Amanda Strayer

Human rights lawyer at @HumanRights1st doing all things #Magnitsky sanctions. Co-author of @GeorgetownLaw. Views my own.

[Amanda Strayer @AmandaLStrayer]

🚨 A new report by @humanrights1st, @TheRWCHR, @osfEUpolicy, and @REDRESSTrust analyzes how #Magnitsky-style human rights and corruption sanctions are used in the #US, #Canada, #UK, and #EU, as well as the current gaps in their implementation:

https://t.co/WcgHi2N4kU

[Human Rights First @humanrights1st]

HRF calls on the State Dept to publicly explain why it reportedly lifted a corruption-related visa ban on former Bulgarian official Alexander Manolev. This move is the latest in a growing trend of the Trump admin easing corruption-related sanctions. https://t.co/GHT144yCLf

[Human Rights First @humanrights1st]

[email protected] & @transparencyUSA condemn Trump admin for lifting Global Magnitsky sanctions on sr Hungarian official Antal Rogán. This delisting raises grave concerns that the US is undermining an important corruption accountability tool. https://t.co/TPjEv9bDHR

[Amanda Strayer @AmandaLStrayer]

Corruption demands accountability. Today @humanrights1st recommends Global #Magnitsky sanctions against an Egyptian intelligence official and a U.S. company for their alleged role in bribing fmr Sen. Menendez to ensure U.S. support for #Egypt despite human rights abuses.

[Human Rights First @humanrights1st]

.@humanrights1st urges the U.S. to impose #Magnitsky Sanctions on an Egyptian official & U.S. company involved in bribing ex-Senator Menendez. Corruption like this undermines Congress’s role as a check on U.S. foreign policy. Accountability is essential. https://t.co/beWmasEPm5

[Amanda Strayer @AmandaLStrayer]

ICYMI: Watch today's @SFRCdems and @SenateForeign hearing to assess Global Magnitsky #sanctions implementation 8 years after the Act was passed with @humanrights1st's @adamofkeith and Sir @Billbrowder. https://t.co/L1O9hYVqUQ

[Amanda Strayer @AmandaLStrayer]

Tomorrow @humanrights1st's @adamofkeith and Sir @Billbrowder will testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the implementation of the Global #Magnitsky sanctions program. Watch it live at 10:30am here: https://t.co/L1O9hYVqUQ

[Human Rights First @humanrights1st]

This week, the @SFRCDems & @SenateForeign are holding a hearing on the implementation of the Global #Magnitsky program. Tune in on Thurs. at 10:30am to hear our own @adamofkeith share our views on how this program has been used since its inception. https://t.co/hhjepRUVdX

[Amanda Strayer @AmandaLStrayer]

ICYMI here's a recap of last week's excellent panel on #Magnitsky sanctions for political prisoner and hostage cases with Evgenia Kara-Murza, Richard Ratcliffe, Angelita Baeyens and Adam Keith. @ekaramurza @FreeNazanin @AngelitaBaeyens @RFKHumanRights @adamofkeith #MagnitskyMonth

[Human Rights First @humanrights1st]

New blog: a recap of Mobilizing Action for Political Prisoners, our first webinar in our annual #MagnitskyMonth series. Read more and watch the recording below.

https://t.co/h3JXwJuu1g

[Human Rights First @humanrights1st]

Don't miss our next #MagnitskyMonth panel Thurs 10am ET. Experts will reflect on the Biden admin's mixed Magnitsky sanctions record & will identify potentially significant changes in human rights & anti-corruption sanctions that the next admin could pursue
https://t.co/yuMbU6BzUy

[Amanda Strayer @AmandaLStrayer]

Join @humanrights1st on Nov. 21 for a #MagnitskyMonth panel on the Biden admin's use of #Magnitsky sanctions and what to expect in the coming years, with:
- Brad Brooks-Rubin, Arktouros
- Chloe Zoeller, @PADForg
- Natalia Kubesch, @REDRESSTrust
Register: https://t.co/cV5ic0wa6d

[Amanda Strayer @AmandaLStrayer]

Few conversations have so movingly explained the importance of #Magnitsky sanctions for human rights cases, especially for people being arbitrarily detained. ICYMI, watch @ekaramurza, Richard Ratcliffe, @angelitabaeyens and @adamofkeith here: https://t.co/teOaClaPY0 @FreeNazanin

[Amanda Strayer @AmandaLStrayer]

Join us this morning for a #MagnitskyMonth discussion with Evgenia Kara-Murza, Richard Ratcliffe, and Angelita Baeyens on how advocates use #Magnitsky sanctions and other tools in efforts to free political prisoners. @ekaramurza @AngelitaBaeyens @FreeNazanin

[Human Rights First @humanrights1st]

TOMORROW: Tune in at 10:00am ET for our first Magnitsky Month webinar discussing how civil society can mobilize to release political prisoners and others arbitrarily detained around the world.
Register: https://t.co/Kj6sNdewHe

[Adam Keith @adamofkeith]

Tomorrow at 10 am EST, join Evgenia Kara-Murza, Richard Ratcliffe, Angelita Baeyens, and me for a virtual @humanrights1st panel on advocating for political prisoners and hostages using Magnitsky sanctions and other policy tools. Register here:
https://t.co/qgh8Uz6IK1

[Human Rights First @humanrights1st]

Join us on Nov. 13, 10am ET for the launch of our 2024 Magnitsky Month event series! Panelists @ekaramurza, @AngelitaBaeyens, & Richard Ratcliffe will discuss how civil society can mobilize for the release of political prisoners worldwide. Register now⬇️https://t.co/Kj6sNdewHe

[Amanda Strayer @AmandaLStrayer]

This impactful global advocacy has made clear: #Magnitsky sanctions work best when governments act based on civil society recommendations on the most critical issues and abusive actors to target. And #MagnitskyMonth is a time for civil society to urge governments to do just that.

[Amanda Strayer @AmandaLStrayer]

Each November, @humanrights1st and our partners mark #MagnitskyMonth in honor of Sergei Magnitsky, who was killed in a Russian prison on Nov. 16, 2009. His death sparked a global movement to hold human rights abusers and corrupt actors accountable through #Magnitsky sanctions.

[Amanda Strayer @AmandaLStrayer]

To share these findings, we hosted a series of events with our partners at @REDRESSTrust, @OpenSociety, @TheRWCHR, and more to call on governments to be refocusing their sanctions work to address these gaps. https://t.co/lQOlp7HeMQ