BUKU MAKNYAH

SUAKA POLITIK

SUAKA POLITIK – Political Asylum

Kedengarannya mungkin agak aneh dan menakutkan. Namun ramai yang sudah melakukannya. Maksudnya mudah: Mendapatkan perlindungan dari negara asing atas dasar mahu memulakan hidup baharu di negara baharu.

Para transgender ramai yang sudah melakukannya, dengan harapan hidup mereka lebih lancar di negara barat yang dirasakan lebih membangun dan terbuka pada hal hal keadilan seksualiti manusia. United Kingdom, America, Findland, Sweeden dan dua tiga negara lain termasuklah Australia. Sudah tentu ianya bukanlah satu proses yang mudah, kerana ianya akan melibatkan urusan urusan borang rasmi, kepilan kepilan bukti bahawa negara asal sudah tidak selamat lagi.

Malaysia adalah negara yang dikatakan tidak selamat untuk para LGBT untuk terus meraikan hidup atas dasar undang undang dan tindakan mahkmah Syariah. Suaka politik 10 tahun yang lepas banyak dipohon atas kepilan kepilan berita tahanan mantan Timbalan Perdana menteri yang terlibat dengan kes sodomi hingga dipenjarakan. Kepilan kepilan lain termasuklah berita berita tangkapan Mak Nyah yang berlaku dalam skala besar dan dirasakan tidak adil.

Namun begitu ada juga Suaka Politik yang dipohon melalui peguam apabila tempoh visa hampir tamat dan si pemohon mahu terus kekal tinggal di negara pilihan yang baharu. Ianya akan melibatkan peguam di negara tersebut dan perlindungan akan diberikan. Namun jangan silap dengan Taraf Keraykatan yang diperolehi secara sah tanpa hal hal suaka politik.

Setakat ini ada ramai para Transnita yang diberikan perlindungan di negara negara eropah. Tanpa sebarang penghakiman, kita mahu mendoakan mereka agar sejahtera dan bertemu dengan kebahagiaan yang dicari. Beban emosi dan fizikal mereka di negara asal sudah tentu tidak sama tanggungannya antara satu sama lain. Mereka pasti ada alasan tersendiri apabila memohon SUAKA POLITIK atau POLITICAL ASYLUM.

Berikut adalah surat terbuka transgender yang berjaya mendapatkan perlindungan:

GRANTED ASYLUM: Allan Eissa

This is so surreal to me but Im happy to announce that after 7 months of constant hustling, making blisters in my shoes, shedding blood and tears, causing heartbreaks and mending them, going to places to be and seeing people that need seeing, IT FINALLY HAS PAID OFF!!!

I have survived the complicated and constantly changing asylum system in the UK and now recognised as a refugee under the 1951 Geneva Refugee Convention. I'm not going into detail of what that means, y'all can do the homework yourself as Ive had enough of it ha.

Anyway, I was apprehensive going into this at first but I obviously has a well-founded fear of persecution in Malaysia due to the fact that I am an openly queer trans* individual and was involved in LGBT activism in Malaysia, both of which put me at risks. But with tremendous support by amazing friends, I braved myself and went for it as otherwise who knows what will happen to me.

I also want to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to my friends who has helped me throughout this long journey. From helping with logistics in Malaysia, taking my stuffs away for safekeeping, managing my letters and paying my unforeseen bills, writing supportive letter, providing me places to stay, gathering resources for my case or just simply listening to me by lending a willing ear, THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart. I don't see any other way I could have done this alone and I am left with surprise and a big heart from the amount of support and LOVE that you all have shown me :'>

P/s: I see my-(unapologetic)-self as an open book, which is why I'm sharing this news with all of my friends. I am not ashamed of any of it, but I am proud of myself for taking control of my life, when the place I was born in doesn't really allow me to do so. That's just me, always had and always will.

Xoxo
- A