a court in russia convicts lawyer sergei magnitsky for tax evasion even though he is dead. you are watching al jazeera live from to hot. also on the program -- wanted in australia but now free. smoke were people avoid extradition. thengineer failed to set brakes. new clues in canada about what caused an oil train to derail. himalayan kingdom of bhutan, people are voting for the second time in history. a russian lawyer who died in police custody has been convicted of tax evasion. there gave matt nitschke was arrested in 2008 after exposing corruption in the interior ministry -- sergei magnitsky. the story from moscow. sergei magnitsky was an advisor to hermitage capital, and uncovered the largest a leg tax fraud in russian history involving top officials of the mafia. but magnets he soon found himself behind bars. according to his diary, he was abused, tortured, and held in squalid conditions. he died just days before the expiration of the one-year limit that he could be held without trial. he was 37. even the kremlin's own human rights council admitted he had not received t

cases draws to an animosity as accord hands down a guilty verdict against lates russian lawyer sergei magnitsky accused of helping a company to evade seventeen billion dollars in taxes. as five fan mosque you're watching our. welcome to the program. u.s. government afterwards to convince the public that intelligence leaker edward snowden is a spy but a criminal appear to be failing a recent poll found that most americans approve of the whistleblowers actions while only about a third view him negatively snowden who is still in transit limbo at a moscow airport faces asked you know if charges in the u.s. for exposing the extent of his government secret surveillance network those revelations implicated not only of fish kills but also the country's biggest telecom and internet companies but one small internet provider has earned a reputation for resisting pressure from the national security agency and shielding its users data my colleague kevin no one spoke to the owner of x. mission peta ashton. i had situations where people inside the attorney general's office of slandered my business and said th

i'm also courts given guilty verdicts against the late lawyer sergei magnitsky the head as well as the head of the hermitage capital fund william browder in a high profile tax evasion trial well. outside of the courthouse hi there reno what more do we know. well at this point we know the judge has said that magnitsky is guilty and that william browder is officially considered his accomplice now magnitsky died in two thousand and nine after being in detention for almost a year after being arrested on charges of tax evasion. the case was dropped after his death but has been renewed we do know that the prosecutor has asked for the. for the case to be dismissed after the. after the verdict in regards to sergei magnitsky and asked for nine years in prison in absentia for william browder of course neither of the neither of the defendants are at the courtroom at the moment so given used to being dead and william browder who is now u.k. citizen for simply not attending the court session the entire case has been rather well publicized and has served as they are reasons for a diplomatic row betw

out of moscow court has found russian aware sergei magnitsky guilty of tax evasion four years after his death in custody. three pm in moscow watching r t a marina joshie welcome to the program how more americans consider adult snowden to be a whistleblower than a traitor highly sign a poll found that fifty five percent of respondents were sympathetic about what he did while about a third were less forgiving washington though is adamant he faced charges of espionage for exposing its surveillance systems it's a network that involves almost all u.s. telecom and tech giants but one internet provider is standing firm and refusing the n.s.a.'s advances and so far managing to get away with it argues kevin no one spoke to the owner of x. mission pete ashton. we have had situations where people inside the attorney general's office of slandered my business and said that we're supporting criminals we absolutely do not support criminals we just ask for a proper warrant and that seems to be too much to ask most of the time or the other issue is that we saw with the n.s.a. . exposure that google and

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let's go court has ruled that the auditor sergei magnitsky who died in custody in two thousand and nine is guilty of tax evasion similar luring a ruling has been brought against his former boss william browder a u.k. citizen who refused to attend court session who was also sentenced to nine years in prison in absentia now according to court documents and two witness testimonials that both magnitsky and browder have constructed an elaborate scheme off tax evasion by essentially employing so-called dead souls people who were either disabled and couldn't work or people who were even before were dead by centrally putting them on the list of people who supposedly were working for browder thereby investing more than seventeen million dollars now the case has started a lot of attention because prior to his arrest and subsequent death but used to claim that he has uncovered an elaborate corruption scheme which involved some high ranking russian officials and human rights activists in russia and abroad claimed that this was partly the reason for my new skis demise in the prisons the case has gai

well the court has ruled that sergei magnitsky who died in custody in two thousand and nine was guilty off tax evasion the same the same charges were brought against his former boss william browder who was also found guilty of tax evasion and sentenced in absentia to nine years in prison now both men are accused of constructing elaborate schemes by. attorneys and essentially pulling a quote unquote persons who are disabled or diseased. in the process more than five hundred million rubles a week now and neither the defendants of course were in court so we'll have to read that is and he refused to be present. to the. investigation charges of allegedly uncovering an elaborate corruption scheme which involved some high ranking russian officials was part of the reason for his death in custody that however has been disputed by russian law officials gets the case has gained enough not to write to spread beyond russia's state borders and actually to involve the united states. to so-called magnitsky. some sixty of russian officials whom the united states believes to be guilty or somehow to. dea

a moscow court has convicted sergei magnitsky of tax evasion, more than three years after the anti-corruptionyer died in prison. a cage for defendants sat empty as the judge read the verdict. the case sparked u.s. sanctions against russia, and in turn, a kremlin ban on adoptions of russian children by americans. magnitsky was arrested in 2008 after he accused russian officials of stealing state funds. his death prompted allegations that he was beaten and denied medical treatment in prison. wall street surged today after remarks by the chairman of the federal reserve. in a speech last night, ben bernanke said the central bank will continue its stimulus efforts for the forseeable future. the dow jones industrial average shot up 169 points to close near 15,461-- a new, all-time high. the nasdaq rose 57 points to close at 3,578. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to ray. >> suarez: and we continue our look at immigration reform, as g.o.p. leaders repeated for a second day in a row that there's no clear consensus on a path forward for comprehensive legislation. >> we got a broken

broder and i meet the family of sergei magnitsky, we have a situation where it goes almost unremarked by our administration when they try and convict a dead man? i'd be glad to hear your responses. i hope they're a little more vigorous than what you've been giving so far. >> thank you, senator. and i appreciate -- >> by the way i admire you very much, ambassador. i don't admire your choice of spouses but that is another issue. [laughter] >> you've given me an opening, senator. i neglected to thank my fabulous family. my parents and two handsome gentlemen in the middle and my husband and, and my son david for coming today. i thank you for all the years we worked together including when i was out at nato. i can not disagree with you that it's a travesty of justice when one is putting energy convicting a dead man rather than finding out who is responsible for his murder. when i was spokes personal of the department i was very proud to speak out forcefully on the issue as well as the mag knit ski legislation. with regard to the legislation, our work on the list is ongoing and we will add

earlier in the week, or last week -- we can never be silent when the russian government sentences sergei magnitskyr convicts him or a crime rather than looking into those who are responsible for his death. i mean, we have to use the pulpit. we have to use the platform. we have to recognize that when the placard says the "united states," people around the world, including across russian civil society, are looking to the united states for leadership. and i do think we can do both at once. i think it's extremely challenging, and there's no question that threading that needle and making sure that you don't sort of silence yourself and silence the values of your nation in the service of, you know, your short-term needs -- it's a -- it's a -- it's a big challenge, every diplomat has i think faced it. but i think our greatest ambassadors in new york are remembered for how they stood up for our values. don't want to steal senatorand mccain's thunder on this issue. andhe's been a hero. but we are at a fulcrum point. and the problem is not only the very quick downward slide of russia. it?s that their neighb