлении и кто участвовал в раскрытой им преступной схеме.» (more…)

Magnitsky’s Mother Identifies Gross Negligence in the Investigation of Her Son’s Death, Following the Acquittal of one of the Doctors

April 19, 2012

Fol­low­ing the recent acquit­tal of one of the two prison doc­tors charged in the death of Russ­ian whis­tle-blow­ing lawyer Sergei Mag­nit­sky in state cus­tody, his moth­er has filed a 39-page com­plaint out­lin­ing over 50 points of inves­tiga­tive neg­li­gence and irreg­u­lar­i­ties in the case mate­ri­als point­ing to the state cov­er-up of the actu­al cir­cum­stances of Mr Magnitsky’s arrest, ill-treat­ment and mur­der in cus­tody, as well the motives to kill him as an “incon­ve­nient” witness. 

“Inves­ti­ga­tors have cov­ered up the cru­el repres­sion of my son for his stance against cor­rupt offi­cials whom he had exposed act­ing as part of a crim­i­nal con­spir­a­cy through which they for many years have been steal­ing bil­lions of rubles from the Russ­ian bud­get,” said Magnitsky’s moth­er in her com­plaint filed with the Russ­ian Inves­tiga­tive Com­mit­tee. (more…)

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