By Shannon Watch, Janairu 9, 2023
Masu fafutukar neman zaman lafiya Dr Edward Horgan, tsohon Kwamandan Sojoji kuma wanzar da zaman lafiya na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, asali daga Tralee Co Kerry, da Dan Dowling kuma dan asalin Tralee Co Kerry, za a gurfanar da su a gaban kotu a ranar 11 ga Janairu 2023 a Kotun da'ar Dublin. Hakan ya faru ne sakamakon wani lamari da ya faru a filin jirgin sama na Shannon shekaru biyar da watanni tara da suka gabata. Ranar da wannan lamari ya faru shine 25 ga Afrilu 2017, kuma akwai tuhume-tuhume biyu. Laifin na farko da ake zargin shi ne ketare iyaka a filin jirgin sama ya sabawa sashe na 11 na Dokar Shari'a (Public Order) Act, 1994 kamar yadda dokar barasa ta yi gyara, 2008. Na biyu shi ne lalata laifuka ta hanyar rubuta rubutu ga jirgin sojan ruwa na Amurka wanda ya saba wa sashe. 2 (1) Dokar Lalacewar Laifuka, 1991.
Dukkan wadanda ake tuhuma za su wakilci kansu kuma ana sa ran za su gudanar da kwakkwaran kariya ga wadannan tuhume-tuhumen.
Tun daga shekara ta 2001 sama da sojojin Amurka miliyan uku dauke da makamai da kuma yawan makamai, alburusai da sauran kayan aikin soji ana jigilar su ta Shannon, akasari zuwa kuma daga Gabas ta Tsakiya. Amurka ta shiga cikin yake-yake da dama da suka hada da Iraki, Afganistan, Libya, da Syria, da kuma bayar da goyon baya ga yakin Saudiyya a Yemen, da cin zarafi da cin zarafin bil'adama da Isra'ila ke yi kan al'ummar Palasdinu. Amfani da sojojin Amurka na filin jirgin sama na Shannon ya sabawa dokokin kasa da kasa kan rashin tsaka-tsaki da kuma sanya gwamnatin Ireland da hannu cikin keta yarjejeniyar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya kan azabtarwa da yarjejeniyar Geneva kan yaki.
Da yake magana gabanin shari'ar, daya daga cikin masu fafutukar neman zaman lafiya, Edward Horgan, wanda memba ne na Shannonwatch, ya ce "Wannan shari'ar ba ta shafi fasahohin keta dokokin kasa da kasa kadai ba, duk da cewa wadannan suna da muhimmanci. The Criminal Justice (UN Convention Against Torture) Dokar 2000 ta kawo Yarjejeniya ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya Against azabtarwa cikin dokar laifuka ta Irish, da kuma Yarjejeniyar Geneva (gyara) Dokar 1998 kuma ta kawo Yarjejeniyar Geneva a cikin iyakokin dokar Irish.
“Amma mafi mahimmanci, shine gaskiyar cewa mutane kusan miliyan biyar sun rasa hanta saboda dalilai masu alaƙa da yaƙi a Gabas ta Tsakiya tun farkon shekarun 1990. Abin mamaki, yanzu an kiyasta cewa yara miliyan ɗaya za su iya rasa rayukansu saboda waɗannan yaƙe-yaƙe marasa hujja.”
Lokacin da aka kama Edward Horgan a filin jirgin sama na Shannon a ranar 25 ga Afrilu 2017, ya mika babban fayil ga jami'in Garda da aka kama. Ya ƙunshi sunayen yara sama da 1,000 da suka mutu a Gabas ta Tsakiya.
Shari'ar tana gaban alkali kuma ana sa ran za a dauki kwanaki da yawa.
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