Nine stories in the news today, May 18
Nine stories in the news for Thursday, May 18
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CANADA BACKS CALL FOR MAGNITSKY ACT
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government has agreed to create a so-called Magnitsky Act to expand Canada’s international sanctions law to target gross human rights violators. In the House of Commons last night, Freeland said human rights are a non-partisan issue and she looks forward to working with the opposition on this initiative. Whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky died in a Moscow prison in 2009 after accusing officials of a $230-million tax fraud.