CPJ joins call urging U.S. government to make effective use of Global Magnitsky sanctions

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined the nonpartisan human rights organization, Human Rights First, with over 90 press freedom and advocacy groups in expressing deep concern over the U.S. government’s declining response to international human rights and corruption violations in a September 5, 2024 letter. 

The signatories urged the Departments of State and Treasury to prioritize the effective use of Global Magnitsky sanctions, a human rights and anticorruption accountability tool that authorizes sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act.

Read the full letter here.