Towards a UK Magnitsky Law?
The story of Sergei Magnitsky’s 2009 death is an allegory of Vladimir Putin’s Russia – brutal, corrupt, and oppressive, The Henry Jackson Society notes: The 37-year-old accountant was tortured, denied… Read more »
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Canada passes ‘Global Magnitsky’, Russia threatens retaliation
A bill targeting foreign nationals who have committed human rights violations has passed final reading in Canada’s Senate, writes Leslie Young of Investigative Global News: Bill S-226, which has now… Read more »
‘A potentially revolutionary tool’ – Global Magnitsky sanctions set in motion
Police and spy chiefs from China to the Middle East, a Ukrainian oligarch and a former president of Panama are among the people a coalition of human rights groups wants… Read more »
Magnitsky lawyer ‘thrown’ from apartment on eve of court hearing
A Russian lawyer who represents the family of Sergei Magnitsky is in intensive care after falling from the fourth floor of his apartment building, according to unconfirmed reports. The Russian… Read more »
New Magnitsky sanctions hit Russian officials
The Obama administration has blacklisted five Russians, including the government’s chief public investigator, who is a close aide to President Vladimir V. Putin, for human rights abuses, The New York… Read more »
Vietnamese activists see hope in Global Magnitsky Act
Vietnamese activists are expressing some hope that a new law allowing the U.S. to sanction foreign governments for human rights violations and corruption will make Hanoi think twice before it… Read more »
Distorting the Truth: Behind the Magnitsky Film
The Moscow International film festival on Tuesday screened “The Magnitsky Act — Behind the Scenes.” The central premise of the film is that the U.S. was duped into sanctioning innocent… Read more »
‘Naked Pravda’ – Is activism still possible in Russia?
Formal treason charges and denied bail for journalist Evan Gershkovich, a rejected appeal from opposition politician Ilya Yashin, reportedly new felony charges against jailed anti-corruption icon Alexey Navalny, and 25… Read more »
UK sanctions follow Kara-Murza’s ‘Stalinist’ sentence
Britain on Friday sanctioned a Russian judge and four others linked to the arrest and alleged poisonings of Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza who was jailed for 25 years this week… Read more »
Defiant Kremlin critic Kara-Murza shows price of speaking up in Putin’s Russia
Vladimir Kara-Murza has emerged as one of Russia’s most respected democratic opposition leaders and voice of conscience. He has been a major advocate for the adoption of Magnitsky-style sanctions in… Read more »