Shin ya kamata John Yoo Ya Koyar da Rarraba Mukamai Bayan Koyarwar Shugaban Kasa Haƙƙin raba ku da Gwajinku?

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By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, Janairu 15, 2024

John Yoo ya kasance abin kunya ga jama'a. Ya yi amfani da digirinsa na shari'a don kafa hujja ga Shugaba George W. Bush ya yi duk abin da yake so, ciki har da yaki da azabtarwa, sa ido mara izini da kuma dauri ba bisa ka'ida ba. Yoo ya yi jayayya a bainar jama'a cewa shugaban Amurka (ko aƙalla ɗan Republican) na iya murkushe ƙwayoyin ku idan akwai buƙata.

Yanzu Yoo mai sharhi ne "mai ra'ayin mazan jiya" a cikin kafofin watsa labarai na Amurka kuma yana koyar da ɗaliban UC Berkeley game da "raɓawar iko." (Sarki yana da ikon raba ku da duk abin da yake so?) A bayyane yake ana biyan Yoo rabin dala miliyan a kowace shekara don yin wa'azin fa'idar mulkin kama-karya a jami'ar jihar "mai sassaucin ra'ayi".

Cynthia Papermaster (hoton da ke sama a sama) da CODEPINK a yankin Bay ba su daina yin la'akari da bacin rai na Yoo ba, kuma ba su taɓa daidaita matsayinsu ba don karɓar gyare-gyaren kafofin watsa labarai na kamfanoni na tsofaffin masu laifin yaƙi.

Ga rahoto daga Papermaster kan wani lamari na baya-bayan nan:

"Ba ma son John Yoo" in ji ɗalibin Makarantar Shari'a ta UC wanda ya zo Teburin sayar da gasa na Asusun Tsira na Guantanamo don siyan launin ruwan kasa.

"Oh? Ina tsammanin shi mashahurin farfesa ne?” Na tambaya.

“A’a. Ba zan taba yin class da shi ba,” ta fada da karfi.

Mun ji bambance-bambancen wannan akai-akai a ranar 10 ga Janairu a matakin makarantar mu.

Wannan ita ce cika shekaru 22 da kafa gidan yarin Guantanamo a Cuba. Masu fafutukar CODEPINK Marjorie, Catherine, Adrianne, Peter, Cynthia, Q, da Luck-Key sun dauki hotuna tare da hoton Kusa Guantanamo da ke nuna kwanaki 8036 da aka bude gidan yarin. Mun kasance a Makarantar Shari'a ta Berkeley don bikin bikin, sayar da abubuwa masu daɗi na gida don tara kuɗi don Asusun tsira na Guantanamo, da samun sa hannun kan takardar koke

1) roƙon cewa John Yoo ya ba da gudummawar albashin shekara, kusan $ 500,000, ga asusun kuma
2) kira ga Yu's ƙarar don haɗa kai cikin azabtarwa.

Shin bai kamata marubucin ra'ayoyin shari'a ya ba da haske mai haske don azabtar da "maganganun abokan gaba" ya ji wani alhakin azabtar da fursunonin Guantanamo ba, yawancin waɗanda ba a taɓa tuhumar su da laifuffuka ba kuma duk da haka an tsare su shekaru da yawa a Gitmo?

Daliban sun yi marmarin siyan brownies, kukis da kuki, da kuma sanya hannu kan takardar koke. Mun tara kadan fiye da $100 don Asusun tsira na Guantanamo, kuma ɗalibai kusan 20 sun sanya hannu kan takardar koke.

Mun hadu da wani dalibi wanda dan uwansa tsohon fursuna ne na Guantanamo. Mun sadu da wani ɗalibi wanda ke aiki a Cibiyar 'Yancin Dan Adam a Makarantar Shari'a wanda ke da sha'awar hada kai a kan wani taron kan alhakin azabtarwa. Mun sadu da ɗalibai da yawa waɗanda suka ƙi cewa Farfesa Yoo ya kasance a Makarantar Koyon Shari'a ta UC.

Ruwan sama ya tsaya, rana ce mai kyau, kuma a ƙarshen aikinmu mun je ofishin Dean Chermerinsky don mu tambaye shi ya sami sa hannun John Yoo akan cak na $500,000. Mun bar cak tare da mataimakiyar Erwin kuma ta ce za ta ba Dean tare da bukatarmu. Mahimmanci, a cikin 2014, Dean Chemerinsky ya ce mujallar The Nation cewa ya kamata a tuhumi Yoo da laifi:

"Ina tsammanin ya kamata ya kasance [John Yoo]," in ji Chemerinsky. “Duk wanda ya shirya, duk wanda ya aiwatar, duk wanda ya aiwatar da azabtarwa ya kamata a tuhume shi da laifi. Ta yaya kuma a matsayinmu na al'umma za mu nuna fushinmu? Ta yaya kuma za mu hana shi nan gaba, sai dai ta hanyar gurfanar da masu laifi?”