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1 | Two Russian Lawmakers Want to Ban Homosexuality in Public. This Is How They'd Do It. | Ahoana Ny Ataon'ny Mpanao Lalàna Rosiana Roa Te Handràra Ny “Fahapelahana” Imasom-bahoaka |
2 | Original photograph by Brett Sayer, January 21, 2009. | Sary orizinaly avy amin'i Brett Sayer, 21 Janoary 2009. |
3 | CC 2.0. | CC 2.0. |
4 | Edited by Kevin Rothrock. | Novain'i Kevin Rothrock. |
5 | Russian lawmakers have been notoriously busy bees in recent years, passing numerous laws since 2012, when Vladimir Putin returned to the presidency, that have expanded police powers and imposed new restrictions on the actions of Russian citizens. | Nalaza nisahirana ny Rosiana mpanao lalàna Rosiana tao anatin'ny taona vitsivitsy, nandany lalàna maromaro hatramin'ny taona 2012, raha niverina teo amin'ny fitondrana i Vladimir Putin ary nanitatra ny fahefan'ny polisy sy nametraka famerana vaovao amin'ny hetsiky ny olom-pirenena Rosiana. |
6 | On October 29, 2015, two Russian Duma deputies from the Communist Party, Ivan Nikitchuk and Nikolay Arefyev, proposed an amendment to the Code of Administrative Offenses, which would create an article titled “Public Expression of Nontraditional Sexual Relationships.” | Tamin'ny 29 Oktobra 2015, nanolo-kevitra hanitsy ny Fehezan-dalàna momba ny Heloka ara-pitantanam-panjakana ireo solombavambahoakan'ny Duma Rosiana avy ao amin'ny Antoko Komonista, Ivan Nikitchuk sy Nikolay Arefyev, izay mety hahatsangana lahatsoratra mitondra ny lohateny hoe “Fomba fitenim-bahoaka amin'ny fifandraisana ara-nofo tsy nentim-paharazana.” |
7 | The term “nontraditional sexual relationships” has been used extensively as a euphemism for homosexuality in Russian legislation. | Betsaka ny mampiasa ny teny “firaisana ara-nofo tsy nentim-paharazana” ho teny malefaka kokoa milaza ny fiarahan'olon-droa mitovy taovam-pananahana (homosexualité) ao amin'ny lalàna Rosiana. |
8 | Deputies have yet to vote on a draft of the amendment, which is still before the State Duma's Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building. | Mbola handatsa-bato volavolam-panitsiana, mbola eo am-pelatanan'ny Komitin'ny “Duma”-mpanjakana misahana ny Lalàmpanorenana sy ny Lapam-panjakana, ihany koa ny solombavambahoaka. |
9 | The bill (№ 916716-6)-a mere two pages in length-would establish Article 6.12.1 to the Code of Administrative Offenses, which comprises just two subsections: | Zara raha nahatratra pejy roa monja ny volavolan-dalàna (№ 916716-6) - izay hametraka ny Andininy faha-6. 12.1 ao amin'ny Fehezan-dalàna momba ny Heloka ara-pitantanam-panjakana, ahitana andinin-tsoratra roa monja: |
10 | The public expression of nontraditional relationships, consisting of a public demonstration of these distorted sexual preferences in public places-if these actions do not contain a criminal offense-are punishable by a fine on citizens in the amount of 4,000 to 5,000 rubles [$60 to $76]; | Ny filazana imasom-bahoaka ny fiarahana tsy nentim-paharazana, miompana amin'ny fisehoam-bahoaka ireo fironana ara-nofo diso eny amin'ny toeram-bahoaka ireo-raha tsy ahitana heloka bevava izany hetsika izany- dia azo saziana onitra 4000 ka hatramin'ny 5000 robla [60 dolara amerikana ka hatramin'ny 76 dolara amerikana] ny olom-pirenena ; |
11 | Actions envisaged in part 1 of this article-committed on the territory and premises intended for the provision of educational services, cultural institutions, and youth institutions, if these actions do not contain a criminal offense-are punishable by a fine of 4,000 to 5,000 rubles or administrative arrest of up to 15 days. | Ny fihetsika nosainina amin'ny ampahany 1 amin'ity andininy ity-natao tato anatin'ny sisintany firenena sady anatin'ny faritra fampianarana, toerana ara-kolontsaina, toerana [falehan'ny] tanora, raha tsy ahitana heloka bevava ao amin'ireo fihetsika ireo - dia mahavoasazy lamandy 4000 ka hatramin'ny 5000 robla na fitazonana ara-panjakana hatramin'ny 15 andro. |
12 | Although the bill has not garnered any traction within the State Duma, its passage would further complicate the rights of LGBTI Russians, who have seen a barrage of legislation in recent years aimed at curtailing their rights under the guise of protecting children. | Na dia tsy nahazo vahana tao amin'ny Duma aza ny volavolan-dalàna, dia mety hampisy olana eo amin'ny zon'ny LGBTI Rosiana ny fandalovany, izay nahitana lalàm-panakatsakanana marobe tao anatin'ny taona vitsivitsy mikendry hanakona ny zon'izy ireo noho ny fiarovana ny ankizy. |
13 | The proposed amendment, however, is the most overt legislative attack on homosexuality in Russia to date. | Na izany aza, dia ity volavolam-panitsiana ity no fanafihana amin'ny alalan'ny lalàna miharihary indrindra mihatra amin'ny fiarahan'olon-droa mitovy taovam-panahana ao Rosia hatramin'izao. |
14 | Although it contemplates the protection of children, like the 2013 law enumerated in Article 6.21 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (“2013 law”), the amendment proposed by Nikitchuk and Arefyev goes well beyond the 2013 law insofar as it bans all public display and expression of homosexuality-not just “propagandistic” activities conceivably aimed at minors. | Na dia milaza fiarovana ny ankizy aza, tahaka ny lalàna 2013 voalaza ao amin'ny Andininy faha-6,21 ao amin'ny Fehezan-dalàna momba ny Heloka ara-pitantanam-panjakana (“lalàna 2013″), dia mandeha tsara mihoatra noho ny lalàna 2013 hatramin'izao ny fanitsiana naroson'i Nikitchuk sy Arefyev satria mandràra ny fanehoana sy ny fampisehoan-kevitra rehetra imasom-bahoaka ny fiarahan'olon-droa mitovy taovam-pananahana- fa tsy hetsika miendrika “propagandy” mikendry zaza tsy ampy taona fotsiny. |
15 | If passed, a challenge to the law would be inevitable, making the constitutional challenge to the 2013 law particularly instructive. | Raha lany, dia tsy azo ihodivirana ny olana aterak'ilay lalàna, mahatonga ny olana araka ny lalàmpanorenana tamin'ny lalàna 2013 ho manoro indrindra [ny tokony atao]. |
16 | In that case, Russia's Constitutional Court upheld the law because it was ostensibly designed to protect “constitutionally significant values, such as family and childhood, as well as prevent harm to the health of minors, and their moral and spiritual development.” | Amin'ity raharaha ity, nanamafy ny lalàna ny Fitsarana momba ny Lalàm-panorenana satria natao hiarovana miharihary ny “soatoavina ara-dalàm-panorenana lehibe indrindra, tahaka ny fianakaviana sy ny fahazazana, ary misoroka koa ny loza ara-pahasalamana mety hahazo ny zaza tsy ampy taona, sy ny fivoarana ara-pitondran-tena sy ara-panahin'izy ireo.” |
17 | The Court also ruled that the 2013 law is constitutional on the basis that it “does not involve intervention into the sphere of individual autonomy, including individual sexual self-determination, [and is] not intended to prohibit or officially reprimand nontraditional sexual relationships.” | Namoaka didy ihany koa ny fitsarana fa manaja ny lalàmpanorenana ny lalàna 2013 satria “tsy ahitana fitsabahana amin'ny tontolon'ny fizakantenan'ny tsirairay, anisan'izany ny fanapahan-kevitry ny tsirairay amin'ny fironana ara-nofo, [ary] tsy natao handrarana na hanasazy ny firaisana ara-nofo tsy nentim-paharazana amin'ny fomba ofisialy.” |
18 | Moreover, the Court found the law constitutional because it did not prohibit “assembly and public gatherings,” except those aimed at the dissemination of information to minors. | Ankoatra izany, nahita ny Fitsarana fa tsy mandrara ny “fitangoronana sy ny famoriam-bahoaka” ny lalàmpanorenana afa-tsy ireo mikendry hampiely vaovao ho an'ny zaza tsy ampy taona. |
19 | What Nikitchuk and Arefyev propose, on the other hand, seeks to penalize homosexuality and prohibit LGBTI persons' right to public assembly irrespective of its so-called effect on minors. | Amin'ny lafiny iray, ny natolotr'i Nikitchuk sy Arefyev dia mikendry hanasazy ny fahapelahana sy handràra ny zon'ny olona LGBTI tsy hivorivory imasom-bahoaka noho izy lazaina fa tsy misy fanajana zaza tsy ampy taona. |
20 | The bill, as written, would appear to be inherently disharmonious with Russia's Constitution. | Ny volavolan-dalàna, araka ny nanoratana azy, dia hita fa tsy mifanaraka amin'ny lalàmpanorenana ao Rosia. |
21 | In effect, the proposal to ban public homosexuality strips away LGBTI Russians' equal protection under the law, which is clearly prohibited by Articles 17(1), 19(1), and 55(1)-(2) of the Constitution. | Vokatr'izany, ny soso-kevitra mandràra ny fahapelahana imasom-bahoaka dia manala ny fiarovana ny fitovian-jon'ny LGBTI Rosiana eo ambanin'ny lalàna izay mandrara izany mazava tsara ao amin'ny Andininy faha 17 (1), 19 (1), ary ny 55 (1) - (2) amin'ny Lalàm-panorenana. |
22 | If passed by the parliament and signed into law by President Putin, would Russia's Constitutional Court uphold a ban on public homosexuality? | Raha lanian'ny parlemanta ary soniavin'ny Filoha Putin ho lalàna, dia hanandratra ny fandraràna ny fahapelahana imasom-bahoaka ve ny Fitsarana momba ny lalàmpanorenana ao Rosia? |
23 | Many expected the Court to strike down the law banning so-called “gay propaganda” in the presence of minors, but it didn't. | Maro no nanantena ny Fitsarana tsy hankatò ny lalàna mandràra antsoina hoe “fampielezan-kevitra pelaka” eo anatrehan'ny tsy ampy taona, saingy tsy nanao izany izy. |
24 | The new proposal by Nikitchuk and Arefyev, meanwhile, is an even more glaring affront to Russians' fundamental rights. | Ny tolo-kevitra vaovao avy amin'i Nikitchuk sy Arefyev, mandritra izany fotoana izany, dia manohintohina kokoa ny zo fototra Rosiana. |
25 | For that even to be a consideration, the proposal would need to find a way out of committee and into Russia's law books. | Mba hahazoany fiheverana kokoa, dia mila mitady lalana ivelan'ny komity sy ny bokin-dalàna ao Rosia ny tolo-kevitra. |
26 | In recent years, however, when it comes to the Russian legislative system, stranger things have happened. | Tao anatin'ny taona vitsivitsy anefa, raha resahana ny rafitra mpanao lalàna Rosiana, no nitrangan'ny zavatra hafahafa maromaro. |