District Rep. Susan Wild and 23 other American lawmakers sent a letter to US State Secretary Anthony Blinken and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Jan. 24 asking the US government to penalize the Philippine officials through the US Global Magnitsky Act forwidespread harassment, arbitrary imprisonment, torture, and assassination of journalists, dissidents, opposition leaders, members of the clergy, and labor organizers and leaders.
The Magnitsky Act, enacted during the administration of former US President Barrack Obama, authorizes the American government to sanction human rights violators by banning entry into the US and freezing their assets. The law was named after Russian tax lawyer Sergei Magnitsky who, based on reports of international agencies, experienced reprisal for uncovering corruption and a tax fraud scheme involving Russian officials. He was jailed in Russia in 2008 and later died.
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