Ua pasia e le atunu'u o Uganda i Aferika se tulafono e faasaina ai faigapa'aga ma feusua'iga i le va o itupa tutusa poo faafafine, alii e gay ma isi itupa LGBTQI+.
I lalo o lenei tulafono, e mafai ai ona o'o le faasalaga mo le 'aggravated homosexuality' i le oti.
E aofia ai i le tulafono i latou e faia feusua'iga itupa tutusa ma pesia ai seisi tagata i le HIV/AIDS.
Ua faitioina malosi le tulafono e faalapotopotoga o loo fianuina le mau mo aia tatau ma aia tutusa a itupa LGBTQI+.
O le tulafono le Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2023, na fausia ma tuleia e le sui o le palemene i Uganda, Asuman Basalirwa.
Na ia faamatalaina le uiga o le 'aggravated homosexuality.'
“When you carry out acts of homosexuality through force or duress or undue influence then the law defines that as aggravated homosexuality and what is the punishment? The maximum punishment is death. So when you commit aggravated homosexuality, the law says you shall be liable to suffer death.”
Ae le'i pasia le tulafono lenei, na molimauina le sauaina o tagata itupa LGBTIQ+ i le atunu'u o Uganda, ma e le taumate le atili sauaina nei i lalo o le tulafono fou lenei.
O le alii o Peter na fasi mo'omo'o e tagata o lona nu'u i tuua'iga o ia o se alii e gay.
Na ia ta'ua le tulaga o loo ola ai i le fefe ma le mata'u tagata LGBTQI+ i Uganda, ae maise i lalo o le tulafono fou lenei.
"I think that is the final nail in the coffin because you see we have been targeted well long before even when those bills have not been initiated but now every, it's like a household talk. And since it has been signed than that means, people are going to be jailed, other people are going to be murdered."
I seisi atunu'u i Aferika, (i Kenya), na saunoa Masafo Okwara, o se loia i le Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission i Kenya, o le tulafono lenei ua faatagaina ai le sauaina o tagata itupa LGBTQI+.
"This bill has okayed violence against LGBTQ+ Ugandans, it has okayed discrimination, it has okayed crude violations of human rights against LGBTQ+ Ugandans. It will enable intimidation, further justification of human rights violations for a community that is already marginalised."
Na saunoa Christian Rumu o le Amnesty International, o le popolega ona o le ono faata'ita'i o isi atunu'u o Aferika i tulafono faapenei e atili sauaina ai tagata o itupa LGBTQI+.
"We see that the more states are sponsoring these bills, these hateful legislations, the more the LGBT community is impacted. And also that affects as well how other politicians and other countries are following suit. So this bill as it's signed now into law by president Museveni is having real consequences on the LGBTQ individuals not only in Uganda but also across the region."
Ua potopoto loia ma nisi e tete'e i le tulafono e tapena se tagi e toe soloia ai le tulafono.
Na saunoa Adrian Jjuuko, o se loia i le Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum, sa tatau ona tapa ni manatu ma finauga mai tagata lautele.
E le'i iai seisi mai itupa LGBTQI+ na faaalia sona manatu ae le'i pasia le tulafono i le palemene; ae o se tulafono e a'afia tonu ai tagata o ia itupa.
"This act of parliament has a number of flaws that we are highlighting in our petition. One of the main flaws is that the act was passed without adequate and meaningful public participation. So when they are making law, the public has to be involved, more especially the people who are concerned. But we saw during the hearings of the committee and during the time the bill was under discussion that not even a single LGBTQI person was before the committee to have their views heard and this is a law that affects them directly."
Ua faaalia fo'i le tete'e iai o le peresitene o Amerika, Joe Biden i le Anti-Homosexuality Bill i Uganda, ma na ia faaalia e ono faia se faatonuga e taofia ai fesoasoani ma tupe faafaigaluega mai Amerika lea o loo 'ova i le $1.5 Billion i le tausaga o alu ai.
(Ripoti na faamaopoopoina e Essam Al-Ghalib mo le SBS News, tapenaina mo faasalalauga e Ioane Lafoa'i).
