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SRES 189 111th Congress Senate International Affairs Criminal procedure and sentencing Due process and equal protection Human rights International law and treaties International organizations and cooperation Rule of law and government transparency Russia

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the trial by the Russian Government of businessmen Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev constitutes a politically-motivated case of selective arrest and prosecution that serves as a test of the rule of law and independence of the judicial system of Russia.

Introduced: June 18, 2009 Introduced by: Wicker, Roger F. Republican · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6817-6818)
Jun 18, 2009
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev are prisoners who have been denied basic due process rights under international law for political reasons and that new criminal charges brought against them should be withdrawn; and (2) the Russian Federation is encouraged to take these actions to support democratic principles and human rights in furtherance of a more positive U.S.-Russian relationship.

What's happening now June 18, 2009

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6817-6818)

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