Sergei Magnitsky
A security guard stands next to the empty defendant's cage in the Tverskoy district court of Moscow on March 27, 2013, during a hearing in the posthumous trial of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky for tax evasion, days after Russia closed a probe into the circumstances of his prison death.
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Sergei Magnitsky is an inspiration to human rights activists around the world. He offers a legacy of courage
It is my sincere hope that one day this law will become obsolete and that Sergei Magnitsky's name will forever be associated with Russia's turn toward a more just society, where critical voices are heard and corruption and human rights abuses are no moreMore quotes »
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Dead Russian whistleblower set for day in court
-- The trial of whistleblowing Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky is to begin next month, even though he died in prison three years ago.A Russian court on Monday ruled the trial is to begin March 4. Prosecutors accuse Magnitsky and his former client, investor Read more »
Around the web
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Letter from Europe: One Man Against the Kremlin
for after a remarkable three-year campaign to hold Russian government officials accountable for the wrongful death of Sergei L. Magnitsky, a 37-year-old lawyer, in a Moscow prison in 2009. Luckily for Mr. Browder, when Russia ’s leaders get really mad, they from The New York Times Read more »
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John Yoo fulfills a dream
against the U.S.—and against democratic liberty. For now, Mr. Putin is hoping for a victory in the Moscow courts, where Sergei Magnitsky has been put on trial posthumously, tortured even in the grave. It’s a good thing that Obama’s reelection now provides from Power Line Read more »
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As UK newspaper boss Alexander Lebedev faces jail in Russia... Putin will stop at nothing to silence critics of his gangster state
serve the interests of the state in the Soviet manner.’ Vera is also covering the prosecution of the lawyer and whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky, so absurd it could have come from the pages of Gogol. Why? Magnitsky is dead. Yet his case and that against his from Daily Mail - UK Read more »
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The Empty Chair
included on the list of Russian officials denied visas to the US for their part in the killing of the anti-corruption lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. In a gesture of patriotism Surkov had recently said he would be ‘honoured to be on the Magnitsky list’. Surkov avoided from London Review of Books Read more »
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Getting caught in the middle
Ben Cardin of Maryland recently met with the family of Sergei Magnitsky. The reasons for the meeting: In 2009, Mr. Magnitsky was jailed in Russia for exposing governmental corruption. While in prison, he died after allegedly being tortured. In December, with from Arkansas Online Read more »
