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30 April 2013 – Representatives of four out of seven the majorNorwegian political parties in the Norwegian parliament wrote to theMinister of Foreign Affairs, Espen Barth Eide, urging him to consider sanctions on Russian officials in the Magnitsky case. They specifically asked the Minister to replicate actions taken by the US government to cancel visa and freeze assets of those officials in Russia who were complicit in Sergei Magnitsky’s unlawful killing.
“We ask the Foreign Ministry to consider whether Norway can also freeze any assets in Norway and deny access to the country those who were complicit in the imprisonment, torture and murder of Sergei Magnitsky,” said representatives of four political parties of Norway, including the Progress Party, the Conservative Party, the Christian Democrats and the Liberals (http://petergitmark.no/index.php/menneskerettigheter/demokrati/803-magnitsky-letter).
“This case [the Magnitsky case] has become a symbol of the significant shortcomings in Russian democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law,” said the Norwegian politicians in their letter.
The politicians also stressed the importance of protecting the rights of those accused of complicity in the Magnitsky case, and the need to give an opportunity to appeal and come forward with information that “sheds light on the matter seen from the accused side”.
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