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Russia Rights Council Says Jailed Lawyer Was 'Murdered'

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and council Chairwoman Ella Pamfilova in Gorki in February 2009

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November 23, 2009

* Correction appended

Ella Pamfilova, the chairwoman of the Russian president's Council for Promoting Civil and Human Rights, has said the death in custody last week of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky is a "murder and a tragedy," RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.

Pamfilova referred to Magnitsky's case during her report to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on the human rights situation in the country.

Magnitsky, a lawer for the London-based hedge fund Hermitage Capital, died on November 19 in a Moscow prison after allegedly being denied medical care.

Magnitsky, 37, was in Butyrka prison awaiting trial on tax-fraud charges.

* The last sentence has been changed to correct Magnitsky's status in prison.
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