Ndi David Vine
Olivier Bancoult ndi anthu othamangitsidwa a Chagossian akufunika thandizo lanu! Olivier Bancoult, wapampando wa Chagos Refugees Group, adzayendera United States kumapeto kwa Epulo kuti akafunse kuti boma la Obama lithandizire ufulu wa Chagossia kubwerera kudziko lawo. Olivier akufunika thandizo lanu kuti ulendowu ukhale wotheka ndikuthandizira kumenyera chilungamo kwa anthu ake.
Kwa zaka zoposa 40, Olivier ndi a Chagossia ena akhala akukhala ku ukapolo. Pakati pa 1968 ndi 1973, maboma a US ndi Britain adachotsa anthu onsewa mdziko lakwawo mokakamiza pomanga gulu lankhondo la US pachilumba cha Chagossia cha Diego Garcia. Maboma a US ndi Britain adathamangitsa anthu a Chagossia monga Olivier mtunda wa makilomita 1,200 kupita kumidzi ya kumadzulo kwa zilumba za Indian Ocean ku Mauritius ndi Seychelles, kuwasiya opanda kanthu.
Chiyambireni kuthamangitsidwa kwawo, a Chagossia akhala akukhala muumphawi ndipo akuvutika kuti abwerere kudziko lakwawo ndikupeza malipiro oyenera pa zonse zomwe adakumana nazo. Kwa zaka zambiri, Olivier Bancoult wakhala akutsogolera nkhondo ya Chagossia monga mpando wa Chagos Refugees Group. Pokwaniritsa lonjezo kwa amayi ake, Olivier wayenda padziko lonse lapansi ndi lamulo losavuta: "Tiyeni tibwerere!"
Olivier wapeza mbiri yapadziko lonse lapansi chifukwa chotsogolera anthu ake kupambana katatu pa boma la Britain pamilandu yomwe idagamula kuti kuthamangitsidwa kwa Chagossia kunali koletsedwa. Ngakhale kuti zigonjetsozo zinathetsedwa ndi chigamulo cha 3-2 ku House of Lords, Olivier akupitiriza kutsogolera nkhondo ya Chagossia yalamulo ndi ndale ku London ndi ku Ulaya konse; ku Washington, DC; ku United Nations; komanso pamabwalo ambiri apadziko lonse lapansi.
2015 ndi chaka chovuta kwambiri kwa a Chagossia: Posachedwapa, kafukufuku wa boma la Britain adapeza kuti palibe cholepheretsa kuti a Chagossia akhazikitsenso zilumba zawo - zomwe maboma a US ndi UK adatsutsa kwa zaka zambiri. Maboma awiriwa ayambanso kukambirana za mgwirizano wobwereketsa ku US maziko a Diego Garcia, ndikupereka mwayi wotsimikizira kuti a Chagossia ali ndi ufulu wobwerera mu lendi yatsopanoyi.
Mothandizidwa ndi anthu ngati inu, Olivier adzayendera United States April 19-26 kuti apange chithandizo cha nkhondo ya Chagossia. Ku Washington, DC, Olivier adzakumana ndi mamembala a Obama Administration ndi Congress kuti afunse boma la US kuti lizindikire ufulu wa Chagossia wobwerera ndikuthandizira kukhazikikanso. Ku New York City, Olivier adzapita ku United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues ndikupempha thandizo la nthumwi za UN.
Gulu la Chagos Refugees Group lilibe ndalama zothandizira ulendo wa Olivier. Othandizira alowa m'ngongole kuti angolipira matikiti a ndege a Olivier. Tikufuna thandizo lanu kuti tilipire mtengo waulendo wandege ($1,700) ndi kulipirira maulendo a Olivier ($350), chakudya ($350), ndi ndalama zina ($100) ku US. Ndalamazo zidzapita ku akaunti yakubanki yaku US ya David Vine, m'modzi mwa okonza. David wakhala akugwira ntchito ndi Olivier ndi Chagossians kuyambira 2001 ndipo adzalipira ngongole ya ndege ndi ndalama zina za Olivier. Ndalama zilizonse zomwe zasonkhanitsidwa kupyola cholinga chathu kapena zotsalira pambuyo paulendo zidzapita mwachindunji ku Chagos Refugees Group.
Olivier, a Chagossia, ndi gulu lomwe likukula padziko lonse lapansi likufunika thandizo lanu! Chonde thandizirani ulendo wa Olivier wopita ku United States ndikukhala gawo lothandizira a Chagossia kubwerera kwawo ku 2015!
Kuti mumve zambiri za a Chagossia, onerani kanemayu yemwe adapangidwa ngati gawo la kampeni yomwe idathandizira kulimbikitsa padziko lonse lapansi pamasewera a World Cup chilimwe chatha: https://vimeo.com/97411496
Kuti mudziwe zambiri:
· Chagos Refugees Group: http://chagosrefugeesgroup.org/
· Onerani lipoti la “60 Mphindi” (12 min): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxVao1HnL1s
· Onerani “Kuba Mtundu” wa John Pilger (56 min): http://johnpilger.com/videos/stealing-a-nation
· UK Chagos Support Association: http://www.chagossupport.org.uk/
· US Chagos Support Association: https://www.facebook.com/uschagossupport
· Mbiri: http://www.chagossupport.org.uk/background/history
· Nkhani Zankhani: http://www.theguardian.com/world/chagos-islands
· Island of Shame: Mbiri Yachinsinsi ya US Military Base pa Diego Garcia: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9441.html
