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MEPs lock horns on title of EU human rights sanctions
By EUobserver
Centre-right MEPs failed on Monday in Strasbourg to add the name of the late Russian anti-corruption activist, Sergei Magnitsky, to the title of a debate Tuesday discussing new EU sanctions against human rights abusers. "There are other authoritarian regimes out there besides Russia," Heidi Hautala, a Green MEP whose party voted against the change, said. The final title of the parliament's human rights resolution will be voted on Thursday.