mahope iho o ka World Tourism Network (WTN) ua aʻo aku i nā huakaʻi hele i Uganda e pili ana i nā pōʻino e pili ana, a makemakeʻia ʻO ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e hana i ka hana, ua hoʻopuka ʻo USAID i kahi ʻōlelo aʻo paʻa i kēia lā, e koi ana iā Uganda e noʻonoʻo hou i ke kānāwai pōʻino e pili ana i ka LGBTQI + e hoʻopilikia i ke kōkua.
Ua kāpae ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka Visa o kēia manawa no ka Luna Hoʻokele o Uganda ʻo Anita Among.
Me ke kau ʻana o ka Anti-Homosexuality Act o 2023 (AHA), ua lilo ʻo Uganda i kekahi o nā wahi pōʻino loa o ka honua no ka poʻe LGBTQI +. Ma lalo o ka AHA, hiki ke hoʻopaʻahao ʻia ka poʻe i komo i ka pilina kāne hoʻokahi no ke ola a i ʻole ke alo i ka hoʻopaʻi make.
ʻO kēia kānāwai he hoʻouka kaua ʻole ʻia ma luna o kahi hui i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia. ʻAʻole pono e hoʻopaʻi ʻia a hōʻeha ʻia paha no ka mea a lākou i aloha ai. Ua lilo ʻo LGBTQI+ Ugandans i ʻāpana o ke kaiāulu o ka ʻāina i ka mōʻaukala a pono e hauʻoli i nā pale like a me nā manawa kūpono e like me nā Ugandan ʻē aʻe. Ma hope o ka hala ʻana o ka AHA i ka Pāremata ma Malaki 21, 2023, ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia nā LGBTQI + Ugandans me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hana ʻino, hoʻomāinoino, a me nā kipaku ʻia. Nui ka poʻe hopohopo e nalowale koke lākou i ke olakino koʻikoʻi a me nā lawelawe kaiāulu.
ʻO ka AHA wale nō ka mea hou loa i nā hana a ke Aupuni o Uganda e hōʻemi i ke kūʻokoʻa a hōʻino i nā pono kanaka o kona poʻe. Hoʻopilikia ʻia nā pono kanaka ma Uganda, me nā mea nūpepa, nā mea pale pono kanaka, a me nā mea kūʻē i ke aupuni i hopu mau ʻia, hoʻomāinoino ʻia, a nalowale. ʻAʻole ʻae ʻia ka piʻi ʻana o ka hoʻoweliweli, ka hana ʻino, a me ka hoʻomāinoino i ka poʻe Ugandan, me nā lālā o ka LGBTQI + kaiāulu a me ka poʻe e hāʻawi i nā lawelawe iā lākou.
Ma ke ʻano he mea hāʻawi nui loa i ke kōkua haole i ka poʻe o Uganda, e komo pū ana ma o ka US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS relief, hoʻomau mau ʻo USAID i ka hoʻokae ʻole ʻana i nā mea komo a pau o kāna papahana - me ke kumu o ka moe kolohe a me ka ʻike kāne kāne.
E like me kā mākou i hāpai ai i nā manawa he nui me ke Aupuni o Uganda, ʻo ka hoʻokō ʻana o ka AHA e pale pololei i ko mākou hiki ke hāʻawi i ke kōkua pono USAID i nā poʻe o Uganda. E keakea ia i kā mākou hui pū ʻana me Uganda a me ka poʻe Ugandan i ka hakakā ʻana i ka maʻi HIV / AIDS. E hoʻohaʻahaʻa loa ia i ka hiki o nā limahana USAID a me nā hoa US i ʻike ʻia he LGBTQI + e noho maluhia a me ka hana ma Uganda. A e lilo ia i mea paʻakikī i kā mākou mau hoa hana e holomua i ka hoʻomohala ʻana ma waena o nā ʻāpana a me nā wahi a mākou e hana ai.
Ma muli o kēia, ke hui pū nei ʻo USAID i nā keʻena a me nā keʻena ʻē aʻe mai ke aupuni US e loiloi i ka hopena o kēia kānāwai i kā mākou kulekele, pili, a me ke kōkua iā Uganda. Ke koi nei ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ke Aupuni o Uganda e noʻonoʻo hou i ke kānāwai Anti-Homosexuality, koi i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka hana ʻino i nā Ugandans ma lalo o ke kānāwai, a e hana i nā hana ʻae e pale i nā pono kanaka no nā Ugandans āpau.
Hilahila i ka Pelekikena Museveni o Uganda, ua ʻōlelo aku nā alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi (eturbonews.com.)
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The United States urges the Government of Uganda to reconsider the Anti-Homosexuality Act, demand an end to violence against Ugandans under the auspices of the law, and take affirmative steps to protect human rights for all Ugandans.
- The AHA is only the latest in a series of actions by the Government of Uganda to curtail freedoms and violate the human rights of its people.
- As we have raised on many occasions with the Government of Uganda, the enactment of the AHA will directly impede our ability to provide effective USAID assistance to the people of Uganda.
