Izizathu ezithandathu uJulian Assange kufuneka abulelwe, angajeziswa

By World BEYOND War, Septemba 18, 2020

1. Inzame zokubuyisa kunye nokutshutshisa uJulian Assange wobuntatheli isoyikiso kwi-journalism yexesha elizayo ecela umngeni kumandla nakubundlobongela, kodwa ukuzikhusela kwimithombo yeendaba yokusasaza imfazwe. Ngelixa iifayile ze ENew York Times uxhamle emsebenzini ka-Assange, ekuphela kwengxelo yakhe kwindlebe yakhe yangoku ngu inqaku malunga ne-glitch zobuchwephesha kwiinkqubo zenkundla-ukuthintela ngokupheleleyo umxholo wezo nkqubo, nditsho nokuxoka ukuba umxholo wawungavakali kwaye kungenakufikeleleka. Ukuthula kwamashishini eendaba e-US kuyaziva. Ayisiyiyo kuphela imizamo kaMongameli uDonald Trump yokuvalela u-Assange (okanye, njengoko ebekhe waxhasa esidlangalaleni ngaphambili, bambulala) ungquzulwano kunye neentsomi zosasazo malunga neRussia, kwaye iphikisana nokuzenzisa malunga nentlonipho yase-US yenkululeko yeendaba, kodwa ikwasebenza Umsebenzi obalulekileyo ocacileyo ukuba unomdla kumajelo eendaba akhuthaza iimfazwe. Umohlwaya umntu oye wazama ukuveza ubundlongondlongo, ukugxeka, kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho kwiimfazwe zase-US.

2. Ividiyo ye-Collateral Murder kunye ne-Iraq kunye ne-Afghanistan izingodo zemfazwe ezibhalwe kolunye lolona lwaphulo-mthetho lukhulu kumashumi eminyaka akutshanje. Nokuba ukuvezwa kwezinto ezimbi zeqela lezopolitiko lase-US yayiyinkonzo kawonke-wonke, hayi ulwaphulo-mthetho - ngokuqinisekileyo ayilolwaphulo-mthetho "lokungcatsha umbuso" ngokuchasene ne-United States ngummi ongenguye wase-US, umbono wokungcatsha oya kwenza ilizwe liphela ukuyalela kubukhosi - kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo ayilolwaphulo-mthetho "lobuntlola" ekufuneka yenziwe egameni likarhulumente, hayi egameni lomdla woluntu. Ukuba iinkundla zase-US bezinokutshutshisa olona lwaphulo-mthetho luvezwe nguJulian Assange kunye noogxa bakhe kunye nemithombo, ngekhe babe nexesha elincinci lokutshutshisa ubuntatheli.

3. Uluvo lokuba ukupapasha amaxwebhu karhulumente yenye into ngaphandle kobuntatheli, ukuba ubuntatheli bokwenyani bufuna ukufihlwa kwamaxwebhu karhulumente ngelixa ubachazela uluntu, yindlela yokulahlekisa uluntu. Amabango athi Assange uncede umthombo wolwaphulo-mthetho (ukuba ngokokuziphatha kunye nolawulo lwentando yesininzi) ukufumana amaxwebhu akanabungqina kwaye kubonakala ngathi kukutshaya umtshutshisi wezinto ezisisiseko zobuntatheli. Kukwanjalo nakwimibango yokuba ubuntatheli buka-Assange benzakalise abantu okanye babeke emngciphekweni wokwenzakalisa abantu. Ukubhengeza imfazwe yinto eyahlukileyo yokwenzakalisa abantu. UAsange ubambe amaxwebhu kwaye wabuza urhulumente wase-US ukuba enze ntoni kwakhona ngaphambi kokupapashwa. Lo rhulumente ukhethe ukungaphindi enze nantoni na, kwaye ngoku usola u-Assange-ngaphandle kobungqina-ngenani elincinci lokufa kwiimfazwe ezibulale inani elikhulu labantu. Sivile ubungqina kule veki ukuba ulawulo lukaTrump lumnike u-Assange uxolelo ukuba angaveza umthombo. Ityala lokwala ukuveza umthombo sisenzo sobuntatheli.

4. Iminyaka i-United Kingdom igcine ingathi ifuna i-Assange ngezityholo zolwaphulo-mthetho ezivela eSweden. Umbono wokuba i-United States ifune ukutshutshisa isenzo sokunika ingxelo kwiimfazwe zayo kwahlekiswa ngayo njengephupha eliqinisekileyo. Kuluntu lwehlabathi ukuba lwamkele le ngqumbo iya kuba yinto ebalulekileyo ekushicileleni inkululeko kwihlabathi jikelele kunye nokuzimela kwanoma yiliphi ilizwe elizimeleyo kwiimfuno zase-US. Ezo mfuno zihlala zikhona, okokuqala nokuphambili, zokuthenga izixhobo ezingaphezulu, kwaye, okwesibini, ukuthatha inxaxheba ekusetyenzisweni kwezixhobo.

5. I-United Kingdom, nangaphandle kwe-European Union, inemithetho kunye nemigangatho. Isivumelwano sokuhanjiswa kwempahla esinayo ne-United States siyakwalela ukwenziwa kwezinto ngenjongo yezopolitiko. I-United States yayiza kohlwaya u-Assange ngenkani ngaphambi kwetyala kwaye emva kwalo naliphi na ityala. Isiphakamiso sokumhlukanisa esiseleni kwintolongo yaseColorado singafikelela ekuqhubekeni kokuhlukumeza umphathiswa okhethekileyo we-UN ngokuhlukumeza uNils Melzer esithi u-Assange sele ephantsi kweminyaka. Ityala "lobugqwetha" liza kumphika u-Assange ilungelo lokubeka naliphi na ityala ukuzithethelela elithetha ngezizathu zakhe. Ityala elinobulungisa alinakwenzeka kwilizwe elinabapolitiki abaphezulu abaye bamgweba u-Assange kwimithombo yeendaba iminyaka. Unobhala welizwe uMike Pompeo ubize iWikileaks "ngenkonzo yezobuntlola engekho sikweni." Umgqatswa kaMongameli uJoe Biden ubize u-Assange "ngobunqolobi obunobuchwephesha."

6. Inkqubo yezomthetho ukuza kuthi ga ngoku khange ibe semthethweni. I-United States inyhashe ilungelo lika-Assange kwimfihlo yabathengi-igqwetha. Kunyaka ophelileyo kwiNdlu yoZakuzo yase-Ecuador, ikhontraktha yahlola i-Assange iiyure ezingama-24 ngosuku, iintsuku ezisixhenxe ngeveki, kubandakanya neentlanganiso zakhe zabucala namagqwetha akhe. UAsange unqatshelwe amandla okulungiselela ngokufanelekileyo ukumanyelwa kwetyala ngoku. Inkundla ibonakalise umkhethe ogqithisileyo uxhasa umtshutshisi. Ukuba amajelo osasazo eenkampani abika ngeenkcukacha zolu buhlazo, kungekudala bazakufumana bephathwa kakubi ngabo basemagunyeni; bebeya kuzifumana bekwicala leentatheli ezinzulu; baya kuzifumana bekwicala likaJulian Assange.

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-Isiteyitimenti esixhaswe nguMairead Maguire.