NguNonviolence International, ngoMeyi 25, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC/Boujdour, Western Sahara, May 23, 2022 – Igqiza laseMelika labafazi abaneJustVisitWestern Sahara initiative bavalelwe eNtshona Sahara namhlanje ngabasemagunyeni baseMorocco kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseLaayoune. Igqiza laseMelika limenywe ngoodade baseKhaya abebephantsi kongqingo olukhohlakeleyo ixesha elide.
Igqiza lase-US labasetyhini abathathu base-US liquka u-Adrienne Kinne, owayesakuba nguMongameli weVeterans for Peace, uWynd Kaufmyn, unjingalwazi wekholeji yoluntu, kunye noLaksana Peters, utitshala odla umhlala-phantsi. Abasemagunyeni baseMoroccan bakhankanya iinkxalabo zokhuseleko zelizwe ezingacacanga kodwa abakwazanga ukunika nasiphi na isizathu esisemthethweni sokungavunyelwa ukungena kwaba batyeleli base-US.
Nangona urhulumente wase-US uye waqaphela ukufakwa ngokungekho mthethweni kweMorocco kwi-Western Sahara, iSebe likaRhulumente liye labonisa ukuxhalaba ngokuphindaphindiweyo malunga namalungelo oluntu e-Morocco nase-Western Sahara kubandakanywa nokunyangwa kwe-Khaya Sisters abangenalunya.
Igqiza lase-US licwangciselwe ukudibana noTim Pluta kunye noRuth McDonough, iqela labemi base-US abahlala kunye noodade baseKhaya ukususela ngo-Matshi 15. Nangona ubukho babo, imikhosi yaseMorocco iqhubekile nokuxhatshazwa, ukubetha, ukuhlaselwa ngokwesondo, ukubanjwa, kwanyanzeliswa ukubekelwa bucala kosapho, kunye nezoyikiso kumalungu oluntu atyelela kwikhaya laseKhaya okanye afune ukubonelela ngokutya nenkxaso. Kwiveki ephelileyo, ilori enkulu yantlitha indlu yabo izihlandlo ezi-3 ngelizama ukubulala abahlali okanye ukonakalisa ikhaya ngendlela enokuthi igwetywe, inika isizathu sokuba imikhosi ehleliyo ikhuphe ngenkani abahlali.
Oodade bakwaKhaya ngabakhuseli bamalungelo oluntu eNtshona yeSahara abathethelela ubundlobongela obujoliswe kwabasetyhini kunye nokuzimisela kwabantu bomthonyama baseSaharawi. Baphantsi kongqingo oluqhubekayo nolunogonyamelo ngaphezu kweenyanga ezili-18.
UWynd Kaufmyn uvakalise udano ngemeko yengcinezelo karhulumente waseMorocco kubakhenkethi kwaye ezibuza ukuba ishishini labakhenkethi lingaphumelela njani ngokungathembani nokuphathwa kakubi kwabantu baseMelika. “Ukuba sinokuphathwa ngolu hlobo, unokuyithelekelela indlela aphathwa ngayo amabhinqa asekuhlaleni aseSaharawi? Ndichithe imali eninzi kula matikiti kwaye ukujikwa nje ngaphandle kwengcaciso kuyacaphukisa.
Bonke abantu baseMelika ababandakanyekayo bayinxalenye yomanyano lwaseMelika olubizwa ngokuba yiNdwendwela nje eNtshona yeSahara. Lunxibelelwano lwamaqela kunye nabantu abazinikele eluxolweni nobulungisa, abaye banqatshelwa abantu baseSaharawi, ukukhuselwa kwamalungelo oluntu, ukuhlonelwa komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe, kunye nokukhuthaza abantu baseMelika kunye nabahambi bamazwe ngamazwe ukuba babone ubuhle kunye nesibheno se-Western Sahara, kwaye ukuze babone ubunyani bokuhlala kweMorocco ngokwabo.
