Wolemba Colonel (Wopuma pantchito) Ann Wright, Peace Voice
Pa mlonda wa pa November 20, 2016 kunja kwa zipata za Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, okamba nkhani anatsindika kufunika kokakamiza Purezidenti Obama m'milungu isanu ndi umodzi asanachoke pa udindo wake. January 19, 2017 kuvomereza chifundo kwa woyimbira mluzu wa Asitikali aku US Private First Class Chelsea Manning. Maloya a Manning adapereka Petition for Clemency pa Novembara 10, 2016.
Chelsea Manning wakhala m'ndende kwa zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi ndi theka, atatu m'ndende isanazengedwe mlandu ndipo atatu kuyambira pomwe adaweruzidwa mu 2013 ndi khoti lamilandu lakuba ndi kufalitsa masamba 750,000 a zikalata ndi mavidiyo ku Wikileaks zomwe zafotokozedwa ngati zazikulu kwambiri. kutayikira kwa zinthu zachinsinsi m'mbiri ya US. Manning anapezeka kuti ndi wolakwa pa milandu 20 mwa milandu 22 imene ankaimbidwa, kuphatikizapo kuphwanya lamulo la ukazitape la US.
Manning adaweruzidwa kuti akhale m'ndende zaka makumi atatu ndi zisanu.
Olankhula kulonda kutsogolo kwa Fort Leavenworth anali a Chase Strangio, loya komanso bwenzi la Chelsea; Christine Gibbs, yemwe anayambitsa Transgender Institute ku Kansas City; Dr. Yolanda Huet-Vaughn, yemwe kale anali dokotala wa asilikali a United States amene anakana kupita ku Gulf War I ndipo anazengedwa mlandu m’khoti la asilikali ndipo anaweruzidwa kuti akhale m’ndende miyezi 30, ndipo anakhala miyezi 8 ku Leavenworth; Brian Terrell yemwe anakhala miyezi isanu ndi umodzi m'ndende ya federal chifukwa chotsutsa pulogalamu ya drone ya US ku Whiteman Air Force Base;
Womenyera ufulu wa Peaceworks ku Kansas City komanso loya Henry Stoever; ndi Ann Wright, Colonel wankhondo waku US yemwe adapuma pantchito (zaka 29 ku Army and Army Reserve) komanso kazembe wakale waku US yemwe adasiya ntchito ku 2003 motsutsana ndi nkhondo ya Bush ku Iraq.
Mlondayo adayitanidwa pambuyo poyesanso kachiwiri kudzipha kwa Chelsea mkati mwa ndende yankhondo ya Leavenworth. M’zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi ndi theka zimene wakhala m’ndende, Manning anakhala pafupifupi chaka chimodzi m’ndende yayekha. Kafukufuku wa bungwe la United Nations okhudza kudzipatula ku Quantico Marine base, komwe kumaphatikizapo kukakamizidwa kuvula maliseche usiku uliwonse, adafotokoza kuti anali "wankhanza, wankhanza, komanso wonyozeka."
Mu 2015, Manning adawopsezedwa kuti atsekeredwa m'ndende kachiwiri atayimbidwa mlandu wophwanya malamulo kuphatikiza kusunga chubu la mankhwala otsukira m'mano omwe adatha ntchito m'chipinda chake komanso kukhala ndi buku la zachabechabe Fair. Anthu opitilira 100,000 adasaina chikalata chotsutsa milanduyi. Manning anapezedwa wolakwa koma sanaikidwe payekha; m'malo mwake, adakumana ndi milungu itatu yoletsedwa kupita kumalo ochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi, laibulale, ndi kunja.
Milandu ina iwiriyi inali "katundu woletsedwa" ndi "khalidwe lowopsa." Manning adaloledwa kukhala ndi malowo, loya wake Strangio adati, koma adagwiritsa ntchito m'njira yoletsedwa poyesa kumupha. Sizikudziwika ngati akaidi ena ku Fort Leavenworth angakumane ndi milandu yofananayi pambuyo poyesera kudzipha, kapena ngati "mtundu wa milandu, ndi nkhanza zomwe akuwachitira, ndizopadera kwa iye," adatero Strangio.
Pa July 28, asilikali analengeza ikuganiza zopereka milandu itatu yokhudzana ndi zofuna kudzipha, mwa iwo omwe akuti Manning adakana "gulu loyendetsa ma cell" panthawi yomwe akufuna kudzipha, malinga ndi pepala lovomerezeka. Koma maloya a Manning akuti kasitomala sakanatha kukana chifukwa adakomoka pomwe akuluakulu adamupeza m'chipinda chake kundende ya Fort Leavenworth ku Kansas. Maloya ake ndi Asilikali sanafotokoze momwe adayesera kudzipha.
Atamangidwa mu 2010, woimba mluzu yemwe poyamba ankadziwika kuti Bradley Manning anapezeka ndi matendawa dysphoria, mkhalidwe wachisoni chowopsa chimene chimabwera pamene chizindikiritso cha mwamuna kapena mkazi sichikugwirizana ndi kugonana kwake kobadwa nako. Mu 2015, adasumira Asilikali kuti aloledwe kuyambitsa chithandizo cha mahomoni. Komabe, malinga ndi maloya ake, Asilikali sanachitepo kanthu kuti amuchitire ngati mkaidi wamkazi. "Azindikira kuti kudwala kwake kumangobwera chifukwa cha kukana kuchitira kuti dysphoria ya jenda ngati chinthu chofunikira," adatero loya wake a Chase Strangio.
Woyimira mlandu wa Manning adapereka Petition for Clemency https://www.chelseamanning.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Chelsea-Manning-Commutation-Application.pdf
pa November 10, 2016. Pempho lake la masamba atatu likufunsa kuti Purezidenti Obama avomereze chifundo kuti apatse Chelsea mwayi woyamba wokhala ndi "moyo weniweni, watanthauzo." Pempholi likuti Chelsea sanachitepo zifukwa zowululira zofalitsa zofalitsa nkhani komanso kuti adavomera mlandu povomereza mlandu popanda kupindula ndi mgwirizano womwe maloya ake akuti anali kulimba mtima kwachilendo pamilandu ngati yake.
Pempholi likunena kuti woweruza wankhondo analibe njira yodziwira chomwe chili chilango choyenera komanso choyenera chifukwa panalibe mbiri ya mlanduwo. Kuwonjezera pamenepo, pempholi linanena kuti woweruza wa asilikali “sanayamikire nkhani imene Mayi Manning analakwira. Mayi Manning ndi transgender. Pamene adalowa usilikali, anali, ali wamng'ono, akuyesa kuzindikira malingaliro ake ndi malo ake padziko lapansi," ndipo ambiri mwa asilikali anzake a Ms. "Ngakhale kuti chikhalidwe cha usilikali chakhala bwino kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, zochitikazi zinamusokoneza kwambiri m'maganizo ndi m'maganizo zomwe zinapangitsa kuti aululidwe."
Pempholi limafotokoza kuti kuyambira pomwe Chelsea adamangidwa wakhala akuzunzidwa kwambiri ali m'ndende ya usilikali, kuphatikizapo kutsekeredwa m'ndende kwa chaka chimodzi podikirira kuzengedwa mlandu, ndipo kuyambira pomwe adaweruzidwa, adayikidwa m'ndende yekhayekha chifukwa chofuna kudzipha. Bungwe la United Nations layamba ntchito yolimbana ndi kutsekeredwa m’ndende. Monga momwe kale anali mtolankhani wapadera wa UN pankhani ya chizunzo, Juan Mendez, analongosola kuti, “[kutsekeredwa m’ndende kwa munthu wawekha] kunali mchitidwe woletsedwa m’zaka za zana la 19 chifukwa chakuti unali wankhanza, koma unabwereranso m’zaka makumi angapo zapitazo.”
Pempholi linapempha kuti “Boma limeneli liganizire mmene Mayi Manning anali m’ndende, kuphatikizapo nthawi yofunika kwambiri imene anakhala m’ndende yayekha, monga chifukwa chochepetsera chilango chimene anapatsidwa. Atsogoleri athu ankhondo nthawi zambiri amanena kuti ntchito yawo yofunika kwambiri ndi kusamalira antchito awo, koma palibe msilikali aliyense amene anasamalirapodi Mayi Manning…Ms. Pempho la Manning ndi lomveka - akungopempha kuti agamulidwe kwanthawi yayitali - zotsatira zake zikanamuyikabe pampando chifukwa cholakwira chotere. Adzatsala ndi zotsatira zina zonse za chigamulocho, kuphatikizapo kuchotsedwa ntchito, kuchepetsedwa kwa udindo, komanso kutaya mapindu a msilikali wakaleyo. "
Pempholo likupitiriza kuti, “Boma lawononga chuma chambiri pa mlandu wa Mayi Manning, kuphatikizapo kupitiriza kuzenga mlandu kwa miyezi yaitali zomwe zinachititsa kuti agamule kuti alibe mlandu pa milandu yoopsa kwambiri, komanso kulimbana ndi zimene Mayi Manning akufuna kuti alandire chithandizo. ndi chithandizo cha dysphoria ya jenda. Wakhala zaka zoposa zisanu ndi chimodzi m’ndende chifukwa cha mlandu umene m’makhoti ena onse otukuka ukanachititsa kuti akhale m’ndende kwa zaka zingapo.”
Pempholi lili ndi mawu amasamba asanu ndi awiri ochokera ku Chelsea kupita ku board omwe amafotokoza chifukwa chake adawulula zambiri zamtundu wamtundu komanso dysphoria yake ya jenda. Chelsea adalemba kuti: "Zaka zitatu zapitazo ndidapempha chikhululukiro chokhudzana ndi chigamulo changa chowululira zidziwitso zodziwika bwino komanso zina zodziwika bwino kwa atolankhani chifukwa chodera nkhawa dziko langa, anthu wamba osalakwa omwe miyoyo yawo idatayika chifukwa cha nkhondo, komanso kuthandiza awiri. Mfundo zomwe dziko lathu limaona kuti ndizofunikira - kuchita poyera komanso kuyankha pagulu. Pamene ndikulingalira za pempho lachikhulupiriro lapitalo ndikuopa kuti pempho langa silinamvetsetsedwe.
Monga ndinafotokozera woweruza wa asilikali amene anatsogolera mlandu wanga, ndiponso monga ndachitira
ndibwerezanso m'mawu ambiri agulu kuyambira pomwe zolakwazi zidachitika, ndimakhala ndi udindo wonse pa chisankho changa choululira anthu. Sindinaperekepo zifukwa zilizonse chifukwa cha zomwe ndinachita. Ndinavomera mlanduwo popanda kutetezedwa chifukwa ndimakhulupirira kuti gulu lankhondo likamvetsetsa chifukwa chake ndikuwululira ndikundiweruza mwachilungamo. Ndinali wolakwa.
Woweruza wa asilikali anandigamula kuti ndikhale m'ndende zaka makumi atatu ndi zisanu - kuposa momwe ndikanaganizira, popeza panalibe mbiri yakale ya chilango choopsa chotero pansi pa mfundo zofanana. Ondithandizira komanso aphungu azamalamulo adandilimbikitsa kuti ndipereke pempho londimvera chisoni chifukwa amakhulupirira kuti kuweruzidwa komweko komanso chigamulo chomwe sindinakhalepo nacho kunali kosamveka, konyansa komanso kosagwirizana ndi zomwe ndidachita. Ndili ndi mantha, ndinapempha kuti andikhululukire.
Ndikhala pano lero ndikumvetsetsa chifukwa chomwe pempholi silinagwire ntchito. Panali posachedwa, ndipo mpumulo wopemphedwa unali wochuluka kwambiri. Ndikadadikirira. Ndinafunika nthawi yoti nditengere kukhudzikako, ndi kuganiziranso zochita zanga. Ndinkafunikanso nthawi kuti ndikule komanso kukhwima mwauzimu.
Ndakhala m'ndende kwa zaka zopitilira zisanu ndi chimodzi - motalika kuposa aliyense amene akuimbidwa mlandu
milandu yofananayo idakhalapo. Ndakhala maola ambiri ndikubwereza zochitikazo, ndikunamizira kuti sindinaulule zinthuzo ndiye kuti ndinali waulere. Izi ndi zina chifukwa cha nkhanza zomwe ndakhala ndikukumana nazo nditakhala m'ndende.
Asilikali ananditsekera m’chipinda chandekha kwa pafupifupi chaka chimodzi asanandiimbe mlandu. Zinali zochitika zochititsa manyazi ndi zonyozeka - zomwe zinasintha malingaliro anga, thupi ndi mzimu wanga. Ndakhala m'ndende yandekha ngati njira yolangira munthu yemwe akufuna kudzipha ngakhale akuyesetsa kwambiri - motsogozedwa ndi Purezidenti wa United States- kuyimitsa kutsekeredwa m'ndende pazifukwa zilizonse.
Zokumana nazo izi zandiphwanya ndikundipangitsa kudzimva kuti ndine wocheperako kuposa munthu.
Ndakhala ndikumenyera zaka zambiri kuti ndichitidwe mwaulemu ndi ulemu; nkhondo yomwe ndikuyiopa yatayika. Sindikumvetsa chifukwa chake. Ulamulirowu wasintha gulu lankhondo posintha mawu akuti "Musafunse Osauza" komanso kulowetsa amuna ndi akazi omwe asinthana ndi amuna m'gulu lankhondo. Ndikudabwa kuti ndikanakhala chiyani ngati ndondomekozi zitakhazikitsidwa ndisanalowe usilikali. Kodi ndikanalowa nawo? Kodi ndingakhale ndikugwirabe ntchito yokhazikika? Sindinganene motsimikiza.
Koma chimene ndikudziwa n’chakuti ndine munthu wosiyana kwambiri ndi mmene ndinalili mu 2010. Sindine Bradley Manning. Sindinakhalepo. Ndine Chelsea Manning, mzimayi wonyada yemwe ndi wa transgender ndipo, kudzera mu pulogalamuyi, akupempha mwaulemu mwayi woyamba m'moyo. Ndikukhumba ndikanakhala wamphamvu ndi wokhwima mokwanira kuti ndizindikire izi panthawiyo. "
Zinanso ndi makalata ochokera kwa Colonel Morris Davis, yemwe kale anali Woimira Boma pa Milandu ya Asilikali ku Guantanamo kuyambira 2005 mpaka 2007 ndipo anasiya ntchito m'malo mogwiritsa ntchito umboni wozunzidwa. Analinso mtsogoleri wa US Air Force Clemency Board ndi Parole Program.
M'kalata yake yamasamba awiri, Colonel Morris adalemba kuti, "PFC Manning adasaina mapangano achitetezo omwe ndidachita ndipo pali zotulukapo zophwanya mapanganowo, koma zotsatira zake ziyenera kukhala zachilungamo, zachilungamo komanso zofananira ndi zovulaza. Cholinga chachikulu cha chilungamo cha usilikali ndikusunga dongosolo labwino ndi mwambo, ndipo gawo lalikulu la izi ndikuletsa. Sindikudziwa msilikali, woyendetsa ngalawa, woyendetsa ndege kapena Marine yemwe amayang'ana zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi zowonjezera PFC Manning adatsekeredwa ndikuganiza kuti akufuna kuchita malonda. Iyi ndi nthawi yomwe PFC Manning anatsekeredwa m'ndende ku Quantico pazifukwa zomwe Mtolankhani Wapadera wa UN on Torture amatchedwa "wankhanza, wankhanza komanso wonyozeka" ndipo zomwe zidapangitsa kuti wolankhulira dipatimenti ya State PJ Crowley atule pansi udindo (Colonel, US Army, adapuma pantchito). atatcha chithandizo cha PFC Manning “chopanda pake komanso chopanda phindu komanso chopusa. Kuchepetsa chilango cha PFC Manning kukhala zaka 10 sikungapangitse aliyense wogwira ntchito kuganiza kuti chilangocho ndi chopepuka kotero kuti kungakhale koyenera kuchita nawo pachiwopsezo mumikhalidwe yofananira. ”
Kuonjezera apo, pali malingaliro a nthawi yaitali mu gulu lankhondo la chithandizo chosiyana. Mawu omwe ndidawamva mobwerezabwereza kuyambira pomwe ndidalowa gulu lankhondo la Air Force mu 1983 mpaka pomwe ndidapuma pantchito mu 2008 anali "zosiyana siyana zamagulu osiyanasiyana." Ndikudziwa kuti ndizosatheka kufananiza milandu, koma moyenerera kapena molakwika pali malingaliro oti akuluakulu ankhondo ndi akuluakulu aboma omwe amawulula zambiri amapeza mapangano a sweetheart pomwe ogwira ntchito achichepere amamenyedwa. Pakhala pali milandu yayikulu kuyambira pomwe PFC Manning idaweruzidwa kuti izithandizira kupititsa patsogolo lingalirolo. Kuchepetsa chigamulo cha PFC Manning kukhala zaka 10 sikungathetse malingalirowo, koma kubweretsa gawo loyandikira kwambiri. "
Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg adalembanso kalata yomwe ili m'gulu lazopempha. Ellsberg analemba kuti chinali chikhulupiriro chake cholimba kuti PFC Manning "inaulula zinthu zachinsinsi pofuna kudziwitsa anthu a ku America za kuphwanya kwakukulu kwa ufulu wa anthu kuphatikizapo kuphedwa kwa anthu osalakwa ndi asilikali a United States ku Iraq. Amayembekeza kuyambitsa zokambirana m'magulu athu a demokalase okhudza kupitiliza kwa nkhondo yomwe amakhulupilira kuti inali yolakwika komanso ikupangitsa kuti anthu aziphwanya malamulo…. Manning watumikira kale zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi. Izi zatalika kuposa munthu wina aliyense woloza mbiri ya United States.”
Kalata yochokera kwa Glenn Greenwald, loya wakale waku New York komanso mtolankhani ku Kulimbikira, yemwe wafotokoza kwambiri nkhani za kuyimba mluzu, ufulu wa atolankhani, kuwonekera, kuyang'anira ndi National Security Agency (NSA) adaphatikizidwanso mu Petition for Clemency. Greenwald analemba kuti:
"Chochititsa chidwi, zovuta za Chelsea pazaka zingapo zapitazi zalimbitsa khalidwe lake. Nthawi zonse ndikalankhula naye za moyo wake wandende, sanena chilichonse koma chifundo ndi kumvetsetsa ngakhale kwa oyang'anira ndende. Alibe mkwiyo ndi madandaulo omwe ali ofala ngakhale pakati pa omwe ali ndi moyo wodalitsika, osasiyapo omwe akukumana ndi kusowa kwakukulu. Ndizovuta kukhulupirira kwa omwe samamudziwa Chelsea- komanso kwa ife omwe timamudziwa koma atakhala nthawi yayitali m'ndende, amakhala wachifundo komanso wodera nkhawa ena.
Kulimba mtima kwa Chelsea kumawonekera. Moyo wake wonse- kuyambira kulowa usilikali chifukwa cha udindo ndi chikhumbo; kuchita zomwe amaziwona ngati kulimba mtima ngakhale kuwopsa; kutuluka ngati mkazi wodutsa ngakhale ali m'ndende ya usilikali- ndi umboni wa kulimba mtima kwake. Sikokokomeza kunena kuti Chelsea ndi ngwazi, ndipo yalimbikitsa, mitundu yonse ya anthu padziko lonse lapansi. Kulikonse komwe ndikupita kudziko lapansi kukakamba nkhani zowonekera, zolimbikitsa komanso zotsutsana, anthu odzazidwa ndi achichepere ndi achikulire amayamba kuwomba m'manja mosadukiza ndi kutchula dzina lake. Ndiwolimbikitsa makamaka kwa LGBT m'maiko ambiri, kuphatikiza omwe kukhala amuna kapena akazi okhaokha, makamaka trans, ndikowopsa. "
Purezidenti Obama akusiya udindo mu masabata asanu ndi limodzi. Tikufuna ma signature 100,000 kuti tipeze pempho la anthu pamaso pa Purezidenti Obama kuti avomereze pempho la Chelsea Clemency. Tili ndi osayina 34,500 lero. Tikufuna enanso 65,500 December 14 kuti pempho lipite ku White House. Chonde onjezani dzina lanu! https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/commute-chelsea-mannings-sentence-time-served-1
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