Njengoba umkhankaso wokubulala obhekiswe kwezitabane zase-Iraq udlondlobala, inethiwekhi yethelevishini yama-Arabhu ehamba phambili ngesonto eledlule iveze ukusetshenziswa kohlobo olusha olushaqisayo lokuhlukunyezwa kwabesilisa abayizitabane zase-Iraqi - amaqembu abulala izitabane amaShiite avala izimbobo zawo ngeglue enamandla, bese edala isifo sohudo. , okuholela ekufeni okubuhlungu nokubuhlungu. Ukusetshenziswa kwalokhu kuhlukunyezwa okusha okuguqula isisu kubikwe okokuqala yinethiwekhi ye-Al Arabiya, ekomkhulu e-United Arab Emirates futhi yaxwayiswa ngale ndaba yisishoshovu esiholayo sabesifazane kanye nesishoshovu samalungelo abantu e-Iraq.
U-Yanar Mohammed, umongameli we-Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), utshele i-Al Arabiya ukuthi le nto yokuhlukumeza "iyiglue eyenziwe e-Iranian, okuthi, uma ifakwe esikhumbeni, inamathele kuyo futhi ingasuswa kuphela ngokuhlinzwa. Ngemuva kwalokho banamathelisa izimbobo zobulili obufanayo, babanikeze isiphuzo esibangela isifo sohudo. Njengoba indunu ivaliwe, isifo sohudo sibangela ukufa. Amavidiyo alolu hlobo lokuhlukunyezwa asatshalaliswa komakhalekhukhwini e-Iraq."
I-Al Arabiya ithe intatheli yayo ikuqinisekisile ukusetshenziswa kwalokhu kuhlukunyezwa kwendunu ngokuthi "ivakashele emakhazeni aseBaghdad e-Bab-al-Moazaam maphakathi ne-Baghdad, lapho uNeman Mohsen, umhloli wezokwelapha, eqinisekisa ukuthi banezidumbu zongqingili abayisikhombisa emakhazeni. Uthe , 'Asikwazanga ukuhlonza izigilamkhuba, ezilahle izidumbu phambi kwamakhaza futhi zabaleka zingabonwa.'" Ithimba labantu ababili le-Human Rights Watch (HRW) okwamanje elise-Iraq elizophenya ngokushushiswa kwabantu be-LGBT liye laphenya. futhi ukuqinisekisile ukusetshenziswa kwalolu hlobo lokuhlukumeza. Ku-imeyili esakazwe kabanzi evela e-Iraq, inhloko yedeskithophu ye-LGBT yakwa-HRW, uScott Long, uthe yena nozakwabo baqoqe ubufakazi obuqinisekisa umbiko we-Al Arabiya nokuthi i-HRW izokwenza owayo umbiko onemininingwane ngemuva kokuthi abasebenzi ababili bale nhlangano bebuyele emsebenzini. United States ngesonto elizayo.
U-Mohammed we-OWFI, owesifazane obhekene nokuqoqa ulwazi mayelana nokusetshenziswa kwalokhu kuhlukumeza okudabukisayo endunu futhi akudlulisele ku-Al Arabiya, utshele iGay City News ukuthi "indaba yayinyantisa kangangokuthi lapho ngiqala ukuyizwa kubangani abayizitabane angizange ngikholelwe. Kodwa ngabe sengiphenya ngathola ukuthi kuyiqiniso ngempela ukuthi izimbobo zezitabane zazivalwa ngeglu." Ekhuluma ngocingo eseToronto, lapho ebevakashele izihlobo isikhashana ngaphambi kokuthi abuyele e-Iraq ngesonto elizayo, uMohammed utshele le ntatheli ukuthi, โNgenhlanhla, i-Al Arabiya inentatheli yamalungelo abantu ekahle kakhulu, engiyitshele enginayo. watholakala, futhi wakwazi ukukuqinisekisa ngokuvakashela emakhazeni."
Wathi "abesifazane abaningi asebekhulile enhlanganweni yami babemelene kakhulu nokuphendula umbuzo wokushushiswa kongqingili futhi babengaqondi ukuthi kungani kwakubalulekile. Kodwa ngikholelwa ngokuqinile ukuthi ukucwasa abesifazane nokuzonda abantu abathandana nobulili obufanayo kuyizinhlangothi ezimbili zohlamvu lwemali olulodwa, futhi ukuthi sasinomsebenzi wokukhuluma ngokumelene nokushushiswa kwezitabane e-Iraq, okuyinto encane kakhulu eyaziwa kangangokuthi ngamangala ubukhulu bakho lapho ngiqala ukubheka."
U-Mohammed, 49, waziwa kakhulu ngomsebenzi wakhe wesibindi wamalungelo abantu. Wasungula i-OWFI e-Baghdad ngoJuni 2003 ngemuva kokuhlasela kwe-US kanye nokuhlala, futhi le nhlangano ihole imikhankaso ephikisana nalokho okubizwa ngokuthi ukubulawa kokuhlonipha, ukuthunjwa kwabesifazane, kanye nokushushumbiswa kwabesifazane nezingane. Ubuye wasungula iphephandaba lokuqala labesifazane lase-Iraq, i-Al Mousawat (Equality), elishicilelwe njalo ngekota kule minyaka emithathu edlule. Uqeqeshwe njengomdwebi wezakhiwo, uMohammed utshele iGay City News ukuthi usewuyekile lowo msebenzi ukuze asebenze isikhathi esigcwele ku-OWFI. Uthole imiklomelo eminingi ngomsebenzi wakhe wamalungelo abesifazane namalungelo abantu, okuhlanganisa ne-Eleanor Roosevelt Global Rights Award enikezwe i-US Feminist Majority Foundation.
U-Ali Hili, oneminyaka engu-33 ubudala odingisiwe e-Iraq oyisitabane oxhumanisa inhlangano yase-Iraqi LGBT, enekomkhulu eLondon kodwa enamalungu kanye nezimpimpi kulo lonke elase-Iraq, utshele iGay City News ukuthi ukwazile nokuqinisekisa ukusetshenziswa kokuhlukumeza ngokubulala endunu. . "Sibe nemibiko, ngokuya ngezinsuku ezine noma ezinhlanu ezedlule, mayelana nokusetshenziswa kwalolu hlelo hhayi eBaghdad kuphela kodwa nasemadolobheni amancane nasemadolobheni e-Iraq yonke," kusho uHili ngocingo. "Sinemibiko ngezinsizwa eziyisikhombisa ezenzeke kulesi sigameko esibi lapho ziboshwe khona eningizimu ye-Iraq zavalwa izinqe, noma 'zivalwa' njengoba kusho abahlukumezi. Imithombo yethu isitshele ukuthi izibhedlela eziseningizimu ye-Iraq. isifunda sesithole izigameko ezifuze ezifuze lezi lapho amadoda exhunywe izindunu kodwa okwenza isimo sibe sibi kakhulu futhi sibulale kakhulu ukuthi anqatshelwa ezibhedlela ngenxa yokucwaswa kwezitabane."
Kusukela kuleli sonto, i-LGBT yase-Hili ne-Iraqi ibhale amacala angu-617 okubulawa kwabantu be-LGBT kusukela kwakhishwa i-fatwa-to-all-gays fatwa nguGrand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, umholi womoya wawo wonke amaSulumane amaShiite e-Iraq, ngo-2005. .Umkhankaso wokubulala โwokuhlanjululwa ngokocansiโ kwezitabane ushube ezinyangeni ezedlule, njengoba sekuphinde kwabulawa abantu abangu-70 kusukela ngoZibandlela kuphela (bheka isihloko sale ntatheli sango-April 16-29, "I-Iraqi Gay Murders Surge; Umhlaba Ekugcineni Uyaqaphela").
Manje, uHili uthi, "Ngisanda kuthola umbiko ngokubulawa okusha kwezitabane ngesonto elilodwa, ngesonto eledlule." Unikeze iGay City News amagama namadolobha okudabuka kuwo izisulu zakamuva zeqembu elilwa nezitabane. Bango-Abbas Mosa, 33, wase-Al Hay; USaeed Majeed, 27, wase-Al Samawa; UJabar Khothayer, 19, wase-Al Dewaniya; UMajed Alawi, 41, wase-Al Hindiya; Hazim Hussein, iminyaka engaziwa, kusukela Al Najaf; U-Mohammed Qasim, 25, wase-Al Dewaniya; kanye noRama Sabri, 19, wase-Al Mohanawiya.
Ngasikhathi sinye, iwebhusayithi yezindaba yase-Iraqi niqash.org ngeledlule kubike ukuthi "u-Al-Baghdadiya, isiteshi sikamabonakude esisathelayithi esizinze eCairo... sasakaza umbiko ngo-Ephreli 7 ethi izinsizwa ezingu-20 ezisolwa ngobutabane zayiswa esibhedlela i-Ibn al-Nafis eBaghdad zicwiywe izitho zangasese."
U-Hili utshele iGay City News ukuthi igagasi elikhulu lokubulala lakamuva libonakala liwumsebenzi weMahdi Army, amasosha aholwa umfundisi wamaShiite oyisisekelo uMuqtada al-Sadr. Uthe omunye wezimpimpi zase-Iraqi LGBT "uxhumene nezikhulu eziphezulu zezenkolo ngaphakathi kweMahdi Army, futhi utshelwe ngomkhankaso wokukhomba noma ngubani osolwa ngokuba yisitabane." UHili uthe kuya ngokwanda amapheshana kanye nezingqwembe ezithi โWantedโ ezivelayo ezinohlu lwamadoda okuhloswe ukuthi abulawe ngawo abizwa โngamacala aphikisana nokuziphatha,โ okusho ubutabane. Uhlu lwamalungu e-LGBT e-Iraqi azosuswa nawo luyazungeza, kusho u-Hili, futhi utshelwe ukuthi igama lakhe liphezulu kulolu hlu.
UHili uphinde wathi osokhemisi bebelokhu bebikela amaphoyisa ngabathengi besilisa abahlale bethenga amahomoni abesifazane kanye nama-cosmetic creams. Kwesinye isigameko sakamuva, ababili balaba okuthiwa bashintshe ubulili baboshwa bayiswa endaweni engaziwa, futhi abakaze bazwakale kusukela lapho.
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