| Sergei Magnitsky Rule Of Law Accountability Act Of 2012 |
April 19, 2012 |
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Jim McGovern, D-MA
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"Mr. Speaker, I first learned of the case of Sergei Magnitsky two years ago at a hearing of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. At that hearing, a witness described the brutal torture and vicious mistreatment by Russian authorities of Mr. Magnitsky, a courageous man of integrity who paid the ultimate price for speaking out publicly about massive corruption in Russia. Today, the Russian government has still held no one accountable for this outrageous crime."
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| Russian Human Rights |
February 16, 2012 |
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Benjamin Cardin, D-MD
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"I rise today, along with some of my colleagues, to bring attention to the growing issue of human rights violations in Russia, typified by the case of Sergei Magnitsky. Just last week, as part of a bilateral Presidential commission, Attorney General Holder met with the the Russian Minister of Justice to discuss the rule of law issues. That same week, Russian officials moved in their criminal prosecution of Sergei Magnitsky. Mr. President, I remind you that Mr. Magnitsky has been dead for more than 2 years."
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| National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2012—Conference Report |
December 15, 2011 |
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John McCain, R-AZ
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"I think the reason why Mr. Putin reacted in the way he did is that I believe he has been shaken, as he should have been, by the massive demonstrations that have taken place in Moscow and other cities in Russia. It will be very interesting on December 24 to see how large or whether there will be demonstrations concerning a government that in many ways has turned into a cryptocracy, and the abuse of human rights, including the case of Mr. Magnitsky, who died in prison; and Mr. Khodorkovsky, who was again sentenced to more time in prison, and what Mr. Khodorkovsky and others have described as a death sentence."
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| Russia |
December 7, 2011 |
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John McCain, R-AZ
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"Not surprisingly, over the past 3 years, the state of human rights and freedom in that country has gotten no better. In fact, things have gotten worse. Perhaps the clearest evidence of this fact is the tragic and heartbreaking case of Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian tax attorney working for an international company, Hermitage Capital, that had invested in Russia. Magnitsky did not spend his life as a human rights activist or an outspoken critic of the Russian Government. He was an ordinary man. But he became an extraordinary champion of justice and the rule of law in a Russia where those principles have lost nearly all meaning."
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