Justice for Sergei Magnitsky
Working as a tax attorney in Moscow, Sergei Magnitksy uncovered the largest tax fraud in Russian history and blew the whistle on the Russian government officials responsible. He paid a price, however, when the officials he testified against arrested him and sent him to pre-trial detention. Thus began a nightmare in which an innocent man was thrown into a prison cell without bail or trial and systematically tortured for one year in an attempt to force him to retract his testimony. Despite the physical and psychological pain Sergei Magntisky endured from his captors, he refused to perjure himself even as his health broke down. Denied medical care for the last six months of his detention, his body finally gave out and he died on the evening of November 16, 2009. Prison officials rejected all requests for an independent autopsy but, by the bruises on Sergei’s body, it was evident that his final hours were spent in agony. The Wall Street Journal described Magnitsky’s death as a "slow assassination." The Moscow Public Oversight Committee called it a “murder to conceal a fraud.” Bowing to public pressure, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev ordered an investigation but a year after it began, still not a single person has been held responsible. More
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The Sergei Magnitsky Case: An Admission of Guilt
11 Jul 21:05On July 5 the Russian Human Rights Council published its report on the now infamous—and mysterious—death of the lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. An attorney for...
Justice for Sergei Magnitsky Killed in Russia
09 Jul 21:04
Report on Lawyer’s Death Provides a Chance for Medvedev to Redeem Himself - Transitions Online
08 Jul 10:04Russia’s president needs to do far more than just listen to the damning findings on the case of Sergei Magnitsky.
Russian Untouchables -- English
07 Jul 11:04
Medvedev Admits Lawyer Died From 'Criminal Actions' - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2011
07 Jul 06:02Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has admitted the death in prison of a Russian lawyer who accused officials of corruption was the result of "criminal actions."
Crusading Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky 'beaten to death' - Telegraph
07 Jul 02:00Sergei Magnitsky, the lawyer who died in jail after investigating Russian police over an alleged $230m (£144m) tax fraud, may have been beaten to death, the Kremlin's human rights council has claimed in a report.
Russia's Medvedev sides with human rights activists on Sergei Magnitsky killing
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Russian lawyer was probably beaten to death in jail, says Kremlin council | World news | The Guardian
06 Jul 10:04Sergei Magnitsky died in 2009 while awaiting trial on tax evasion charges which colleagues say were fabricated
Inquiry: Magnitsky Beaten by Guards | News | The Moscow Times
06 Jul 08:01Eight prison guards severely beat lawyer Sergei Magnitsky shortly before his 2009 death in pretrial detention, an activist said Tuesday, providing a new twist to allegations that Magnitsky had been tortured in prison.
Dutch Parliament Votes 150 to 0 to Sanction the Russian Officials Who Killed Sergei Magnitsky
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Dutch Parliament Votes 150 to 0 to Sanction the Russian Officials Who Killed Sergei Magnitsky | St Petersburg News.Net
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Poor Medical Care Led to Lawyer Magnitsky’s Death, Russia Admits - NYTimes.com
05 Jul 15:16Russia’s Investigative Committee on Monday acknowledged for the first time that 37-year-old Sergei L. Magnitsky died in pretrial detention because authorities denied him medical care.
Activists say they'll show how prison guards' beating contributed to Russian attorney's death - 7/5/2011 4:14:44 AM | Newser
05 Jul 15:15Activists plan to present evidence Tuesday that a Russian lawyer who accused officials of corruption died after a brutal beating by prison guards, saying investigators' findings that a lack of medical... - 7/5/2011 4:14:44 AM | Newser
Former ambassador to Russia demands UK act on Magnitsky death - Telegraph
05 Jul 15:14Britain's former Ambassador to Russia has attacked the Government for failing to crack down on a group of Russian officials allegedly linked to the death of the anti-corruption lawyer Sergei Magnitsky and implicated in a $230m alleged fraud.
Russian Untouchables. Episode 3. Olga Stepanova.
05 Jul 15:13
Russia Probe Cites Officials in Death - WSJ.com
05 Jul 15:12Russian investigators blamed prison personnel in the 2009 death of a jailed hedge-fund attorney Sergei Magnitsky,—the first time the government has acknowledged any official wrongdoing in the case.
Russia lawyer: Lawyer was tortured before dying in Russian prison - latimes.com
05 Jul 15:05Russian lawyer was tortured before dying in prison, review finds Attorney Sergei Magnitsky had his knuckles broken and was denied medical treatment b
Russia says lack of medical care led to lawyer's death | World news | The Guardian
04 Jul 20:01Sergei Magnitsky, who was imprisoned after accusing officials of fraud, died after his pancreatitis went untreated
Russia Admits Magnitsky Was Denied Care | Tibidy.com
04 Jul 16:04Russia’s Investigative Committee on Monday acknowledged for the first time that 37-year-old Sergei L. Magnitsky died in pre-trial detention because authorities denied him medical care. | Tibidy.com
Mother of Sergei Magnitsky Demands Body Samples - NYTimes.com
03 Jul 13:18The mother of Sergei L. Magnitsky, a tax adviser who died in state custody, wants an independent forensic analysis of his body tissue.
Sergei Magnitsky charges fabricated, says Russia inquiry into Moscow lawyer's death - Telegraph
06 Jun 19:18In a landmark investigation into the cell death of Moscow lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, a special Kremlin commission is likely to publicly implicate members of the Interior Ministry and FSB.
‘Justice for Sergei’ Magnitsky | Dana Johnson
06 Jun 11:18I went to the Sergei Magnitsky evening at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London on 26 May 2011. I wasn’t prepared for the impact of the screening of the hour-long Justice for Sergei that was filmed especially for the first anniversary of...
Justice for Sergei – TV version | Tax Video
03 Jun 19:16Justice for Sergei – TV version One man’s battle against state corruption The death in prison of Sergei Magnitsky, a young Russian lawyer, remains ...
Investigator in Sergei Magnitsky Case Cleared - NYTimes.com
31 May 19:20Monday’s announcement suggested that no one would be held responsible for the mysterious pre-trial detention death of Sergei L. Magnitsky, who had been arrested after accusing police of tax fraud.
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31 May 11:15
The case of Sergei Magnitsky was held on the initiative of Marek Migalski MEP
31 May 11:14
Sergei Magnitsky death: Russian police officer cleared of wrongdoing - Telegraph
30 May 19:12A senior Russian police officer accused of causing the death in custody of Sergei Magnitsky, an investigative lawyer working for UK-based hedge fund Hermitage Capital Management, has been cleared of wrongdoing.
Russian prosecutors clear investigator in Magnitsky case | Russia | RIA Novosti
30 May 11:18<p>На Преображенском кладбище во время похорон юриста инвестиционного фонда Hermitage Capital Management Сергея Магнитского. Находившийся под...
ECR Member initiates debate on Sergei Magnitsky and human rights defenders around the world | ECR Group
26 May 11:18On the initiative of Polish PJN MEP Marek Migalski on Thursday, May 26 the European Parliament's Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee will hold an extraordinary meeting dedicated to the well-known Russian lawyer and human r
Pushkin House: Justice for Sergei
23 May 19:21Tue 24 May 2011 – 7.30pm Lecture-ScreeningJustice for Sergei PUSHKIN CLUB PROGRAMME
Senators propose hitting Russian 'kleptocrats' with sanctions after lawyer's death - The Hill's Floor Action
23 May 11:19A bipartisan group of senators on Thursday introduced legislation that would sanction Russian officials involved in the 2009 death of a Russian lawyer who alleged that the government was involved in a tax fraud scheme. The bill is a reaction to the...
Russian Presidential Commission Faults Police Over Lawyer's Death - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2011
27 Apr 16:02An independent commission appointed by President Dmitry Medvedev has accused Russian law-enforcement officials of fabricating charges against an anticorruption lawyer, whose death in custody sparke...
Police 'fabricated' case against Sergei Magnitsky - Telegraph
26 Apr 19:23Corrupt Russian police and FSB security service officers fabricated a criminal case against the late Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky while he was representing UK-based investment fund Hermitage, advisers to the Kremlin have concluded.
'Magnitsky case fabricated' - member of Russian human rights council | Russia | RIA Novosti
26 Apr 11:22<p>На Преображенском кладбище во время похорон юриста инвестиционного фонда Hermitage Capital Management Сергея Магнитского. Находившийся под...
Kremlin lawyers say Russia fabricated Sergei Magnitsky case | SouthAsiaNow.com
26 Apr 11:22Magnitsky was jailed on charges of tax fraud in a case that spooked the international investment community, and his death sparked worldwide outrage.
Russia's Crime of the Century - By Jamison Firestone | Foreign Policy
25 Apr 19:23If there remains any pretense that justice and rule of law exist in Moscow today, that notion should now be counted as pure fantasy. The case of Se...
Russian Officials in Tax Fraud Case Grew Wealthy, Group Says - NYTimes.com
18 Apr 19:25Supporters of Sergei L. Magnitsky, a lawyer who died in custody after accusing officials of fraud, revealed their findings on Monday.
Seeking justice | Radio Netherlands Worldwide
11 Apr 11:22The State We're In, 9 April, 2011. William Browder on the outrageous theft of his investment fund by Russian authorities and their virtual assassination of his lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky. Mo Shaoping te...
Justice for Sergei
07 Apr 19:21Justice for Sergei is the shocking story of Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian lawyer who died in November 2009 at the age of 37 under excruciating circumstances in a Moscow detention centre, still awaiting trial.
Who was Sergei Magnitsky? - Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance
06 Apr 11:23Who was Sergei Magnitsky?
Sergei Magnitsky death: timeline of the investigation - Telegraph
05 Apr 19:20The UN is investigating the death and alleged torture of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who accused senior Moscow officials of fraud. Here is a timeline of events before and after Mr Magnitsky's arrest.
'Fall guy in Russian fraud uncovered by Sergei Magnitsky paid $2.1m' - Telegraph
05 Apr 19:20Questions have been raised about the role played by a sawmill foreman convicted of Russia's largest tax fraud after new papers emerged purporting to show that he received payments worth $2.1m (£1.3m) following his detention for an...
Who was Sergei Magnitsky? - Telegraph
05 Apr 19:20Sergei Magnitsky was a humble Moscow lawyer who stumbled across possibly the greatest corporate tax fraud Russia has ever known. It was a discovery that would ultimately cost him his life.
'Fall guy in Russian fraud uncovered by Sergei Magnitsky paid $2.1m'
05 Apr 19:20RussiaHerald.com Wednesday 6th April 2011 Volume 2011/96 Follow us on More Russia NewsJapan Asks Russia for Help in Disposing of Radioactive WaterY...
Campaign for Justice « Stop the Untouchables. Justice for Sergei Magnitsky.
19 Mar 13:40Learn about the people joining Campaign for Justice for Sergei Magnitsky and their initiatives.
Nieman Reports | Russian Journalists Need Help in Exposing Corruption
19 Mar 13:39Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian lawyer who worked in the Moscow office of Firestone Duncan, a legal, tax, accounting and audit company, is believed to have uncovered one of the biggest tax frauds perpetrated by a gang of police officers.
Head of the Russian State Investigative Committee Refuses to Open an Investigation into the Torture of Sergei Magnitsky, Fears Scrutiny by the “Man in the Street” | Law and Order in Russia
19 Mar 13:09Citing the “complexity of medical issues” which the “man on the street” is unable to comprehend, Alexander Bastrykin, Head of the Russian State
Transparency International on Sergei Magnitsky
19 Mar 13:07
MOMENTARY MADNESS: A day in the life of Sergei Magnitsky
19 Mar 13:05Whistle-blower Sergei MagnitskyA year ago, lawyer Sergei Magnitsky died in prison months after testifying about police involvement in the theft of millions of dollars in tax receipts. Yesterday, the police accused the dead man of the theft.
The trial of Sergei Magnitsky | ThePrisma.co.uk
19 Mar 13:03On the 16th of November 2009 the Russian lawyer died in prison having spent eleven months in police custody without being formally charged, having [...]
Sergei Magnitsky: The struggle for justice - HJS Blog - The Scoop - The Henry Jackson Society
19 Mar 13:02Unlawfully arrested, tortured and murdered in Russian prison, Sergei Magnitsky paid for his fight against corruption in Russia with his life. While the severity of this human rights abuse has grabbed international attention, an even graver concern...
Hermitage Reveals Russian Police Fraud
19 Mar 13:00
Justice For Sergei - 52 min Documentary
19 Mar 13:00
U.N.-appointed human rights experts to probe death of Russian lawyer Magnitsky
19 Mar 12:58U.N. human rights experts have agreed to probe the death of a Moscow lawyer, who was arrested after he accused police of involvement in a $230 million tax fraud scheme. The lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, 37, died in what have been described as torturous...
Blacklisting state officials over Magnitisky death illegal - senior Russian judge | Russia | RIA Novosti
19 Mar 12:57A "black list" of Russian officials allegedly linked to the death of lawyer Sergey Magnitsky in a pre-trial detention center in November 2009 is illegal and deceitful, chairman of the Russian council of judges Yury Sidorenko said on Saturday.
Russia's chief whistleblower wants to jail the corrupt | World news | The Guardian
19 Mar 12:56Website has tracked down £2.6m in alleged government fraud, and volunteers examine state tenders for evidence
Petitions Requesting a Real Investigation into Magnitsky’s Arrest, Torture and Murder Are Ignored « Stop the Untouchables. Justice for Sergei Magnitsky.
19 Mar 12:53Despite overwhelming evidence that Sergei Magnitsky was falsely arrested and that torturous and deadly conditions were intentionally created for him by the Interior Ministry in pre-trial detention, the Russian authorities simply refuse to...
Hermitage Sues Russia Interior Ministry | FINalternatives
19 Mar 12:52Hermitage Capital Management has sued Russia's Interior Ministry, accusing it of abuse of power.
In Mr. Biden's Moscow visit, a welcome mention of rights
19 Mar 12:51Lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, the vice president noted, was "arrested after accusing the police of fraud and then died in detention before being tried"
Sergei Magnitsky and the Rule of Law in Russia - WSJ.com
19 Mar 12:50Hermitage Capital founder and CEO William Browder writes in The Wall Street Journal Europe that his investment success in Russia proved ephemeral when officials set their sights on his firm and jailed his lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky.