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Donnerstag, 12. Februar 2009


Manish (21) und Rita (20) kämpften für Gleichheit, für Gerechtigkeit und wurden Opfer von Ungerechtigkeit

Heirat im Stil der Maoisten in Nepal Bild: Heirat im Stil der Maoisten in Nepal. Eine der beiden Frauen kleidete als Junge für die Hochzeit im Tempel.

Ein junges Frauenpaar wurde wegen ihrer sexuellen Orientierung unsanft aus einer Einheit der der Befreiungsarmee hinausgeworfen. Nun sind die beiden - inzwischen trickreich verheiratet - in Kathmandu. Mit Unterstützung von Sunil Babu Pant, dem Gründer der LGBT-Organsaition Blue Diamond Society, versuchen sie ihre Rehabilitation.
Zuerst bot man ihnen ein Engagement bei der kommunistischen Jugendorganisation an. Doch die beiden Frauen wollen für ihre Ideale kämpfen, nicht nur debattieren.
Nun wäre die Befreiungsarmee zwar bereit die Frauen wieder aufzunehmen, doch es finden sich formale Schwierigkeiten: Wegen dem Rauswurf vepassten die beiden die zweite Runde der Registrierung durch die UNO-Mission.

Quelle: Kantipur online (Englisch) vom 12. Februar 2009.
Mehr zu LGBT in Nepal: von Eric Töpfer (Dt) und Blue Diamond Society

Artikel aus Kantipur in Englisch:



PLA-evicted lesbians seek justice

POST B BASNET
KATHMANDU, Feb 12 - They fought for "equality", they fought for "justice", but ended up victims of injustice.

Manish Yadav, 21, of Saptari district, and Rita Yadav, 20, of Siraha district, joined the Maoist People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 2004 when the insurgency was at its peak. A year later, they met at Ram Brickchhya Brigade of PLA in Sindhuli, and fell in love immediately. The insurgency ended, combatants were settled, and people talked of a new Nepal. But that was just the beginning of the couple's sad story.

They were kicked out of the cantonment when the Sindhuli camp commander discovered their sexual orientation. The couple had got through the first round of verification carried out by United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) and also received certificates of this. "Our possessions were seized and we were left in a nearby jungle with our hands tied at our backs," recalls Manish, who is currently in Kathmandu with 'his' beloved Rita. "Such a thing should not happen in the cantonment," she quoted her battalion commander Prakash as saying.

After the eviction, Manish dressed herself as a boy and Rita as a girl and got married at a local temple. Then, the couple stayed at Rita's house in Siraha. "I was treated as a son-in-law at her house as I was dressed like a boy," Manish beams. The couple came into contact with some activists of Blue Diamond Society (BDS), a group advocating the rights of sexual minorities, and arrived in Kathmandu two weeks ago.

"Maoist leaders in Kathmandu told us they did not know anything about our eviction, and have asked us to join Young Communist League. But we want to rejoin PLA," says Manish. The BDS is holding talks with the Maoist leadership in Kathmandu on the issue, according to BDS officials. "The couple is in Kathmandu and we are talking to Maoists regarding this," said BDS founder Sunil Babu Pant.

PLA Deputy Commander Baldev told BDS members a week ago that they were willing to take them back to the cantonment, but argued it was not possible now as the couple has already missed the second round of verification, according to a BDS official. "If the Joint Monitoring Coordination Committee agrees, the Maoists are ready to take them back," he quoted Baldev as saying. With BDS support, the couple are sticking to their demand that they be reinducted into the PLA.

"We take pride in being Maoist combatants and want to join our colleagues in the cantonment," says Manish.

Kantipur Online, Posted on: 2009-02-12 18:52:36 (Server Time)



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