Wolemba Ian Cobain, Lekani The War Coalition
Khothi lamilandu lapadziko lonse lapansi lagamula kuti lifufuze za milandu yankhondo limapangitsa dziko la UK kukhala limodzi ndi mayiko monga Central African Republic, Colombia ndi Afghanistan.
Baha Mousa, wolandila alendo ku hotelo yaku Iraq adazunzidwa mpaka kufa ndi asitikali aku Britain mu 2003.
Zonena kuti asitikali aku Britain ndi omwe adayambitsa ziwawa zingapo pambuyo pa kuwukira kwa Iraq ziyenera kuyesedwa ndi khothi lalikulu padziko lonse lapansi (ICC) ku Hague, akuluakulu alengeza.
Khotilo likuyenera kuwunika koyambirira kwa milandu pafupifupi 60 yomwe akuti yakupha anthu mosaloledwa komanso akuti anthu opitilira 170 aku Iraq adazunzidwa ku Britain. lankhondo kusungidwa.
Akuluakulu a chitetezo ku Britain ali ndi chidaliro kuti ICC sidzapita ku siteji yotsatira ndikulengeza kafukufuku wokhazikika, makamaka chifukwa UK ili ndi mphamvu yofufuza milandu yokha.
Komabe, chilengezochi chikusokoneza kutchuka kwa asilikali, chifukwa UK ndi dziko lokhalo lakumadzulo lomwe layang'anizana ndi kufufuza koyambirira ku ICC. Chigamulo cha khoti chimayika UK mu kampani maiko monga Central African Republic, Colombia ndi Afghanistan.
M’mawu ake, bungwe la ICC linanena kuti: “Zidziwitso zatsopano zomwe ofesiyi yalandira zikusonyeza kuti akuluakulu a boma la United Kingdom ali ndi udindo wokhudza milandu yankhondo yokhudza nkhanza za akaidi ku Iraq kuyambira 2003 mpaka 2008.
"Kuwunika koyambilira komwe kwatsegulidwanso kudzawunika, makamaka, milandu yomwe idachititsidwa ndi gulu lankhondo la United Kingdom lomwe lidatumizidwa ku Iraq pakati pa 2003 ndi 2008.
Poyankhapo pa chigamulochi, loya wamkulu wa boma, Dominic Grieve, adati boma likukana kuti pali nkhanza zomwe zidachitika ndi gulu lankhondo la Britain ku Iraq.
"Asilikali aku Britain ndi ena mwa abwino kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi ndipo tikuyembekeza kuti azigwira ntchito bwino kwambiri, mogwirizana ndi malamulo apakhomo ndi mayiko," adatero. "Mwachidziwitso changa ambiri mwa magulu athu ankhondo amakwaniritsa zomwe tikuyembekezera."
Chisoni anawonjezera kuti ngakhale kuti zonenazo "zikufufuzidwa kale" ku UK "boma la UK lakhala, ndipo likupitirizabe kuchirikiza ICC ndipo ndipereka ofesi ya wozenga mlandu chilichonse chomwe chingafunikire kusonyeza kuti chilungamo cha Britain chilipo. kutsatira njira yake yoyenera”.
Kafukufukuyu akutanthauzanso kuti gulu la apolisi ku Britain lomwe limayang'anira zofufuzazo, komanso Service Prosecuting Authority (SPA), yomwe ili ndi udindo wobweretsa milandu yankhondo m'makhothi, ndi Grieve, omwe ayenera kupanga chigamulo chomaliza pa milandu yankhondo m'boma. UK, onse angayembekezere kuyang'anizana ndi kuwunika kochokera ku The Hague.
Kudzangotsala masiku ochepa kuti chisankho cha ku Europe chichitike pomwe chipani cha UK Independence (Ukip) chikuyembekezeka kuchita bwino - mwa zina chifukwa chokayikira za mabungwe aku Europe monga ICC - chigamulo cha khothi chikhoza kuyambitsanso chipwirikiti chandale.
Chigamulo cha mkulu wozenga mlandu ku ICC, Fatou Bensouda, idaperekedwa pambuyo poti dandaulo lidaperekedwa mu Januwale ndi bungwe loyang'anira za ufulu wachibadwidwe la Berlin European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, ndi Birmingham Law firm Maloya Achidwi Pagulu (PIL), yomwe inkayimira banja la Baha Musa, wolandira alendo ku hotelo yaku Iraq anazunzidwa mpaka kuphedwa ndi asitikali aku Britain mu 2003, ndipo kuyambira pamenepo akuyimira amuna ndi akazi ena ambiri omwe anamangidwa komanso kuchitiridwa nkhanza.
Njira yoyeserera koyambirira ingatenge zaka zingapo.
Mtsogoleri wosankhidwa kumene wa SPA, Andrew Cayley QC - yemwe ali ndi zaka 20 akuimba milandu ku makhoti a milandu ya nkhondo ku Cambodia ndi ku The Hague - adanena kuti ali ndi chidaliro kuti ICC idzamaliza kuti UK ipitirize kufufuza milanduyi. .
Cayley adati a SPA "sidzagwedezeka" kuti asazengereze milandu, ngati umboni uvomereza. Ananenanso kuti samayembekezera kuti aliyense wamba - akuluakulu kapena nduna - adzatsutsidwa.
Mlandu uliwonse wankhondo wochitidwa ndi a British servicemen kapena servicewomen ndi mlandu pansi pa malamulo a Chingerezi chifukwa cha Milandu ya International Criminal Court Chitani 2001.
ICC yawona kale umboni wosonyeza kuti asitikali aku Britain adachita ziwawa zankhondo ku Iraq, pomaliza atalandira madandaulo am'mbuyomu ku 2006: "Panali chifukwa chomveka chokhulupirira kuti milandu yomwe khothi idachitidwa, kupha mwadala ndi kuchitira nkhanza.” Pa nthawiyo, khotilo linanena kuti siliyenera kuchitapo kanthu chifukwa panali milandu yochepera 20.
Milandu yambiri yapezeka m'zaka zaposachedwa. Pakadali pano, a Gulu la Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT), bungwe lokhazikitsidwa ndi Unduna wa Zachitetezo kuti lifufuze madandaulo azaka zisanu zankhondo yaku Britain kumwera chakum'mawa kwa dzikolo, likuwunika madandaulo a 52 opha anthu 63 opha anthu 93 ndi milandu 179 yakuzunza. XNUMX anthu. Zomwe akuti kupha anthu mosaloledwa ndi lamulo ndi monga anthu angapo ophedwa ali m'ndende ndipo madandaulo a nkhanza amangoyambira kuzunzidwa pang'ono mpaka kuzunzidwa.
PIL adachotsa milandu za kuphana kosaloledwa chifukwa cha chochitika china, ozimitsa moto mu May 2004 wotchedwa nkhondo ya Danny Boy, ngakhale kuti kafukufuku akupitirizabe kufufuza zonena kuti angapo a zigawenga omwe anatengedwa akaidi panthawiyo anazunzidwa.
Bungwe la ICC liunikanso milandu ina, makamaka ya akaidi akale omwe amakhala ku Iraq.
Pambuyo pa imfa ya Baha Mousa, msilikali m'modzi, corporal Donald Payne, adavomereza kuti anali ndi mlandu wochitira nkhanza akaidi ndipo adatsekeredwa m'ndende chaka chimodzi. Anakhala msilikali woyamba komanso yekhayo wa ku Britain kuvomereza mlandu wankhondo.
Asilikali ena XNUMX analipo kumasulidwa. Woweruzayo adapeza kuti a Mousa ndi amuna ena angapo adamenyedwa kangapo kwa maola 36, koma milandu ingapo idathetsedwa chifukwa cha "kutsekedwa koonekeratu".
The MoD adavomereza kwa Guardian zaka zinayi zapitazo kuti anthu enanso asanu ndi awiri aku Iraq adamwalira ali m'manja mwa asitikali aku UK. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, palibe amene ayimbidwa mlandu kapena kuimbidwa mlandu.
Source: The Guardian
