Ndi Norman Solomon, Al Jazeera
Boma la US likuyesera kuwononga Chelsea Manning.
Zaka zisanu pambuyo pa kumangidwa kwa Manning, gulu lankhondo lachinsinsi, chifukwa chopereka zidziwitso zachinsinsi ku WikiLeaks, nkhanza za boma zikuyambanso njira ina - gawo la George Orwell, gawo la Lewis Carroll. Koma Chelsea (omwe kale anali Bradley) Manning sanagwere pansi pa dzenje la kalulu. Anatsekeredwa ku Fort Leavenworth, zaka zisanu kukhala m'ndende zaka 35 - ndipo kuti sanakonzekere kumasulidwa mpaka 2045 sikokwanira chilango. Akuluakulu akundende tsopano akumuimba milandu yaing'ono komanso yodabwitsa kuti amuwopseza kuti akakhala yekhayekha kwamuyaya.
Chifukwa chiyani? Zolakwa zomwe akuti zalakwa zikuphatikiza kukhala ndi mankhwala otsukira m'mano atatha tsiku lotha ntchito komanso nkhani ya Vanity Fair yokhala ndi Caitlyn Jenner pachikuto. Ngakhale milandu yonse yophwanya malamulo andende ikapezeka kuti ndi yowona kwa iye watsekedwa kumva lero, chilango chowopsezedwacho n’chopanda nkhanza kwambiri.
Monga katswiri wodziletsa George Will analemba zaka zoposa ziwiri zapitazo, “Akaidi masauzande ambiri a ku ndende za ku America atsekeredwa m’ndende kwa nthawi yaitali moti mosakayikira ndi kuzunzidwa.” M'malo mwake, boma tsopano likuwopseza kuzunza Manning.
Zodabwitsa za mkhalidwewu ndi zopanda malire. Zaka zisanu zapitazo, Manning adasankha kutumiza zinsinsi ku WikiLeaks atazindikira kuti asitikali aku US ku Iraq akupereka akaidi ku boma la Baghdad ndi chidziwitso chonse kuti azunzidwa.
Atamangidwa, Manning adakhala m'ndende yekhayekha kwa gulu lankhondo ku Virginia kwa pafupifupi chaka chimodzi pansi pamikhalidwe yomwe mtolankhani wapadera wa United Nations. apezeka inakhazikitsa “kuchitiridwa nkhanza, kopanda umunthu ndi konyozeka kosagwirizana ndi gawo 16 la msonkhano woletsa kuzunza anthu.” Zina mwa zofalitsa zomwe zangolandidwa m'chipinda cha Manning, zomwe zimawoneka ngati zakunja, panali lipoti lovomerezeka la Senate Intelligence Committee pa kuzunzidwa kwa CIA.
Sabata yatha, Manning anati kuti adakanidwa mwayi wopita ku library yakundendeko kutangotsala masiku ochepa kuti Lachiwiri masana amve mlandu wotseka chitseko zomwe zitha kupangitsa kuti azikhala yekhayekha m'ndende. Nthaŵi yakusamukayi inali yoipitsitsa kwambiri: Anali kukonzekera kudziimira yekha pamlanduwo, umene palibe maloya ake aliyense amene akanaloledwa kupezekapo.
"M'zaka zisanu zomwe adakhala m'ndende, Chelsea idakumana ndi zoopsa komanso nthawi zina zosemphana ndi malamulo," loya wa ACLU a Chase Strangio adatero Lolemba. “Tsopano akuopsezedwanso kuti anyozedwa chifukwa akuti sanalemekeze wapolisi popempha loya ndipo anali ndi mabuku ndi magazini osiyanasiyana omwe ankagwiritsa ntchito podziphunzitsa komanso kudziwitsa anthu za ndale.”
Maukonde othandizira a Manning akhalabe amphamvu kuyambira pomwe adaweruzidwa mu August 2013. Izi zimathandiza kufotokoza chifukwa chake Pentagon ikufunitsitsa kuthetsa ubale wake ndi dziko lakunja. Monga Strangio ananenera, "Thandizoli likhoza kuthetsa kudzipatula kwa iye m'ndende ndikutumiza uthenga kwa boma kuti anthu akuyang'ana ndikuyimilira naye pamene akumenyera ufulu wake ndi mawu ake." Kwa Manning, chithandizo choterocho ndi njira yamoyo.
Chiyambireni nkhani sabata yatha yokhudza kutsekeredwa m'ndende, anthu pafupifupi 100,000 asayina chikalata. pempho lapaulendo mothandizidwa ndi magulu angapo, kuphatikiza Fight for the Future, RootsAction.org, Demand Progress ndi CodePink. "Kuyika munthu aliyense m'ndende yayekha sikungadzikhululukire, ndipo zolakwa zazing'ono ngati izi (chubu chotsukira m'mano chatha ntchito, komanso kukhala ndi magazini?), ndikunyozetsa gulu lankhondo laku America ndi machitidwe ake achilungamo," pempholi likuti. . Ikufuna kuti milanduyo ichotsedwe ndipo mlandu wa Aug. 18 utsegulidwe kwa anthu.
Monga wamkulu wamkulu, Barack Obama sanatsutse zomwe zachitika posachedwa motsutsana ndi Manning monga momwe adachitira pomwe nkhanzazo zidayamba. M'malo mwake, patangopita tsiku lomwe mneneri wa State Department PJ Crowley adanena mu Marichi 2011 kuti chithandizo cha Manning chinali "chopanda pake komanso chopanda pake komanso chopusa," a Obama adavomereza poyera.
Obama adauza msonkhano wa atolankhani kuti "adafunsa Pentagon ngati njira zomwe adatengedwa potengera kutsekeredwa kwake zili zoyenera ndipo zikukwaniritsa zofunikira zathu. Iwo ananditsimikizira kuti alidi.” Purezidenti adayimilira pakuwunikaku. Crowley mwachangu anasiya.
Manning ndi m'modzi mwa akatswiri odziwika bwino m'nthawi yathu ino. Monga adafotokozera mu a mawu zaka ziwiri zapitazo, woweruza atangomuweruza kuti akhale m’ndende zaka XNUMX, “Sizinachitike mpaka pamene ndinali ku Iraq ndikuŵerenga malipoti achinsinsi ankhondo tsiku ndi tsiku pamene ndinayamba kukayikira makhalidwe abwino a zimene tinali kuchita. . Panali panthaŵi imeneyi pamene ndinazindikira kuti [m’zoyesayesa zathu] zolimbana ndi chiwopsezo chimene adani amatipatsa, tinali kuiwala umunthu wathu.”
Ananenanso kuti, "Tidasankha mwanzeru kuti tichepetse moyo ku Iraq ndi Afghanistan ... .”
Mosiyana ndi ena ambiri omwe adawona umboni wofananawo koma adayang'ana mbali ina, Manning adachitapo kanthu molimba mtima kuyimba mluzu kuti omwe anali pamwamba pa zida zankhondo zaku US akuwonabe kuti sangakhululukidwe.
Washington yatsimikiza mtima kupanga chitsanzo cha iye, kuchenjeza ndi kuopseza ena omwe angakhale oimba mluzu. Kuyambira Purezidenti mpaka pansi, mndandanda wa malamulo ukugwira ntchito kuti uwononge moyo wa Chelsea Manning. Tisalole zimenezo kuchitika.
