Iko Kuenderera Uye Kusingachinjiki Kutambudzwa KwaJulian Assange

NaAndy Worthington, Gunyana 10, 2020

From Kuda Kuramba

Kurwira kwakakosha kwakanyanya kwerusununguko rwevatori venhau kuri kuitika muOld Bailey muLondon, uko, nemusi weMuvhuro, mavhiki matatu ekunzwa kwakatanga maererano nehurongwa hwekudzoserwa kuUS kwaJulian Assange, muvambi weWikiLeaks. Muna 2010 na2011, WikiLeaks yakaburitsa zvinyorwa zvakaburitswa nenhengo inoshandira yemauto eUS - Bradley, ava Chelsea Manning - akafumura. humbowo hwemhosva dzehondo yakazvipira neUS uye, mune yangu nzvimbo chaiyo yehunyanzvi, Guantánamo.

Zvakazarurwa zveGuantánamo zvaive mumafaira akapatsanurwa emauto zvine chekuita neanenge makumi manomwe evarume mazana mapfumbamwe nemakumi mapfumbamwe nemapfumbamwe akabatwa mutirongo nemauto eS kubva zvaakavhura muna Ndira 779, iyo, kekutanga, yakaratidza pachena kusavimbika kwakanyanya kunofungidzirwa humbowo hunopokana nevasungwa. yaive, yakawanda yacho yainge yaitwa nevasungwa vanga vataura zvisirizvo zvakawanda pamusoro pevamwe vasungwa. Ini ndakashanda neWikiLeaks semubatsiri wezvekuburitswa kwemafaira eGuantánamo, uye pfupiso yangu yekukosha kwemafaira inogona kuwanikwa muchinyorwa chandakanyora pazvakatanga kuburitswa chakanzi, WikiLeaks Inoburitsa Chakavanzika Mafaera eGuantánamo Mafaira, Inofumura Kuvharirwa Kwemutemo seConstruct Yenhema.

Ini ndinofanira kuwedzera kuti ndiri mumwe wevapupuri vevadziviriri, uye ndichave ndichimira mudare dzimwe nguva mukati memavhiki mashoma anotevera kuti ndikurukure nezvekukosha kwemafaira eGuantánamo. Ona ichi chinyorwa naKevin Gosztola weShadadowproof kunyora avo vari kutora chikamu, vanosanganisira Muzvinafundo Noam Chomsky, Jameel Jaffer, director director we Knight First Amendment Institute kuColumbia University, vatori venhau John Goetz, Jakob Augstein, Emily Dische-Becker naSami Ben Garbia, magweta Eric Lewis naBarry Pollack, naDr.Sondra Crosby, chiremba uyo akaongorora Assange achiri muEcuadorian Embassy, ​​kwaakagara kwemakore anoda kusvika manomwe mushure mekukumbira hupoteri mu2012.

Mhosva yekuzvidzivirira (ona pano uye pano) uye nenyaya yekutonga (ona pano) akaitwa kuti awanikwe ne Mabhiriji eMedia Freedom, iyo "inoshanda kudzidzisa veruzhinji uye vane chekuita nevakuru nezvekutyisidzira rusununguko rwevhepfenyuro munzvimbo dzese dzanhasi dzedhijitari," uye sangano riri kuunza zviripo zvapupu sezvazviri kana zvapupu zvikaonekwa - kusvika parizvino, purofesa weUS wekutepfenyura Maka Feldstein (ona pano uye pano), Gweta Clive Stafford Smith, muvambi weRudziro (ona pano), Paul Rogers, purofesa wezvidzidzo zverunyararo paBradford University (ona pano), uye Trevor Timm weRusununguko rweVatori venhau Foundation (ona pano).

Kunyangwe zvese izvi - uye mavhiki ehuchapupu humbowo huchauya - chokwadi chakatsiga ndechekuti idzi kunzwa hakufanirwe kunge kuchiitika zvachose. Mukuburitsa pachena zvinyorwa zvakaburitswa naManning, WikiLeaks yaishanda semuparidzi, uye, nepo hurumende zviri pachena kuti dzisingade humbowo huri kuburitswa maererano nezvakavanzika zvavo nemhosva, kumwe kwekutsanangudza kusawirirana pakati penzanga inonzi yakasununguka nehudzvanyiriri ndeyekuti , munharaunda yakasununguka, avo vanoburitsa zvakaburitswa zvinyorwa zvinotsoropodza hurumende dzavo havarangwe nenzira dzepamutemo dzekuzviita. MuUS, iyo Yekutanga Amendment kune iyo US Bumbiro, iyo inovimbisa yemahara kutaura, inoitirwa kudzivirira izvo zviri kuitika parizvino panyaya yaJulian Assange.

Pamusoro pezvo, mukutsikisa magwaro akaburitswa naManning, Assange neWikiLeaks vaisashanda vega; pachinzvimbo, vakashanda padhuze nemapepanhau ane mbiri, kuitira kuti, kana nyaya yaizoitwa yekuti Assange neWikiLeaks vaiita zvemhosva, saka vaparidzi nevapepeti New York Times, ivo Washington Post, ivo muchengeti uye mamwe mapepanhau kutenderera pasirese akashanda naAssange pakuburitswa kwemagwaro aya, sekutsanangura kwandakaita Assange paakatanga kusungwa nekupomerwa gore rapfuura, muzvinyorwa zvakanzi, Dzivirira Julian Assange uye WikiLeaks: Press Rerusununguko Runoenderana Nezvo uye Misa Kuwedzeredza: Kana Julian Assange Ane Mhosva YeEppionage, Saka Zvakarewo iyo New York Times, iyo Guardian uye Akawanda Mamwe Midhiya, uye, muna Kukadzi gore rino, mune chinyorwa chakanzi, Kufona kweVazhinji veMedia kuti Vadzivirire Vezvenhau Rusununguko uye Kupokana neZvakatemerwa Kuwedzeredzwa kwaJulian Assange kuUS..

Sangano reUS rekufungidzira Assange mutemo weEspionage we1917, wakashoropodzwa zvakanyanya. Chirevo muna2015 nePEN American Center yakawanikwa, se Wikipedia akatsanangura, kuti "vangangoita vamiriri vese vasiri vehurumende vavakabvunzurudza, kusanganisira vanoita zvematongerwo enyika, magweta, vatori venhau uye varidzi vemiridzo, 'vakafunga kuti Espionage Act yakanga yashandiswa zvisina kukodzera mumatare anodonhedza ane chekuita neruzhinji.'" Seizvo PEN yakatsanangura, " nyanzvi dzakaritsanangura se'chiridzwa chisina kujeka, '' chine hukasha, chakafara uye chinodzvinyirira, '' chishandiso chekutyisidzira, '' kutonhora kwekutaura wakasununguka, 'uye' mota isina kunaka yekumhan'arira vanonyorera nevanoridza muridzo. '”

Mutungamiri Obama vanga vafunga kutsvaga kukwidziridzwa kwaJulian Assange, asi vakagumisa nenzira kwayo kuti kuita izvi kwaizoita kurwisana kusati kwamboitika uye kusingagamuchirwe parusununguko rwevatori venhau. Sekutsanangura kwakaita Charlie Savage mune New York Times apo Assange akapomerwa, hutongi hwaObama hwainge "hwayera kubhadharisa VaAsange, asi vakaramba danho iri nekutya kuti raizotapurisa utapi venhau hwekuferefeta uye raigona kurohwa serinopesana nebumbiro remutemo."

VaDonald Trump nehutungamiriri hwavo, zvisinei, vaive vasina kunyunyuta kwakadai, uye pavakafunga kuenderera nechikumbiro chekutora Assange, hurumende yeBritain yakabvumira kuzvidza kwayo muvambi weWikiLeaks kudarika zvaifanira kuve kuzvidzivirira kwadzo kwerusununguko rwevezvenhau shambadzai zvinhu zvinowirirana, asi kuti hurumende dzingangoda kuburitswa, sechikamu chekushanda kwakakodzera kwenzanga inoziva kudiwa kwekutarisa uye zviyero pasimba rakazara, munhau munogona, uye vanofanira kutamba chikamu chikuru .

Kunyangwe paine kurwiswa kuri pachena parusununguko rwevatori venhau hunomirirwa nenyaya yeAsange, hurumende yeUS - uye, pamwe, vatsigiri vayo muhurumende yeBritain - vari kunyepedzera kuti zviri kunyatsoitika inyaya yekuita mhosva kwaAssange mukuchengetedza ruzivo rwacho. yakazoburitswa, uye kushaya hanya nekuchengetedza kwevanhu mumafaira ane mazita akaziviswa.

Yekutanga yemhosva idzi, yakavhurwa pazuva rakasungwa Assange (Kubvumbi 11 gore rakapera), akapomerwa kuti akaedza kubatsira Manning kubira komputa yehurumende kuti asabatwa, mhosva yaive nemutongo wemakore mashanu, iyo yaive chaizvo yakaverengerwa mukutongwa kwaManning.

Zvisinei, mhosva dzevasori gumi nenomwe dzakafukidza nharaunda nyowani, "yakatariswa," sekutsanangura kwaCharlie Savage, "pane mashoma mafaera aive nemazita evanhu vakapa ruzivo kuUnited States munzvimbo dzine njodzi senge nzvimbo dzehondo dzeAfghanistan neIraq. , uye nyika dzine chiremera dzakadai seChina, Iran neSyria. ”

Sekuwedzera kwaSavage, "Humbowo hwakaiswa mudare raVaAssange hwakapihwa pamashoko akapihwa vachuchisi vematare mukutongwa kwakaitwa Muzvare Manning muna 2013. Muchuchisi munyaya yake akataurawo kuti maitiro ake akaisa panjodzi kuvanhu vane mazita akaburitswa mumagwaro pakaburitswa VaAsange, kunyangwe vasina kupa humbowo hwekuti munhu akaurayiwa.

Iyo yekupedzisira pfungwa inofanirwa, zvirokwazvo, kuve yakakosha, asi Savage akataura kuti mukuru weDhipatimendi rezvemitemo "akaramba kutaura kana humbowo hwakadai huripo, asi akasimbisa kuti vachuchisi vaizofanira kuratidza kudare chete zvavanotaura mugwaro rekupomera: iro bhuku kuisa vanhu munjodzi. ”

Kana akaendeswa uye akabudirira kutongwa, Assange anotarisana nemutongo wemakore zana nemakumi masere nemashanu, izvo zvinondirova sekunyanyisa kwe "kuisa vanhu munjodzi," asi zvese zvese nezvenyaya iyi zvakawandisa, kwete zvishoma nenzira iyo hurumende yeUS inonzwa kuve nekodzero chinja mirau pese painoda.

MunaJune, semuenzaniso, iyo US yakasiya chikumbiro chiripo ndokutumira imwe nyowani, iinezve zvirevo zvekuti Assange akaedza kutora vamwe vabiridzi - sekunge kuendesa mhosva yekumhan'arira seiyi kwaive hunhu chaihwo, kana chiri chinhu asi.

Kutongwa kwekudzoserwa pakatanga neMuvhuro, Mark Summers QC, rimwe remagweta aAssange, akasheedza kuunzwa kweyekupomerwa mhosva "zvisina kujairika, zvisina tsarukano uye zvine mhosva yekukonzera kusarongeka chaiko." Sezvo iyo muchengeti akatsanangura, Summers akati izvo zvekuwedzera zvinyorwa "zvaive zvabuda kunze kwebhuruu," uye "zvakaburitsa zvimwe zvinopomerwa zvematsotsi izvo zvaizviti zvega zvingave zvikonzero zvakasiyana zvekudzoserwa, sekuba data kubva kumabhangi, kuwana ruzivo rwekutevera mota dzemapurisa. , uye vanonzi 'vaibatsira muridzi wemiridzo [Edward Snowden] kuHong Kong.' ”

Sezvo Summers akaenderera mberi achitsanangura, "Ichi chikumbiro chitsva chekudzoserwa," akadaro, akadaro, "chakapihwa muchiziviso chipfupi panguva iyo Assange 'akarambidzwa' kutaura nemagweta ake." Akataura zvakare kuti Assange nemagweta ake vaitenda kuti zvakawedzerwa zvakaunzwa uye chiito chekupererwa, nekuti "veUS vakaona kusimba kwenyaya yekuzvidzivirira vakafunga kuti vachakundwa." Akakumbira Mutongi Vanessa Baraitser kuti 'abvise' mari kana kuti abvise mhosva dzavaipomerwa dzekuAmerica, "uye akatsvaka kunonotsa kutongwa kwenyaya iyi, asi Mutongi Baraitser akaramba.

Zvichasara kuti zvionekwe kana, sezvo nyaya ichienderera mberi, avo vanodzivirira Assange vanogona kugona kunyengetedza mutongi kuti arambe chikumbiro cheUS chekudzosera. Zvinoratidzika kunge zvisingaite, asi chinhu chakakosha muchibvumirano chekudzora ndechekuti icho hachifanirwe kuve chemhosva dzezvematongerwo enyika, kunyangwe hazvo zviri izvo zvinoita hurumende yeUS kunge iri kudaidzira, kunyanya kuburikidza nekushandisa kwayo Espionage Act. Sekutsanangura kwakaita rimwe remagweta aAssange, Edward Fitzgerald QC, mudare redziviriro, iro raakanyora, kumhan'arira Assange kuri "kutevedzwa nekuda kwezvematongerwo enyika uye kwete mukutenda kwakanaka".

Sezvaakaramba achitsanangura Kuwedzeredzwa kwemhosva yezvematongerwo enyika kwakanyatsorambidzwa nechinyorwa 4 (1) chechibvumirano chekutapa kweAnglo-US. Naizvozvo, kunoreva kushungurudzwa kwemaitiro edare iri ekuda kuti dare iri riendeswe pachishandiswa chibvumirano cheAnglo-US nekutyora mutemo wechibvumirano. ”

Andy Worthington mutori wenhau anoshanda akazvimirira oga, mutsigiri, munyori, mifananidzo, firimu-mugadziri uye munyori-songwriter (iye anotungamira muimbi uye munyori mukuru wenziyo weLondon-based band Ivo vana Baba, ane mimhanzi iri inowanikwa kuburikidza neBandcamp).