Campaign dedicated to Sergei Magnitsky. Currently campaigning to free political prisoners in Russia and to seize Russian Central Bank Reserves for Ukraine.
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Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign retweeted
Great oped by @MPIainDS: “Britain’s supine attitude encourages the despots of the Gulf to molest our citizens.
There must be Magnitsky sanctions against Mohammed Ibrahim Al-Shaibani over Ryan Cornelius’s 18-year imprisonment” archive.ph/2026.09.29-192832…
Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign retweeted
Ryan Cornelius has now spent 18 years imprisoned in Dubai. For far too long Britain has behaved as though maintaining good relations with the Gulf means remaining silent when our own citizens are mistreated.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09…
That weakness has consequences. It tells despots they can act with impunity.
The Government should impose Magnitsky sanctions on Mohammed Ibrahim Al-Shaibani.
My piece in today’s @Telegraph
Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign retweeted
Three years ago Zhala Bayramova approached me at an event at the German Parliament on political prisoners to tell me the heartbreaking story of how the Azerbaijani dictator had imprisoned her father Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu and kept him in torturous conditions denying him medical care for exposing corruption in Azerbaijan. He was literally dying in prison. Zhala’s campaign was so compelling that she was awarded the Magnitsky Human Rights Award in 2024. I’m so happy to report that today she successfully extracted her father from certain death in Azerbaijan and is now in Germany where he is free and will receive the medical care he needs. Congratulations Zhala and congratulations Gubad. A small bit of justice in a very unjust world.
Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign retweeted
Hi everyone!
I would like to share with you that my father, Dr. Ibadoghlu, left Azerbaijan this morning and arrived in Berlin to get medical treatment.
I would like to thank everyone who has helped us during these trying times. We are very grateful for your help as a family.
Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign retweeted
Last week I wrote to the Foreign Secretary @Ed_Miliband @FCDOGovUK urging him to act now over the continued arbitrary detention of British citizen Ryan Cornelius in the UAE. Ryan has already spent 18 years in prison. The UN has ruled his detention arbitrary and called for his immediate release.
With Mohammed Al Shaibani replaced as Head of the Ruler’s Court, the Government must seize this moment. I have called on the Foreign Secretary to use the leverage available to Britain, including targeted Magnitsky sanctions @GMJCampaign against Al Shaibani, and press the UAE at the highest level for Ryan’s immediate release. It is time for action.
Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign retweeted
The resignation of Mohammed Al-Shaibani must now be the moment to end the appalling injustice done to Ryan Cornelius. Ryan has spent 18 years imprisoned in Dubai. The UN has ruled his detention arbitrary and called for his immediate release.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09…
Many of us have repeatedly raised his case with the Government and called for sanctions against those responsible. There can be no more excuses and no more quiet diplomacy that leads nowhere. The British Government @10DowningStreet must use this opportunity to demand that Ryan is released and returned to his family. @FCDOGovUK @GMJCampaign
Dubai bank boss’s resignation gives lifeline to Briton jailed for fraud telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09…
'My husband has been in Dubai jail for 18 years and missed his grandson's birth' metro.co.uk/2026/09/16/my-hu… via @MetroUK
Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign retweeted
This morning I joined Heather Cornelius and Ryan Cornelius’ brother Chris at @10DowningStreet to deliver a personal letter from Ryan’s family, calling on the Government to do everything it can to secure his release from detention in the UAE. Tim Roca MP @Tim_Roca and Lord Clement-Jones joined us.
Ryan Cornelius must be freed and reunited with his family. We will not stop pressing for action until he is home. @FCDOGovUK @GMJCampaign
Wife of British man detained in Dubai for 18 years calls for PM's help dailymail.com/news/article-1…
Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign retweeted
Today I pressed the Foreign Secretary @FCDOGovUK on the cases of British citizens Ryan Cornelius and Jimmy Lai.
Ryan has been unjustly incarcerated for 19 years in the UAE, while Jimmy Lai remains imprisoned by the Chinese Communist regime in Hong Kong.
Warm words are not enough. The Government must be prepared to use sanctions against regimes that unjustly imprison British citizens.
I also urged the Prime Minister @10DowningStreet to meet Jimmy’s son, Sebastien Lai. He should do so.
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Finland halts deportation of Russian family who ‘risked everything’ to oppose Ukraine invasion. Good news! theguardian.com/world/2026/a…
Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign retweeted
Azerbaijani opposition politician Ali Karimli is being subject to increasingly punitive detention conditions during his politically-motivated persecution by Azerbaijani authorities. He should be immediately and unconditionally released.
Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign retweeted
Russian family denied asylum in Finland fear reprisals for pro-Ukraine activism theguardian.com/world/2026/a…
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How the corrupt officials who threw innocent British businessman Ryan Cornelius into Dubai's Alcatraz 18 years ago have destroyed everything in his life... apart from his unbreakable marriage dailymail.com/news/article-1…
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This innocent British citizen has been in jail in Dubai for 18 years on trumped up charges and our politicians are not lifting a finger to help him dailymail.com/debate/article…
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BREAKING. UN intervenes in the UAE Ryan Cornelius case: “British businessman Ryan Cornelius must be released before detention becomes death sentence,” UN experts warn | OHCHR ohchr.org/en/press-releases/…
Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign retweeted
I have argued that Ryan Cornelius has been abandoned by the very government that should have been fighting for his freedom. If these reports are true, they raise profoundly troubling questions. Britain has a duty to stand unequivocally behind its citizens who are arbitrarily detained overseas. Warm diplomatic relations can never come at the expense of justice, and Ryan's case must remain a test of whether this Government is prepared to act, not simply express concern. telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07… UK’s hostage envoy accused of abandoning British prisoners in UAE. Relatives of jailed Ryan Cornelius frustrated at Alistair Burt’s promotion having voiced concerns at his ‘failure to carry out his duty’
UK’s hostage envoy accused of abandoning British prisoners in UAE
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07…
72-year-old Briton Ryan Cornelius recently marked 18 years wrongfully imprisoned in Dubai. It’s time for @FCDOGovUK to secure his release.
thesun.co.uk/news/39287040/b…
