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Presentation of the film about Sergey Magnitsky

Members of Russian research Center will participate in the public discussion of the film “Sergey Magnitsky – Justice, Law, Destiny” issued by Dutch producers in 2010.

Published: November 18, 2010

When: Wednesday, 17. November 2010 7 p.m.
Where: Moscow, Zemlyany Val, 57, str.6
Host: Sakharov Center
Contact: (http://www.mhg.ru/news/FCB65A5)
More info: www.sakharov-center.ru/

The presentation of the film will be visited by the Head of the Presidential Council for Democratic Institutions’ Development Michail Fedotov and the Head of Transparency International, a leading civil society organization fighting corruption, Elena Panfilova.

Magnitsky was a Russian attorney whose death in police custody generated international media attention and launched an investigation into allegations of abuse. Magnitsky, who had alleged wide-scale tax fraud sanctioned by officials before being himself arrested, died days before the one year limit that he could be held without trial would expire.

Magnitsky’s death “caused public outrage and sparked discussion of the need to improve prison healthcare and to reduce the number of inmates awaiting trial in detention prisons.

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