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Obama Signs Magnitsky Act Into Law
President Barack Obama signed legislation that cracks down on human-rights abusers in Russia.
The legislation, part of a broader bill that normalizes trade relations with Russia, passed the Senate last week after clearing the House of Representatives in November.
The human rights provision attached to the trade bill was named for Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer for Hermitage Capital Management who has been cheered as a martyr and a whistleblower after he made allegations of a huge fraud scandal in Russia and died while in the hands of Russian authorities.
Under the law, the U.S. assets of human-rights abusers in Russia would be frozen and they would be banned from being granted visas to enter the U.S.
Moscow has rejected the allegations of human-rights abuses, and has vowed to retaliate with similar legislation.
Earlier this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the Magnitsky Act “unfriendly,” saying U.S.-Russian relations were at stake. онлайн займы микрозайм онлайн https://zp-pdl.com/best-payday-loans.php www.zp-pdl.com unshaven girls
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Senate Committee Postpones Vote on Magnitsky Bill
A Senate committee postponed a vote Tuesday that would punish Russian human-rights violators, Dow Jones Newswires reported.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee delayed the vote on the so-called “Magnitsky” bill, named for the lawyer who died in a Russian prison in 2009 after accusing government officials of fraud, on the request of an unspecified committee member.
“There will not be a vote on the Magnitsky bill at today’s business meeting,” said Jodi Seth, a committee aide, confirming the report to Corruption Currents. “We have not yet scheduled the next business meeting, which is when the bill would be brought back up.”
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UK Bans 60 Officials Over Magnitsky Death
Are secret blacklists becoming a way to keep people out of a country?
The U.K. secretly banned 60 people implicated in the death of Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer for Hermitage Capital Management who died while in Russian custody in 2009 after alleging that senior police officials had defrauded the investment firm. Those same police officials arrested him for the crimes he accused them of committing.
Magnitsky has been hailed by activists as a martyr, and justice for his death has been a cause of William Browder, head of Hermitage, which was once the biggest portfolio investor in Russia. The U.K. move follows a similar visa ban imposed by the U.S. in July.
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Russia Charges 2 Doctors Over Magnitsky’s Death
Russia said it charged two doctors at a Moscow jail with causing the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, AFP reported.
Magnitsky’s death ignited worldwide outrage, and he has been hailed as a martyr by activist groups. The Investigative Committee said it had “established a direct link between Magnitsky’s death and actions of the doctors in the jail,” and charged doctors Larisa Litvinova and Dmitry Kratov.
Litvinova is charged with negligence and manslaughter, and AFP reports she could face three years behind bars. Kratov is charged with carelessness and could face up to five years in prison. Neither appeared to be contacted for comment by AFP.
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