Rusiji s ljubavlju: Le Zbor objavio spot u znak solidarnosti s LGBT građanima Rusije
Le Zbor, prvi mješoviti ženski, lezbijsko feministički zbor u regiji i ovom dijelu Europe, povodom Olimpijskih igara u Sočiju objavio je spot za pjesmu Katjusha, čime izražava svoju solidarnost s LGBT građankama i građanima Rusije, ali i cijelog svijeta.
Ovim putem pozivamo sve hrvatske sportaše i sportašice, političare i političarke te druge javne osobe da jasno osude kršenja ljudskih prava u Rusiji.
Smatramo da je kršenje ljudskih prava u Rusiji zadnjih godina poprimilo zabrinjavajuće razmjere. Ruski je parlament usvojio zakon o zabrani gay ”propagande” donesen radi zaštite konzervativnih vrijednosti, a koji je već doveo do povećanja nasilja prema LGBT osobama. Nakon izglasavanja tog zakona, izglasan je i zakon o zatvorskim kaznama do tri godine radi “vrijeđanja religijskih osjećanja”, temeljem inicijative pokrenute suđenjem članicama benda Pussy Riot. Ruski anti-gay zakon, čiji je tekst ublažen micanjem ekplicitnih izraza “homoseksualne propagande”, uvodi velike novčane kazne za pojedince koji koriste medije ili Internet radi promicanja “netradicionalnih odnosa”. Zakon također predviđa kazne za nedržavljane koji budu optuženi za istu propagandu, a obuhvaća zatvaranje i deportaciju te novčane kazne. Usto, pravo na slobodu izražavanja i okupljanja, u Rusiji je vrlo ograničeno.
U takvom okruženju sljedećih će se dana odvijati Olimpijske igre koje će pratiti cijeli svijet, ali koje također nisu lišene kršenja osnovnih ljudskih i radničkih prava: dok su Olimpijske igre u Sočiju najskuplje Olimpijske igre svih vremena, devedeset posto radnika na olimpijskim građevinama ili uopće nije dobilo plaću ili je dobilo samo jedan dio, javljaju ruske organizacije za ljudska prava.
Zbog ovih je razloga snimanjem spota za pjesmu Katjusha Le Zbor odlučio dati podršku ruskim LGBT aktivisticama i aktivistima. Pjesma Katjusha nastala je 1938. godine, njome su žene ispraćale vojnike koji su se borili protiv nacističkoga okupatora, a talijanski partizani su je prepjevali te je postala simbol otpora od Grčke do Malezije. Spot za Katjushu, u režiji Tomislava Fiketa, snimatelja Jovana Kliska i montažera Frana Sokolića, u Rusiji bi najvjerojatnije bio etiketiran i zabranjen kao gay ”propaganda”. Na taj način, 2014. godine, Katjusha ponovno postaje ruskom budnicom!
“Najvažnija stvar na Olimpijskim igrama nije pobijediti, već sudjelovati, baš kao što ni u životu nije najvažnija pobjeda nego borba”
Pierre De Coubertin
- Le Zbor: Snimanje spota Katjusha ; Ustupila VM
To Russia with love: Le Zbor published a music video expressing solidarity with the LGBT citizens of Russia
On the occasion of the opening of Olympic games in Sochi, Le Zbor, the first lesbian and feminist choir in southeastern Europe, published a video for the song Katjusha, expressing its solidarity with the LGBT citizens of Russia and worldwide.
We call upon all Croatian sportsmen and sportswomen, politicians and all public figures to clearly condemn the violations of human rights in Russia and send a message that the decisions of Russian authorities are inadmissible.
We believe that the violations of human rights in Russia have accrued to concerning proportions. Russia’s parliament has unanimously passed a federal law banning gay “propaganda”, pushed to enshrine deeply conservative values that has already led to a sharp increase in anti-gay violence. Minutes after passing the anti-gay legislation, the parliament also approved a new law allowing jail sentences of up to three years for “offending religious feelings”, an initiative launched in the wake of the trial against the punk band Pussy Riot. Russia’s anti-gay law, whose text was softened to remove explicit referrals to “homosexual propaganda”, introduces high fines for individuals who have used the media or Internet to promote “non-traditional relations”. The bill also says foreigners can be detained for up to 15 days and deported, as well as fined for breaking the law. Enforcement of mentioned laws is enabled also by the bill of unauthorized protests nad public gatherings in Russia.
This is the surrounding in which Olympic games will be held and followed worldwide in the next period, the Games that are not deprived of violations of the basic human and workers rights: although the Games in Sochi turned out to be the most expensive Games in the history, Russian organizations for protecting human rights announced that over 90 percent of construction workers didn’t get payed for their work.
These are the reasons why Le Zbor, with a reputation as a major supporter of human rights and cultural artistic activism, decided to make and publish a video for the Russian song Katjusha. The song was written in 1938. and with it women were saying goodbye to the soldiers who went to fight the Nazi occupiers. Italian partisans adopted the song and it became a symbol of resistance from Greece to Malaysia. The video for Katjusha, directed by Tomislav Fiket, recorded by Jovan Kliska and edited by Fran Sokolić, most probably would be prohibited in Russia as “gay propaganda”. Thus, at the beginning of 2014, Katjusha is again a Russian rousing song!
“The most important thing in the Olympic games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph, but the struggle”
Pierre De Coubertin
[izvor informacije Vesna Mačković]
