U.S. clergy back Magnitsky bill

Interfax

U.S. religious figures have supported the so-called Magnitsky bill imposing visa and financial restrictions on a number of Russian officials, which is due to be debated in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, Hermitage Capital said.

The letter sent to the Congress by nine religious organizations says that the passage of this bill will help prevent repressions against fighters for religious freedom, the company spokesperson told Interfax on Monday.

According to the letter, the possibility to visit to the United States is a privilege, and foreign officials involved in abuse, murders, restriction of religious freedoms and trampling on other people’s rights, must be deprived of this privilege, the spokesperson said.

The authors hope the sacrifice made by Sergei Magnitsky will not be in vain and will lead to a new important tool in fighting against the trampling on human rights globally, the Hermitage spokesman said.

The document was signed by religious groups representing various faiths, including the United Macedonian Diaspora, the International Religious Liberty Association, the American Islamic Congress, the Hindu American Foundation of Hindus, the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews and the Human Rights Law Foundation, he said.

Earlier, the U.S. Senate Committee on International Relations announced its decision to consider on June 19 the Magnitsky bill, which could impose visa and financial restrictions against a number of Russian officials. The bill is already among the documents due to be voted upon on June 19, the committee told Interfax. быстрые займы на карту hairy girl www.zp-pdl.com https://zp-pdl.com buy over the counter medicines