Wolemba Nonviolence International, Meyi 25, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC/Boujdour, Western Sahara, Meyi 23, 2022 - Nthumwi za amayi aku US omwe ali ndi njira ya JustVisitWestern Sahara akumangidwa ku Western Sahara lero ndi akuluakulu aku Morocco pa Laayoune Airport. Nthumwi za ku America zidaitanidwa ndi azilongo a Khaya omwe akhala akuzingidwa kwanthawi yayitali.
Nthumwi zaku US za azimayi atatu aku US akuphatikizapo Adrienne Kinne, Purezidenti wakale wa Veterans for Peace, Wynd Kaufmyn, pulofesa wapakoleji yapagulu, ndi Laksana Peters, mphunzitsi wopuma pantchito. Akuluakulu aku Morocco adatchulapo nkhawa zachitetezo cha dziko koma sanathe kupereka zifukwa zovomerezeka zokanira alendowa aku US kulowa.
Ngakhale kuti boma la United States lazindikira kuti dziko la Morocco lalanda dziko la Western Sahara mosaloledwa, Dipatimenti ya Boma yakhala ikudandaula mobwerezabwereza za ufulu wa anthu ku Morocco ndi Western Sahara kuphatikizapo kuchitira nkhanza a Khaya Sisters.
Nthumwi za US zikukonzekera kukumana ndi Tim Pluta ndi Ruth McDonough, gulu la nzika za US zomwe zakhala zikukhala ndi alongo a Khaya kuyambira March 15. Ngakhale kuti alipo, asilikali a ku Morocco akupitirizabe kuzunzidwa, kumenyedwa, kuzunzidwa, kumangidwa, kulimbikitsa kudzipatula kwa banjalo, ndikuwopseza anthu ammudzi omwe amapita kunyumba kwa Khaya kapena kufuna kupereka chakudya ndi chithandizo. Sabata yatha, galimoto yayikulu idathyola nyumba yawo katatu ndicholinga chofuna kupha anthu okhalamo kapena kuwononga nyumbayo mwanjira yoti iyenera kutsutsidwa, kupereka chowiringula kuti magulu omwe adakhalapo achotse mokakamiza anthu okhalamo.
Alongo a Khaya ndi omenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe ku Western Sahara omwe amalimbikitsa nkhanza kwa amayi komanso kudziyimira pawokha kwa anthu amtundu wa Saharawi. Iwo akhala akuzingidwa mosalekeza komanso mwankhanza kwa miyezi yopitilira 18.
Wynd Kaufmyn anasonyeza kukhumudwa kwake ndi mkhalidwe wopondereza wa boma la Morocco kwa alendo ndipo anadabwa kuti makampani odzaona malo angapambane motani ndi kusakhulupirirana ndi nkhanza zotere kwa Achimereka. “Ngati tingathe kuchitiridwa motere, mungaganizire momwe akazi aku Saharawi amachitiridwa? Ndawononga ndalama zambiri pa matikitiwa ndipo kungotembenuzidwa popanda kufotokoza n’konyasa.”
Anthu onse aku America omwe akukhudzidwa ndi gawo la mgwirizano waku US wotchedwa Just Visit Western Sahara. Ndi gulu la magulu ndi anthu odzipereka ku mtendere ndi chilungamo, zomwe zakanidwa kwa anthu a Saharawi, kuteteza ufulu wa anthu, kulemekeza malamulo a mayiko, ndi kulimbikitsa anthu a ku America ndi oyendayenda padziko lonse kuti aone kukongola ndi kukopa kwa Western Sahara, ndi kuti adziwonere okha zenizeni za ntchito yaku Morocco.
