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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
Sat Apr 13, 2013, 03:43 PM Apr 2013

Russia bars torture advocate Davis Addington from entering country.

In order to understand why Addinton is barred from entering Russia, you have to parse a very
"pot calling the kettle black" story.
I took the liberty of putting it into a more comprehensible order:

first, why the USA put Russian names on their list:


The US published its list under an act named after Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky who died in
(Russian) jail in 2009 in disputed circumstances.
Mr Magnitsky was arrested in 2008 for tax evasion after accusing Russian police officials of stealing US $230m (£150m) from the state through fraudulent tax rebates. His family and rights groups say he was badly beaten and denied medical treatment in custody.

The Magnitsky Act passed by Washington in 2012 blacklists Russian officials accused of involvement in his death.
All the names on the list had until Friday been kept secret.
Those affected by the American measures have had their US accounts frozen and have been added to a list of people who will be denied US entry visas. Some European nations are taking similar measures.


Sooooo....USA Gov. wagging finger at Russia for abuse of a prisoner.

Now comes Russia, with its own retalitory list:

Russia's list, announced by the foreign ministry, includes two former Bush administration officials who are said to have advocated harsh interrogation techniques and two former commanders of the detention centre at Guantanamo Bay.

David Addington, chief of staff to former Vice-President Dick Cheney is one of them.

The other 14 were named as having violated the rights of Russian citizens abroad.


And then it gets even better:

The posthumous trial of Mr Magnitsky - who died aged 37 in pre-trial detention after developing pancreatitis - opened in Moscow in March but was adjourned shortly afterwards.

Legal experts say they are unaware of any precedents for the trial of a dead man in Russian history.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22135431#TWEET722712





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