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US Senators Press Pompeo, Mnuchin for Russia Human Rights Sanctions

Danila Galperovich

   This story originated in [1]VOA's Russian Service.
   WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of 11 U.S. senators is calling on the
   departments of State and Treasury to issue a new round of sanctions
   under the Magnitsky Act over Russia's targeting of political dissidents
   within its own borders.

   The [2]Oct. 1 letter addressed to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and
   Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin cites research by the Moscow-based
   Memorial Human Rights Center, in partnership with various other rights
   NGOs, which says at least 200 [3]political prisoners are unlawfully
   held in Russian prisons -- a number that has "increased significantly"
   since 2015.

References

   1. http://www.golos-ameriki.ru/
   2. https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/d9ef25b7-71f5-44c0-b467-4bb6bba85dc5/5907795A89730E59D0E82A294B85B7B3.20191001-cardin-rubio-letter-to-secstate-and-mnuchin-re-russia-political-prisoners.pdf
   3. https://www.perseus-strategies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/The-Kremlins-Political-Prisoners-May-2019.pdf

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