Russia set to start posthumous trial of whistleblower Magnitsky
Source: Reuters
Russia set to start posthumous trial of whistleblower Magnitsky
By Steve Gutterman and Alissa de Carbonnel
MOSCOW | Sun Jan 27, 2013 6:22pm EST
(Reuters) - Russia prepared to put whistleblowing lawyer Sergei Magnitsky on trial more than three years after his death, with a preliminary hearing set for Monday in a move relatives and rights groups called politically motivated and a travesty of justice.
Magnitsky's death in a Moscow jail has harmed Russia's image abroad and badly strained relations with the United States.
His mother and her lawyer said they refused to participate.
"I think it is inhuman to try a dead man," Magnitsky's mother Natalya told Reuters by telephone. "This is not a court case but some kind of farce, and I will not take part in it."
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