Designation identifiers
- UKSL unique ID
- GHR0006
- OFSI group ID
- 13859
- Designation type
- Individual
- Date designated
- 6 July 2020
- Last updated
- 9 April 2025
Regimes
- The Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020
Designation sources
- UK
Sanctions imposed
- Asset freeze
- Travel Ban
- Director Disqualification Sanction
Official reasons
- Fikret Tagiyev was the head of the Matrosskaya Tishina detention centre where Sergei Magnitsky died on 16 November 2009. He was responsible for the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky whilst in detention, which contributed significantly to his death including by failing to ensure the provision of adequate medical treatment, ordering the handcuffing and beating of Magnitsky shortly before his death and denying, or failing to provide, timely access for emergency services to provide treatment. Tagiyev was also involved in the concealment of evidence regarding the circumstances relating to Magnitsky’s death.
Other information
- The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
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