ʻOi aku ma mua o 150 mau pūʻulu kuleana, e komo pū me Guantánamo, e hoʻouna i kahi leka iā Pelekikena Biden e koi ana iā ia e pani i ka hale paʻahao ma kāna makahiki 21.

Ke kāhea nei nā poʻe hoʻolaha no ka pani ʻana o Guantánamo ma waho o ka Hale Paʻi ma Ianuali 11, 2023 (Photo: Maria Oswalt for Witness Against Torture).

By ʻO Andy Worthington, Ianuali 15, 2023

Ua kākau wau i kēia ʻatikala no ka "Hoʻopili iā Guantánamo” pūnaewele, aʻu i hoʻokumu ai ma Ianuali 2012, ma ka 10th anniversary o ka wehe ʻana o Guantánamo, me ka loio US ʻo Tom Wilner. E ʻoluʻolu e hui pū me mākou — He leka uila wale nō e koi ʻia e helu ʻia i waena o ka poʻe kūʻē i ka noho mau ʻana o Guantánamo, a e loaʻa i nā mea hou o kā mākou mau hana ma ka leka uila.

Ma Ianuali 11, ka 21st anniversary o ka wehe ʻana o ka hale paʻahao ma Guantánamo Bay, ma luna o 150 mau hui kuleana, me ka Ka Papahana no nā Pono Kumukānāwai, ka Kikowaena no nā pōpilikia o ka hoʻomāinoino, ka ACLU, a me nā pūʻulu pili pili loa me ka hana ʻana o Guantánamo i nā makahiki - Hoʻopili iā Guantánamo, ʻO ka mea kū'ē i ka hoʻopaʻi, A me ka ʻAʻohe Kūlana o ka Honua, no ka laʻana - ua hoʻouna aku i kahi leka iā Pelekikena Biden e koi ana iā ia e hoʻopau hope i ka hana pono ʻole o ka hale paʻahao ma ka pani ʻana i hoʻokahi manawa.

Ua hauʻoli wau i ka liʻiliʻi o ka leka i hoʻopili ʻia i kahi puʻupuʻu pōkole o ka hoihoi media - mai ʻO ka Democracy Nei! a ʻO ke kuʻina, no ka laʻana - akā ke kānalua nei au ua manaʻoʻiʻo nui kekahi o nā hui e pili ana i ka Pelekikena Biden a me kāna alakaʻi e ʻike koke ʻia ua hoʻāla ʻia ko lākou noʻonoʻo pono e ka leka.

ʻO ka mea e pono ai mai ka hoʻokele Biden he hana koʻikoʻi a me ka diplomacy, ʻoiai e hoʻopaʻa i ke kūʻokoʻa o nā kāne 20 i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ʻae ʻia no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana, akā naʻe ke ʻeha nei lākou ma Guantánamo me he mea lā ʻaʻole lākou i ʻae ʻia no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka wā mua. wahi, no ka mea, ua hiki wale mai ko lakou apono ana no ka hookuu ana ma o ka hooponopono hooponopono ana, i loaa ole ke kaumaha kanawai, a me ka mea, apparently, hiki ke koi aku i ka hooponopono ana e lanakila i ko lakou inertia, a e hana me ka decency e hoʻopaʻa i ka hoʻokuʻu koke o kēia mau kanaka.

E like me kaʻu i wehewehe ai i loko he pou ma ka la makahiki, i ʻōlelo ʻia iā Pelekikena Biden a me ke Kakauolelo o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Antony Blinken:

"He lā hoʻomanaʻo hilahila maoli kēia, ʻo nā kumu e hiki ai ke waiho pololei ma kou wāwae. He 20 o na kanaka he 35 i paa i keia manawa, ua aponoia no ka hookuuia ana mai, a ke hoomau nei nae lakou i ka noho ana iloko o kahi limbo hiki ole ke kalaia, aole nae lakou i ike i ka manawa e hookuuia ai lakou.

"O oukou, e na keonimana, pono oukou e lawe i ka hana ma ke kokua ana i ka Ambassador Tina Kaidanow, i kohoia i ke kauwela i hala aku nei e hana i ka noho ana o Guantánamo ma ke Keena Mokuaina, e hana i kana hana, e hooponopono i ka hoihoi ana i na kanaka i hiki ke hoounaia i ka home, a me ka hana ana. me nā aupuni o nā ʻāina ʻē e lawe i kēlā mau kāne i hiki ʻole ke hoʻihoʻi maluhia ʻia, a i pāpā ʻia hoʻi ko lākou hoʻihoʻi ʻana ma o nā kapu i kau ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki e nā poʻe kānāwai Repubalika ma ka National Defense Authorization Act.

"Ua loaʻa iā ʻoe ʻo Guantánamo i kēia manawa, a ke ʻae nei i nā kāne no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana akā ʻaʻole ia e hoʻokuʻu iā lākou, no ka mea e koi ana i kahi hana paʻakikī a me kekahi diplomacy, he mea ʻino a ʻae ʻole."

Aia ka leka ma lalo, a hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa iā ia ma nā pūnaewele o ka Ka Papahana no nā Pono Kumukānāwai a me ka Kikowaena no nā pōpilikia o ka hoʻomāinoino.

ʻO ka leka iā Pelekikena Biden e koi ana i ka pani ʻana o Guantánamo

Ianuari 11, 2023

Peresidena Joseph Biden
ʻO ka Hale Aliʻi
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NE
Washington, DC 20500

E ka Pelekikena Biden:

He hui like ʻole mākou o nā hui ʻaʻole aupuni e hana ana, ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe, e pili ana i nā pilikia e pili ana i nā pono kanaka honua, nā kuleana o nā malihini, ka hoʻoponopono lāhui, a me ka hakakā ʻana i ka hoʻokae kūʻē i ka Muslim. Ke kākau nei mākou e paipai iā ʻoe e hoʻomaka i ka pani ʻana i ka hale paʻahao ma Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka paʻa pūʻali koa mau loa.

Ma waena o ka nui o nā pono kīvila kanaka i hana ʻia e kūʻē i nā kaiāulu Muslim ma mua o ʻelua mau makahiki i hala iho nei, ʻo ka hale paʻahao ʻo Guantánamo - i kūkulu ʻia ma ke kahua pūʻali koa kahi i hoʻopaʻa hewa ʻole ai ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka poʻe mahuka Haitian i nā kūlana pōʻino i nā makahiki 1990 - ʻo ia ke kumu hoʻohālike. o ka haalele ana i ke kanawai.

Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka hale paʻahao ʻo Guantánamo e pale aku i nā kaohi kānāwai, a ua hoʻokomo nā luna hoʻomalu o Bush i ka hoʻomāinoino ma laila.

Ma kahi kokoke i ʻewalu haneli mau kāne a me nā keikikāne Mahometa i mālama ʻia ma Guantánamo ma hope o 2002, ʻo nā mea āpau wale nō me ka uku ʻole a hoʻokolokolo ʻole. He kanakolukumamālima e noho nei ma laila i kēia lā, ma ke kumukūʻai astronomical o $540 miliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki, e hana ana ʻo Guantánamo i ka hale paʻa pipiʻi loa ma ka honua. Hoʻokomo ʻo Guantánamo i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua ʻike lōʻihi ke aupuni o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i nā kaiāulu o ka waihoʻoluʻu - nā kamaʻāina a me nā kamaʻāina ʻole - ma ke ʻano he hoʻoweliweli palekana, i nā hopena pōʻino.

ʻAʻole kēia he pilikia o ka wā i hala. Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Guantánamo i ka piʻi a me ka pōʻino nui i ka poʻe ʻelemakule a me nā kāne maʻi e hoʻopaʻa mau ʻia ma laila, ʻo ka hapa nui me ka uku ʻole a ʻaʻohe mea i loaʻa ka hoʻokolokolo kūpono. Ua hoʻopau pū ʻia ko lākou ʻohana a me nā kaiāulu. Ke hoʻomau nei ke ala a Guantánamo e hōʻike nei i ka hoʻoulu a hōʻoia i ka manaʻo nui, stereotyping, a me ka stigma. Hoʻokumu ʻo Guantánamo i nā māhele lāhui a me ka hoʻokalakupua i ka laulā, a me nā pilikia e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā pono kīwī hou.

Ua hala ka manawa lōʻihi no ka hoʻololi ʻana o ke kai i ka hoʻokokoke ʻana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka palekana ʻāina a me ke kanaka, a me ka helu kūpono me ka nui o ka pōʻino i hana ʻia ma hope o 9/11. ʻO ka pani ʻana i ka hale paʻahao ʻo Guantánamo, ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka paʻa pūʻali koa mau loa o ka poʻe i paʻa ma laila, a ʻaʻole hoʻi e hoʻohana hou i ka pūʻali koa no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻole ʻia ʻana o kekahi pūʻulu o nā poʻe he mau ala kūpono i kēlā mau hopena. Ke koi aku nei makou ia oukou e hana me ka hookaulua ole, a ma ke ano kupono e noonoo ai i ka poino i hanaia i na kanaka i hoopaaia no ka manawa pau ole me ka uku ole a me ka hookolokolo kupono no na makahiki elua.

me ka manao pono,

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