Sergei Magnitsky: Congress acts to pass landmark human rights measure in memory of murdered Russian lawyer | Mail Online: "Three years to the day after an anti-corruption lawyer was tortured to death in Russia, a bill bearing his name and aimed at punishing human rights violators has been passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.
The so-called Sergei Magnitsky amendment, named after the lawyer who died at age 37, passed by a margin of 365 to 43 votes, bringing together hard-line Republicans and liberal Democrats.
President Vladimir Putin's government has made clear its vehement opposition to the amendment, which the Obama administration has also opposed vigorously, fearing it will damage its 'reset' policy of courting Russia."?
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