https://www.scmp.com/rss/514420/feed Amy Maguire is associate professor in Human Rights and International Law at the University of Newcastle in Australia. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong chose Human Rights Day to announce Magnitsky-style sanctions against 13 Russian and Iranian individuals and two entities, in response to egregious human rights abuses. Wong has described these sanctions as a means of holding human rights abusers to account, in situations where dialogue has proven ineffective. Magnitsky sanctions are named after Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian lawyer who was killed in prison for exposing corruption. Unlike more... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3203023/australia-aims-magnitsky-sanctions-iran-and-russia-targets-will-chinese-officials-be-next?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3203023/australia-aims-magnitsky-sanctions-iran-and-russia-targets-will-chinese-officials-be-next?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Dec 2022 11:32:33 +0000