Stop the Untouchables. Justice for Sergei Magnitsky.

The Sergei Magnitsky Act: Russia Warns Obama Not to Pass Human Rights Bill

Politics

Sergei Magnitsky was a 37-year-old attorney in Russia who uncovered a plot so sinister that he was thrown in prison. He found, during the course of his work, that some officials were involved in an alleged scheme to embezzle hundreds of millions of dollars from the Russian treasury.

When his firm, Hermitage, contacted the government to expose the plot, Magnitsky himself was investigated and the chain of events that would follow led to his death in prison where he was denied medical treatment and beaten by prison guards. Sadly, he died days before the one year limit that he could be held without trial.

An article by Owen Matthews titled, “There’s something rotten in the state of Russia” published in the Spectator reported:

“According to [Magnitsky’s] heartbreaking prison diary, investigators repeatedly tried to persuade him to give testimony against Hermitage and drop the accusations against the police and tax authorities. When Magnitsky refused, he was moved to more and more horrible sections of the prison, and ultimately denied the medical treatment which could have saved his life.”