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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.

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As Russian Top-Lawyer and human rights defender Masha Bast reported, the European Court of Human Rights have received a complaint in defense a lawyer Igor Popovsky.

on photo: Masha Bast, Russian Top-Lawyer and Human Rights defender
As Masha Bast said, the complaint connected with the pressure by Russian authorities against lawyer Igor Popovsy, which faced with the provocation from Russian law enforcement bodies during the defense of Nikolai Korolev. Russian authorities tried to forbid Igor Popvsky to defend Korolev. 
Masha Bast stressed, that lawyer Igor Popovsky refused to cooperate with law enforcement bodies and Russian authorities began political persecution against Popovsky.
As previously lawyer Igor Popovsky reported, the security of jail "Butyrka", as investigator said, during Popovsky visit to Korolev March 2013, allegedly found TNT after meeting between lawyer and Korolev in lawyers’ documents. As Igor Popovsky said, the documents were in jail office during a meeting with Korolev. 
Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights will continue the public control of the case of a lawyer Igor Popovsky and will follow up on complaints in European Court of Human Rights.
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As Masha Bast reported, she and her activists opened the account for help transgender people in the framework of the founding of the charitable foundation. Every person or organization may transfer money in the three types of currencies - rubles, dollars and euro.
Z916060201563 ( for payments in U.S. dollars )
E406387825037 ( for payments in Euro )
R322939897841 ( for transfers in rubles )

As Masha Bast said, the opening of an account is necessity, which connected with the increase in the number of appeals to her for help from transgender people. Transgender women and transgender men are need in financial support during transition and for the medical operations.

Today we publish the story of Veronica from Kherson (Ukraine), she is transgender woman , 26 years old. Veronica suffers the discrimination from her family, employers and medicine. Veronica wants to complete the transition, get an education and pursue science.

Veronica , 26 years old , MtF
"I felt from early age that I am woman, when the changes started in teenage and I looked like boy, I was shocked! I wanted to get away from life! I did not know what to do, I was scared about it to someone to say, and my parents badly treated me and certainly condemned me. It was a nightmare, I could not look in the mirror, and I started the hormonal therapy and continue for four years. I need surgical correction. I wanted to leave home, but my grandmother stopped me and understood, mother disowned meI tried to work and earn money in Ukraine for the correction. I do not have regular access to the Internet, I do not know how to type, my friend helps me. Thank you for your support! "

Die LGBT-Community will ein Einreiseverbot für russische Homophobe nach Europa und die USA erreichen Mascha Bast, Vorsitzende der Bürgervereinigung „Sozialistinnen“, will gemeinsam mit Aktivisten der russischen LGBT-Community in Europa und den USA die Annahme einer Liste von Homophoben analog zur Magnistkij-Liste erreichen. Ihr Ziel ist es, die Einreise entsprechender russischer Politiker und Stars aus dem Showgeschäft in entwickelte Länder zu verhindern. Wie Mascha Bast gegenüber RBK Daily sagte, ist die Grundlage eine Liste, die von den LGBT-Aktivisten Nikolaj Baev und Nikolaj Alekseev erstellt wurde (veröffentlicht auf gayrussia.eu). In alphabetischer Reihenfolge werden Politiker und Richter aufgeführt, die sich homophob geäußert haben, die entweder zu Gewalt und Diskriminierung gegenüber Vertretern der LGBT aufgerufen oder diese unterstützt haben. Unter den berühmten Persönlichkeiten in dieser Liste befinden sich der Präsident der Russischen Föderation Vladimir Putin, Patriarch Kirill, der Beauftragte für Kinderrechte Pavel Astachov, der Vorsitzende der LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovskij, der erste stellvertertede Sekretär des Präsidiums des Generalrates von „Einiges Russland Andrej Isaev [Anm.d.Übers.: dem ein Pilgerhotel bei Trier gehört], der Dumaabgeordnete Iosif Kobzon, der Vorsitzende von „Anderes Russland“ Eduard Limonov, die Vorsitzende des Föderationsrates Valentina Matvienko, der Oppositionelle Aleksej Navalnyj und andere. „Die Liste stammt noch aus dem Jahr 2011, früher wurde sie nur nicht vorangebracht,“ erklärt Mascha Bast. „Wir werden jeden Menschen auf dieser Liste diskutieren und nicht nur die Zitate, sondern auch die Quellen prüfen.