E ngotsoe ke David Vine
Olivier Bancoult le batho ba Chagossian ba leleketsoeng ba hloka thuso ea hau! Olivier Bancoult, molula-setulo oa Sehlopha sa Baphaphathehi ba Chagos, o tla etela United States bofelong ba April ho batla hore tsamaiso ea Obama e tšehetse tokelo ea Chagossia ea ho khutlela naheng ea habo bona. Olivier o hloka thuso ea hau ho etsa hore leeto le khonehe le ho tšehetsa ntoa ea batho ba hae bakeng sa toka.
Ka lilemo tse fetang 40, Olivier le batho ba bang ba Chagossia ba 'nile ba lula kholehong. Pakeng tsa 1968 le 1973, mebuso ea US le Borithane e ile ea tlosa batho bana bohle ba matsoalloa naheng ea habo bona ha e ntse e haha setsi sa sesole sa US sehlekehlekeng sa Chagossia sa Diego Garcia. Mmuso oa Amerika le oa Borithane o ile oa leleka batho ba Chagossia joalo ka Olivier bohole ba limaele tse 1,200 ho ea likhukhuni tsa lihlekehleke tsa Leoatle la Indian tse ka bophirima tsa Mauritius le Seychelles, ba ba siea ba se na letho.
Ho tloha ha ba lelekoa, Machagossia a ’nile a phela bofutsaneng ’me a sokola ho khutlela naheng ea habo ’ona ’me a fumana puseletso e loketseng bakeng sa sohle seo a se utloileng. Ka lilemo tse mashome, Olivier Bancoult o etelletse pele ntoa ea Chagossia e le molula-setulo oa Sehlopha sa Baphaphathehi sa Chagos. Ho phethahatsa tšepiso ea hae ho 'm'ae, Olivier o tsamaile lefatše ka taelo e bonolo: "A re khutleng!"
Olivier o fumane botumo ba machaba ka ho etella pele batho ba hae tlhōlo e meraro holim'a 'muso oa Brithani liqosong tse ileng tsa etsa hore ho lelekoa ha Chagossia ho se molaong. Le hoja tlhōlo e ile ea felisoa ke qeto ea 3-2 ka Ntlong ea Mahosana, Olivier o 'nile a tsoela pele ho etella pele ntoa ea molao le ea lipolotiki ea Chagossia London le Europe eohle; Washington, DC; ho Machaba a Kopaneng; le liforamong tse ngata tsa machaba lefatšeng ka bophara.
2015 ke selemo se mahlonoko bakeng sa Machagossia: Haufinyane tjena, phuputso ea 'muso oa Borithane e fumane hore ha ho na tšitiso ea molao ho batho ba Chagossia ba khutlisetsang lihlekehleke tsa bona-tseo mebuso ea US le UK e hanyelitseng ka mashome a lilemo. Mebuso ena e 'meli e boetse e qalile ho buisana bocha ka tumellano ea khiriso bakeng sa setsi sa US ho Diego Garcia, e fana ka monyetla oa ho tiisa tokelo ea Chagossia ea ho khutla tumellanong e ncha ea khiriso.
Ka thuso ea batho ba kang uena, Olivier o tla etela United States April 19-26 ho haha ts'ehetso bakeng sa ntoa ea Chagossia. Washington, DC, Olivier o tla kopana le litho tsa tsamaiso ea Obama le Congress ho kopa mmuso oa Amerika ho amohela tokelo ea Chagossia ea ho khutla le ho tšehetsa phalliso. New York City, Olivier o tla ea Sebokeng sa Kakaretso sa Machaba a Kopaneng sa Litaba tsa Matsoalloa 'me a kope tšehetso ea baemeli ba Machaba a Kopaneng.
Sehlopha sa Chagos Refugees ha se na chelete ea ho tšehetsa leeto la Olivier. Batšehetsi ba kene likolotong e le hore feela ba lefelle litekete tsa sefofane sa Olivier. Re hloka thuso ea hau ho lefa litšenyehelo tsa sefofane ($1,700) le ho lefella leeto la Olivier ($350), lijo ($350), le litšenyehelo tse ling ($100) US. Chelete e tla qala ho ea akhaonteng ea banka ea US ea David Vine, e mong oa bahlophisi. David o sebelitse le Olivier le Chagossia ho tloha 2001 mme o tla lefa sekoloto sa sefofane le litšenyehelo tse ling tsa Olivier. Chelete leha e le efe e hlahisitsoeng ho feta sepheo sa rona kapa e setseng ka mor'a leeto e tla ea ka ho toba ho Sehlopha sa Baphaphathehi sa Chagos.
Olivier, Ma-Chagossia, le mokhatlo o ntseng o hola oa lefats'e o hloka thuso ea hau! Ka kopo, tšehetsa leeto la Olivier ho ea United States 'me u be karolo ea ho thusa Chagossia ho khutlela naheng ea habo bona ka 2015!
Bakeng sa tlhaiso-leseling e batsi ka Machagossia, shebella video ena e hlahisitsoeng e le karolo ea lets'olo le thusitseng ho aha tšehetso ea lefats'e nakong ea Mohope oa Lefatše oa lehlabula le fetileng: https://vimeo.com/97411496
Ho ithuta ho eketsehileng:
· Sehlopha sa Chagos Refugees: http://chagosrefugeesgroup.org/
· Shebella tlaleho ea “60 Metsotso” (12 mets): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxVao1HnL1s
· Shebella “Ho Utsoa Sechaba” ea John Pilger (56 mets): http://johnpilger.com/videos/stealing-a-nation
· Mokhatlo oa Tšehetso oa Chagos oa UK: http://www.chagossupport.org.uk/
· Mokhatlo oa Tšehetso oa Chagos oa US: https://www.facebook.com/uschagossupport
· Nalane: http://www.chagossupport.org.uk/background/history
· Lingoloa tsa Litaba: http://www.theguardian.com/world/chagos-islands
· Sehlekehleke sa Shame: Nalane ea Lekunutu ea Setsi sa Sesole sa US ho Diego Garcia: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9441.html
