Posts Tagged ‘andrey gridasov’

27
September 2011

Murder in the Magnitsky case

Russia Today

The mother and friends of the deceased plan to prove that his death in jail was caused by severe torture.

A new twist has occurred in the case of Hermitage Capital Foundation lawyer Sergey Magnitsky’s death at Matrosskaya Tishina (Sailor’s Silence) detention center in Moscow in 2009. The lawyer’s friends and family have learned that investigators initially had strong evidence indicating that he was tortured and killed in jail, though it was presented simply as negligence on the part of medical staff. Now, Magnitsky’s mother is asking the Investigation Committee to file a criminal case against Prosecutor General Yury Chaika, staff members of the Interior Ministry, the FSB, the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) and 11 judges, who, according to her, are responsible for her son’s death.

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