How Sergei Magnitsky can save a Pennsylvania mom falsely imprisoned abroad

By Toufic Baaklini

Published September 19, 2019 6:54pm ET

How Sergei Magnitsky can save a Pennsylvania mom falsely imprisoned abroad — In this Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, file photo a portrait of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky who died in jail, is held by his mother Nataliya Magnitskaya, as she speaks during an interview with the AP in Moscow. | (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)

Sergei Magnitsky was a good and honest accountant. It cost him his life.

But his legacy has the power to save others now, including a 46-year-old Philadelphia-area mother and Christian businesswoman named Marsha Lazareva who’s been unjustly detained in Kuwait for about two years. Her case is begging for Global Magnitsky Act consideration by the Trump administration.