NguDavid Vine
UOlivier Bancoult kunye nabantu baseChagossian abagxothiweyo bafuna uncedo lwakho! U-Olivier Bancoult, usihlalo weQela le-Chagos Refugees, uya kutyelela eUnited States ngasekupheleni kuka-Apreli ukuze afune ukuba ulawulo luka-Obama luxhase ilungelo lamaChagossia lokubuyela kwilizwe labo. U-Olivier udinga uncedo lwakho ukwenza uhambo lwenzeke kwaye axhase umzabalazo wabantu bakhe bobulungisa.
Ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-40, u-Olivier kunye nabanye abantu baseChagossia bahlala elubhacweni. Phakathi kowe-1968 kunye no-1973, oorhulumente base-US nabaseBrithani babasusa ngenkani bonke abantu bomthonyama kwilizwe labo ngelixa besakha isiseko somkhosi wase-US kwisiqithi sase-Chagossia sika-Diego Garcia. Urhulumente wase-US nowaseBhritane bagxothe amaChagossia afana no-Olivier iikhilomitha ezili-1,200 ukuya kumatyotyombe asentshona yeziqithi zase-Indian Ocean yaseMauritius naseSeychelles, bebashiya bengenanto.
Ukususela ekugxothweni kwabo, amaChagossia ahlala ebuhlwempu kwaye ezama ukubuyela kwilizwe lawo kwaye afumane imbuyekezo efanelekileyo kubo bonke abaye babandezeleka. Kwiminyaka emininzi, u-Olivier Bancoult uye wakhokela umzabalazo we-Chagossia njengosihlalo weQela le-Chagos Refugees. Ezalisekisa isithembiso kunina, u-Olivier uye wajikeleza ihlabathi ngemfuno elula: "Masibuye!"
U-Olivier uye wafumana udumo lwamazwe ngamazwe ngokukhokela abantu bakhe ukuba baphumelele kathathu kurhulumente waseBritani kwizimangalo ezilawula ukugxothwa kwamaChagossia ngokungekho mthethweni. Nangona uloyiso lwachithwa sisigqibo se-3-2 kwiNdlu yeeNkosi, u-Olivier uye waqhubeka ekhokela umzabalazo wezomthetho kunye nezopolitiko weChagossia eLondon naseYurophu yonke; eWashington, DC; kwiZizwe eziManyeneyo; nakwiiforum ezininzi zehlabathi jikelele.
I-2015 ngunyaka obalulekileyo kuma-Chagossia: Kutshanje, uphando lukarhulumente waseBrithani lufumene ukuba akukho mqobo wezomthetho kuma-Chagossia aphinde ahlalise iziqithi zawo-apho i-US kunye noorhulumente base-UK bechasa amashumi eminyaka. Oorhulumente babini baqalise ukuphinda baxoxisane ngesivumelwano sokuqeshisa kwisiseko sase-US ku-Diego Garcia, enika ithuba lokubethelela ilungelo le-Chagossia lokubuyela kwisivumelwano esitsha.
Ngoncedo lwabantu abafana nawe, u-Olivier uya kutyelela e-United States ngo-Ephreli 19-26 ukwakha inkxaso yomzabalazo weChagossia. EWashington, DC, u-Olivier uza kudibana namalungu olawulo luka-Obama kunye neCongress ukuze afune urhulumente wase-US ukuba aqonde ilungelo le-Chagossia lokubuyela kunye nokuxhasa ukuhlaliswa kwakhona. KwisiXeko saseNew York, u-Olivier uya kuzimasa iQonga leZizwe eziManyeneyo kwiMiba yeMveli aze acele inkxaso yabathunywa be-UN.
Iqela leembacu zaseChagos alinayo imali yokuxhasa uhambo luka-Olivier. Abaxhasi baye bangena ematyaleni ukuze nje bahlawule amatikiti enqwelomoya ka-Olivier. Sifuna uncedo lwakho ukuhlawula iindleko zenqwelomoya ($1,700) kunye nokuxhasa uhambo luka-Olivier ($350), ukutya ($350), kunye nezinye iindleko ($100) e-US. Imali iya kuqala ukuya kwi-akhawunti yebhanki yase-US kaDavid Vine, omnye wabaququzeleli. UDavid usebenze kunye no-Olivier kunye ne-Chagossians ukususela kwi-2001 kwaye uya kuhlawula ityala le-airfare kunye nezinye iindleko zika-Olivier. Nayiphi na imali eqokelelwe ngaphaya kwenjongo yethu okanye eseleyo emva kohambo iya ngqo kwiQela le-Chagos Refugees.
U-Olivier, iiChagossia, kunye nentshukumo ekhulayo yehlabathi idinga uncedo lwakho! Nceda uxhase uhambo luka-Olivier oluya e-United States kwaye ube yinxalenye yokunceda ama-Chagossia abuyele kwilizwe lawo kwi-2015!
Ukufumana ulwazi oluthe kratya malunga neeChagossia, jonga le vidiyo ivelisiweyo njengenxalenye yephulo elincede ekwakheni inkxaso yehlabathi ngexesha leNdebe yeHlabathi yehlobo elidlulileyo: https://vimeo.com/97411496
Ukuze ufunde ngakumbi:
· Iqela leembacu laseChagos: http://chagosrefugeesgroup.org/
· Bukela ingxelo “yeMizuzu engama-60” (imizuzu eyi-12): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxVao1HnL1s
· Bukela ingoma kaJohn Pilger ethi “Ukweba Isizwe” (56 imiz): http://johnpilger.com/videos/stealing-a-nation
· UMbutho weNkxaso weChagos wase-UK: http://www.chagossupport.org.uk/
· UMbutho weNkxaso weChagos wase-US: https://www.facebook.com/uschagossupport
· Imbali: http://www.chagossupport.org.uk/background/history
Amanqaku eendaba: http://www.theguardian.com/world/chagos-islands
· Isiqithi sentloni: IMbali eyiMfihlo yeSiseko soMkhosi wase-US ku-Diego Garcia: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9441.html
