Cause célèbre
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A cause célèbre is an issue or incident arousing widespread controversy, outside campaigning, and heated public debate. The term is sometimes used positively for celebrated legal cases for their prece
Contemporary cartoon depicting the divisions in French society caused by the Dreyfus affair
Sergei Magnitsky
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Sergei Leonidovich Magnitsky was a Russian tax advisor responsible for exposing corruption and misconduct by Russian government officials while representing client Hermitage Capital Management. His ar
Cause célèbre
…The Amanda Knox trials, Italy, 2009–2015 Sergei Magnitsky's death, Russia, 2009 Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation, Tunisia, 2010…
Magnitsky in 2006
Magnitsky's grave in Preobrazhenskoy Cemetery, Moscow.