By John LaForge
Wata Kotun daukaka kara ta kori laifin zagon kasa da aka yanke wa masu fafutukar neman zaman lafiya Greg-Boertje-Obed, na Duluth, Min., da wadanda ake karansa Michael Walli na Washington, DC, da Sr. Megan Rice na birnin New York. Na 6th Kotun Daukaka Kara ta gano cewa masu gabatar da kara na tarayya sun kasa tabbatarwa - kuma "babu wani juriya mai ma'ana da zai iya samu" - cewa ukun sun yi niyyar lalata "kare kasa."
A cikin Yuli 2012, Greg, Michael da Megan sun katse ta cikin shinge hudu kuma sun yi tafiya daidai har zuwa "Fort Knox" na uranium mai daraja, Ƙarfafa Ƙarfafa Uranium Materials Facility a cikin rukunin Y-12 a Oak Ridge, Tenn Uranium da aka sarrafa a can. yana sanya “H” a cikin bama-baman mu. Da sa'o'i uku kafin a gan su, masu lalata makaman nukiliya sun zana "Kaito ga Daular Jini" da sauran taken a kan gine-gine da yawa, suna buga tutoci, kuma sun yi bikin sa'arsu na kama tsarin makaman nukiliya suna barci a kan motar. Sa’ad da wani mai gadi ya yi karo da su, suka miƙa masa burodi.
Tun a watan Mayun 2013 ne aka yanke musu hukuncin daurin rai da rai a gidan yari. Boertji-Obed, mai shekaru 59, da Walli, mai shekaru 66, dukkansu an yanke musu hukuncin watanni 62 a kan kowane hukunci, don yin takara a lokaci guda; da Sr. Megan, mai shekaru 82, an ba shi watanni 35 akan kowane ƙidayar, kuma yana gudana a lokaci guda.
Tambayoyi game da matsayin doka na makaman nukiliya ba a kan daukaka kara ba, amma batun ko Dokar Sabotage ta shafi masu zanga-zangar zaman lafiya wadanda ba su lalata makamai. A yayin gardamar da aka yi ta baka, mai gabatar da kara ya nace cewa manyan mutanen ukun sun “sa baki wajen kare kansu.” Alkalin da’ira Raymond Kethledge ya yi tambaya da kyau, “Da waina?”
Rubutacciyar ra'ayi na kotun, wanda kuma mai shari'a Kethledge, ya yi ba'a game da ra'ayin nuna masu zanga-zangar lumana a matsayin masu zagon kasa, yana mai cewa. "Bai isa gwamnati ta yi magana game da yanke shinge ba..." Dole ne gwamnati ta tabbatar da cewa abin da wanda ake tuhuma ya yi "yana nufin da gangan ko kuma a zahiri yana tsoma baki tare da ikon al'umma na yin yaki ko kare kai daga hari." Greg, Megan da Michael, kotun ta ce, “ba su yi irin wannan ba,” don haka, “gwamnati ba ta tabbatar da waɗanda ake tuhuma da laifin zagon ƙasa ba.” Ra'ayin ya kai ga cewa, "Babu wani alkali mai fa'ida da zai iya gano cewa wadanda ake tuhuma suna da wannan niyya lokacin da suka yanke shinge." Batun ba shi da ban mamaki a cikin abin da ya shafi kai-tsaye na kai-tsaye ga masu gabatar da kara da magudin alkali.
Wani dalilin da ya sa Kotun daukaka kara ta soke hukuncin sabotage shi ne cewa ma'anar shari'ar Kotun Koli na "kare kasa" ba ta da tabbas kuma ba ta da kyau, "ma'anar ma'anar ma'ana mai yawa..." Kotun ta ce tana bukatar ma'anar "mafi mahimmanci" saboda, "rauni". Bayani game da 'muhimmin rawar da wurin ke takawa a cikin tsaron ƙasa' bai isa a hukunta wanda ake tuhuma da yin zagon ƙasa ba. Kuma wannan shi ne duk abin da gwamnati ta bayar a nan." Ma'anar ta kasance gabaɗaya kuma ba ta da tabbas, in ji Kotun, cewa da kyar ta shafi Dokar Sabotage, tun da, "Yana da wuya a tantance abin da ya kai 'tsangwama tare da' ra'ayi gama gari'."
Sake yanke hukunci na iya haifar da "lokacin da aka yi aiki" da saki
Kotun ta dauki ƙarin matakin da ba a saba gani ba na rushe hukuncin gidan yari na duka biyun na zagon ƙasa da kuma lalata-ga-pro.perty hukunce-hukunce, ko da yake ƙarami yana nan. Wannan saboda tsauraran wa'adin gidan yarin da aka bayar na barnar dukiya ya yi nauyi sosai bisa la'akari da hukuncin yin zagon kasa. Sakamakon haka shine za a sake yanke wa masu fafutukar tsatsauran ra'ayi uku hukunci kuma ana iya sake su. Kamar yadda Kotun Daukaka Kara ta ce: "Ya bayyana cewa [hukunce-hukuncen]… saboda hukuncin da aka yanke musu (lalacewar kadarorinsu) zai yi kasa da lokacin da aka riga aka yi su a hannun gwamnatin tarayya."
Idan mai gabatar da kara na gwamnatin tarayya bai kalubalanci koma-bayan kishinsa ba, kuma wata babbar kotun ba ta mayar da 6 din ba.th Shawarar Circuit, za a iya 'yantar da ukun a watan Yuli ko jima.
Babban yanayin inganta sinadarin uranium a Oak Ridge, da kuma raunin da wurin ke da shi ga manyan ’yan ƙasa, ya jawo hankalin kafofin watsa labarai masu yawa game da lamarin, wanda jaridar Washington Post, New Yorker da sauran su suka yi dogon bincike. Matakin, wanda aka fi sani da "Transformation Now Plowshares," ya kuma taimaka gano rashin da'a da rashin gaskiya a tsakanin 'yan kwangilar tsaro a Y-12/Oak Ridge complex. Abin zance da ban mamaki, kusan ta haka ne waɗannan masu fafutuka suka ƙarfafa tsaron ƙasar.
Abin da ya rage bai taka kara ya karya ba shi ne shirin da fadar White House ta yi na kashe dala tiriliyan 1 kan sabbin wuraren kera makamai a cikin shekaru 30 masu zuwa — dala biliyan 35 a shekara tsawon shekaru talatin. Matsayin Babban Ingantattun Kayan Aikin Uranium a cikin wannan samar da Bam - bayyanannen keta yarjejeniyar hana yaduwar makaman nukiliya - an ba shi suna da jini ta hanyar aikin Plowshares, amma kasuwancin H-bam ya ci gaba. Masu zanga-zangar za su sake haduwa a wurin a ranar 6 ga Agusta.
Don ƙarin akan Y-12 da haɓakar makaman, duba Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, OREPA.org.
- John LaForge yana aiki ne don Nukewatch, kungiyar dake sa ido kan makaman nukiliya a Wisconsin, yana gyara jaridar ta Quarterly, kuma ana hada shi ta hanyar PeaceVoice.
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