Comments on: Sergei Magnitsky death highlights Russian impunity

By: Putin’s Russia at war with civil society | Index on Censorship

Putin’s Russia at war with civil society | Index on Censorship — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 03:09:03 +0000

[...] Parliament — adopted in the second reading a new repressive law, already dubbed the “anti-Magnitsky act”. It further deteriorates the legal framework for civil society organisations, as it provides, [...]

By: Pussy Riot versus the Religarchy | UNCUT

Pussy Riot versus the Religarchy | UNCUT — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:34:26 +0000

[...] women, that made them — not Mikhail Khodorkovsky, mothers of Beslan hostage crisis victims, Sergei Magnitsky’s colleagues or Chechen refugees — the reason for such optimism? What exactly made people [...]

By: Duma criminalises defamation in attempt to silence opposition | UNCUT

Duma criminalises defamation in attempt to silence opposition | UNCUT — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:52:17 +0000

[...] see it as an attempt to silence critics of Russia’s judicial system. Initiatives such as Sergei Magnitsky’s blacklist of Russian authorities, allegedly responsible for his death, are a popular way to protest [...]

By: Moscow prison whistleblower under pressure | UNCUT

Moscow prison whistleblower under pressure | UNCUT — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:59:11 +0000

[...] prison (the accused are kept there at the time of criminal proceedings) became notorious when Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergey Magnitsky died after spending almost a year there in conditions rights activists later called torturous. Kozlov [...]