Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality of the European Parliament has condemned the discriminatory statement of Russian party "West Choice"
As the press service of the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights reports, Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality of the European Parliament has condemned the refusal of party "West Choice" to accept to the party Masha Bast - transgender woman, famous human rights defender and lawyer.
In a statement the Committee expressed concern about fact of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, gender, invasion of privacy life.
Remind, party "West Choice", headed by Konstantin Borovoy, 26 September 2013 refused to accept to the party Masha Bast due to the fact that she is a transgender woman. As Mary Bast said, members of the party invited her to be a candidate in the presidential elections in 2018 and offered to lead party "West Choice" in the spring of 2014.
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