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e-1033 (International sanctions)

E-petition
Initiated by Dmitri Makienko from Ottawa, Ontario

Original language of petition: English

Petition to the House of Commons

Whereas:
  • The current government of Russia has embarked on a course of systemic violations of human rights abroad and at home;
  • Russian government officials imprisoned and eventually caused the death of Sergei Magnitsky, a case which has been well-documented and which is reflected in parliamentary petitions E-394 and E-760 as well as in Bills C-267 (Sergei Magnitsky Law) and S-226 (Sergei Magnitsky Law);
  • Russia has illegally detained and tortured anti-war activist Ildar Dadin, and has murdered Putin critics Boris Nemtsov, Sergei Magntisky, Alexander Litvenenko, and Anna Politkovskaya;
  • Canada condemns the March 2017 murder of MP Denis Voronenko in Kiev by a Russian agent and the attempted murder of lawyer Nikolai Ghorkhov;
  • Since 2014, Russia has kidnapped and detained numerous Ukrainian citizens, including Crimean Tatars;
  • Russia has provided extensive military and political support to the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad, which has committed grave human rights violations in Syria;
  • Russia has engaged in widespread propaganda warfare against NATO countries, including Canada; and
  • Corrupt Russian officials, individuals, and companies currently use Canada for money laundering.
We, the undersigned, residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to :
1. To immediately pass Bill C-267 ("Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act" - Sergei Magnitsky Law) and to make related amendments to the Special Economic Measures Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act;
2. To include under the Magnitsky Law, the names of Russian officials responsible for the torture of political activists and government critics in Russia; and
3. To investigate money laundering activities in Canada by corrupt Russian officials.
Open for signature
April 18, 2017, at 2:56 p.m. (EDT)
Closed for signature
August 16, 2017, at 2:56 p.m. (EDT)
Photo - Tom Kmiec
Calgary Shepard
Conservative Caucus
Alberta