A Lithuanian MP has suggested expanding the country's so-called Magnitsky Act which bars foreigners linked to corruption and human rights abuses from entering Lithuania.
Žygimantas Pavilionis, chairman of the parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, says the law should also apply to individuals who actively support or take part in any activity by a foreign state that violates international law.
The committee said in a statement that expanding the law would facilitate fighting disinformation campaigns.
Pavilionis made the proposal during the committee meeting on Wednesday and it was unanimously backed by committee members.
In November 2017, on the 8th anniversary of the death of Sergei Magnitsky, the Lithuanian parliament adopted amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens, under which Lithuania can bar entry to foreigners linked to large-scale corruption, money laundering or violations of human rights.
The law was named after the Russian lawyer who died in a Russian prison in 2009 after exposing a corruption scheme that let Russian officials and citizens embezzle 230 million US dollars of taxpayer money.
Some 260 people have been barred from entering Lithuania since the amendment came into force.
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