As the press-service of the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights reported, the specialists of the Association received a complaint from the director of the Museum-Preserve Gorki Leninskie in the Leninsky district of Moscow region about the construction of an Orthodox church at the entrance to the museum of Vladimir Lenin.
The construction is carried out almost in front of the Museum of Lenin. The activists of leftist movements also confirmed the information, the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights said.
According to the activists, 01 February 2015 the protest "Science instead of religion!" was held near the the entrance to the Museum-Preserve Gorki Leninskie. During the protest the activists expressed their attitude to construction, which violated the principle of the separation of church from the state in Russia. According to the activists, the posters of the activists were "Science instead of religion", "Do not touch Lenin, etc.
As the press service of the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights reported, that the protests against the demolition of the monument "Walking Lenin and against the attempts of the commercial construction of the cottages and warehouses at the territory of Gorki Leninskie were held 24 January 2015.
on the photo: Maria Bast, chairwoman of Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights The protests were timed to the day of the funeral of Lenin, the activists commemorated Lenin, holding pickets around the historic route - at the southern entrance to the Gorki Leninskie
on the photo: the southern entrance to the Gorki Leninskie, 24.01.2015
- on the route of the funeral procession of Lenin to the railway station Gerasimovo (Leninskaya) and near the monument "Walking Lenin" at Kashirskoye high-way.
As the press service of the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights reported, 18 January 2015 Chairwoman of the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights Maria Bast expressed her position and opposed the repression and extrajudicial reprisal. Maria Bast held a picket in Moscow on Revolution Square. As Maria Bast said, the perimeter of the square was surrounded by police, the police permitted the cars. Picket, as Bast reported, lasted for 15 minutes, the police patrolled the square and did not interfere. Maria Bast held in her hands a poster, which called to stop the repression and supported Mark Halperin, who are in temporary detention facility on 38 days.
on the photo: Maria Bast, Moscow, 18 January 2015
According to Maria Bast, she is not share the political views are of Mark Halperin, and the picket has the human rights character, because as chairwoman of the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights Maria Bast is concerned in connection with the start of the practice of arrests maximum duration for a single picket in Russia and in connection with the beginning of widespread use of extrajudicial reprisal and reprisals against the opposition with the liberal views.
As Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights reported, starting from 15 January 2015 Russian authorities supported the foundation of the pro-governmental movement "Antimaidan", which will fight with the dissidents, support the extrajudicial reprisal against Russian opposition, courts started to sentence to the maximum periods of arrest - 30 days, the criminal prosecution for the expression of the civil position.
According to the experts of the Association, 15 January 2015, Russian mass-media announced the foundation of the organization "Antimaidan", which was initiated by Alexander Zaldostanov (Russian biker, the leader of the movement “Night wolves”, the owner of the night club in Moscow), a member of the Federation Council Dmitry Sablin (the relative of the ex-governor of Moscow region, Russian oligarch), Nazi writer Nikolai Starikov. The movement, as the founders said, will fight with the so-called "color revolutions". According to the initiators of the movement, in fact, aimed to combat the dissents, the aggressive organized groups of supporters of the authorities will be participate at all the actions that they will be regarded as anti-state and make “certain actions” (http://ria.ru/society/20150115/1042688858.html). During the press-conference the speakers called to fight against dissents, some groups of citizens, called to kill LGBTQ-people, as a blogger said https://twitter.com/adagamov/status/555706167788580864.
As the press-service of the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights said, 06 January 2015 Russian Government adopted the decision №1604 "About the list of the medical contraindications, medical conditions and medical restrictions to driving", which significantly restricted the rights of LGBT people, people with limb amputation and rare, including and hereditary eye diseases, people shorter than 150 cm to drive a vehicle. All these groups may stay without the driving license. First time Russia included to the list of medical contraindications to driving the group of diseases, according to the International Classification of Diseases №10, the personality disorders and behavior in adulthood F60 - F69. All transgender people, bigender, asexuals, transvestites, crossdressers, people who need in a sex reassignment were recognized by Russian Government as a people with the deviations. The state deprived these groups their rights to drive a vehicle.
As the press service of the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights said, since August 1, 2014 the Istanbul Convention has been come into force. The Istanbul Convention is aimed to the protection of woman from domestic violence. Russian human rights defenders consider, that the Istanbul Convention should be ratified by Russia. The specialists of the Association have prepared the proposals and formally addressed to the Russian lawmakers and drew their attention on necessity to ratify the Istanbul Convention. The working group of the experts noted, that the Istanbul Convention provides for a set of necessary measures that will solve many of the problems and causes of discrimination against women and violence, inequality, etc. Thus, the Convention is based on the interests of the victims, and contains a comprehensive set of practical tools that can help improve response by all relevant actors. The Convention requires Parties responsible for the prevention of violence, protection of victims and prosecution of perpetrators of violence, and are obliged to adopt the measures necessary for the formation of a comprehensive policy in these areas, and women will get more opportunities.
As a press-service of Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights reported, roundtable "Women's Rights in Russia and abroad" held in Moscow July 10, 2014 in press center “Moskovsky Komsomolets”.
Chairwomen of Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights, Russian Top-Lawyer Maria Bast invited the experts for the discussion “Women's Rights in Russia and abroad". The roundtable gathered the representatives of different women’s movies and human rights defenders, assistants of MP of the Russian State Duma, representatives of the Council of Europe in Russia. Maria Bast opened the discussion and proposed all to express their position on women's rights in Russia: respect and observance of women’s rights in Russia, the problem of idealization of the situation with women’s rights in EU, the critical attitude to the information from EU.
on the photo: Maria Bast, July 10 2014 Maria Bast stressed, that Russia was the locomotive at the beginning of the XX century for women’s rights in the world. As Maria Bast said, that Great October Revolution of 1917 brought women rights, women become the subjects of law, women got the right to vote. The achievements of Soviet Women triggered a wave of feminism around the world.
As Russian Top-Lawyer and Human Right Defender Masha Bast reported, she held the public action "Woman - not a commodity" before Christmas Eve . As Masha Bast said, the action was directed against the discrimination of women and against the involvement of women in prostitution.
As Masha Bast said, the women are discriminated by external grounds, not the personal qualities, but the gender and sex, including the professional sphere.
Masha Bast stressed, that she is also a victim of discrimination, who faced with discrimination in the professional sphere as lawyer and human rights defender, where the priority is given to men by gender.
According to Masha Bast, many women faced with a discrimination and forced into prostitution, but a lot of woman do not want to be a prostitute. That is why , Masha Bast holds the poster " I do not want to be a prostitute ," Masha Bast said.
Masha Bast said, that she could to make the video on the South High Way M4 at one of the "points", where the regional drivers "buy" the woman.
Russian Top-Lawyer and Human Rights defender Masha Bast said about her personal plans, which in her opinion should not prevent political career: Masha Bast plans to give birth to two children. Masha Bast said, that she began to look for best clinic and sponsors for the unique pregnancy.
Masha Bast, Russian Top-Lawyer and Human Rights defender
Top-Lawyer stressed, that she would like to have three children, so she will take one child from an orphanage.
Masha Bast has prepared a video to the world's clinics and sponsors: the expectant mother is ready to consider proposals from the clinics, working in the field of artificial insemination, working on the issue of pregnancy and the creation of an artificial uterus. Masha Bast believes, that her experience will solve the problem of millions of women in the world, who cannot be mother at the moment.
We wish Masha Bast strides toward coveted maternity and are confident that her dream will come true!
Contact Masha Bast via phone +7 495 968 30 44, mobile +7 965 166 57 43 or + 7 985 922 85 34, e-mail marysvet79@gmail.com, Skype Marysvet79.
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