Ukudalulwa okumangazayo kukaNdunankulu ukuthi uvule icala elibhekene noJulian Assange nezikhulu zaseMelika futhi wanxusa ukuthi amacala obunhloli netulo ahoxiswe kuvula imibuzo eminingi.
Ibhalwe ngu-Alison Broinowski Amaparele nokuCasulwa, Disemba 2, 2022
UMnu Albanese ubonge uDkt Monique Ryan ngombuzo wakhe wangoLwesithathu zingama-31 kuLwezi, enikeza okwabonakala kuyimpendulo elungiselelwe ngokucophelela nenesikhathi. Ilungu Lephalamende Elizimele lika-Kooyong lafuna ukwazi ukuthi uhulumeni uzongenela ini ecaleni lezepolitiki, ebona ukuthi ubuntatheli obuthakaselwa umphakathi bubalulekile kuntando yeningi.
Lezi zindaba zavela phakathi kwabalandeli baka-Assange ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwePhalamende, futhi zafinyelela ku-Guardian, i-Australian, i-SBS, kanye ne-Monthly online. I-ABC noma i-Sydney Morning Herald ayizange iphathe indaba, ngisho nangosuku olulandelayo. I-SBS ibike ukuthi umongameli okhethiwe waseBrazil uLuiz Inacio Lula da Silva uzwakalise ukuweseka umkhankaso wokukhulula u-Assange.
Kodwa ezinsukwini ezimbili ngaphambili, ngoMsombuluko zingama-29 Novemba, i-New York Times kanye namaphepha amane amakhulu aseYurophu ayephrinte incwadi incwadi evulekile eya kuMmeli-Jikelele waseMelika uMerrick Garland, egxeka ukuhlaselwa kwenkululeko yabezindaba okwakumelwe ukuphishekela u-Assange.
I-NYT, i-Guardian, i-Le Monde, i-Der Spiegel kanye ne-El Pais bekungamaphepha okwathi ngo-2010 athola futhi ashicilela eminye yemibhalo yase-US eyimfihlo engu-251,000 ehlinzekwe ngu-Assange, amaningi edalula unya lwaseMelika e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq.
Umhlaziyi wezobunhloli wamasosha aseMelika u-Chelsea Manning uzinikeze u-Assange, owabhala kabusha amagama abantu ayecabanga ukuthi bangalimala ngokushicilelwa. Isikhulu esiphezulu sePentagon kamuva saqinisekisa ukuthi akekho oshonile ngenxa yalokho. UManning waboshwa, wabe esexolelwa ngu-Obama. U-Assange uchithe iminyaka eyisikhombisa endaweni yokukhosela ehhovisi leNxusa lase-Ecuador eLondon ngaphambi kokuthi amaphoyisa aseBrithani amsuse futhi waboshelwa ukwephula imibandela yebheyili.
U-Assange ubesejele laseBelmarsh elivikeleke kakhulu iminyaka emithathu, enempilo ebuthaka emzimbeni nasengqondweni. Izinyathelo zenkantolo ezimelene naye mayelana nokubuyiselwa kwakhe enkantolo ukuze aquliswe icala e-US beziyize, zichemile, zicindezela, futhi zande kakhulu.
Kwabaphikisayo, u-Albanese uthe 'Sekwanele' ku-Assange, futhi ekugcineni wenze okuthile ngakho kuHulumeni. Yini ngempela, nobani, futhi kungani manje, asikazi. Isandla sikaNdunankulu kungenzeka ukuthi siphoqwe yincwadi enkulu yansuku zonke eya ku-Attorney-General Garland, okwenza osopolitiki base-Australia nabezindaba babonakale bengenzi lutho. Noma kungenzeka ukuthi waphakamisa icala lika-Assange emihlanganweni yakhe yakamuva noBiden, ku-G20 ngokwesibonelo.
Okunye okungenzeka ukuthi kukhulunywe naye ngakho ngummeli ka-Assange, uJennifer Robinson, owahlangana naye maphakathi noNovemba wakhuluma ngaleli cala eNational Press Club. Lapho ngibuza ukuthi angasho yini ukuthi yena no-Albanese baxoxa ngo-Assange, wamamatheka wathi 'Cha' - okusho ukuthi wayengakwazi, hhayi ukuthi abazange bakwenze lokho.
UMonique Ryan waveza iphuzu lokuthi lesi yisimo sezombusazwe, esidinga isenzo sezombangazwe. Ngokuyiphakamisa nezikhulu zase-US, i-Albanese isukile esikhundleni sikahulumeni wangaphambili sokuthi i-Australia ayikwazanga ukuphazamisa izinqubo zomthetho zaseBrithani noma zaseMelika, nokuthi 'ubulungisa kumele buthathe indawo yabo'. Leyo kwakungeyona indlela eyathathwa yi-Australia ukuze ivikele inkululeko kaDkt Kylie Moore-Gilbert, owayeboshelwe ubunhloli e-Iran, noma kaDkt Sean Turnell ejele laseMyanmar. Akuyona indlela yase-Australia nase-China, lapho intatheli nesifundiswa behlala beboshiwe.
Ngokuthatha icala lika-Assange, i-Albanese ayenzi lutho oludlula i-US ehlala yenza lapho esinye sezakhamizi zayo siboshwe noma yikuphi, noma kunalokho okwenziwa yi-UK neCanada ngesikhathi abantu bakubo beboshiwe eGuantanamo Bay. I-Australia yavumela uMamdouh Habib noDavid Hicks ukuthi bachithe isikhathi eside esitokisini saseMelika ngaphambi kokuxoxisana ngokukhululwa kwabo. Singathola inhlonipho ethe xaxa kubalingani bethu uma singasebenzisa indlela yabo esheshayo kulawa macala, kunalokho esikwenza ngokuthobela ubulungiswa baseBrithani naseMelika.
Kungenzeka ukuthi ukulandela u-Assange enkantolo yase-US kungabangela ukuphoxeka okukhulu kunokushicilela kwe-WikiLeaks. Njengoba iminyaka idlula, sifunde ukuthi inkampani yezokuphepha yaseSpain yaqopha konke umnyakazo wakhe kanye nowezivakashi zakhe kanye nomeluleki wezomthetho eNxusa Lase-Ecuador. Lokhu kwadluliselwa ku-CIA, futhi kwasetshenziswa ecaleni lase-US ukukhishwa kwakhe. Ukuqulwa kwecala likaDaniel Ellsberg lokuputshuza amaphepha ePentagon akuphumelelanga ngoba amarekhodi kadokotela wakhe wengqondo antshontshwa abaphenyi, futhi lokhu kufanele kube yisibonelo ku-Assange.
Yize uBiden wake wabiza u-Assange ngokuthi 'yiphekula le-hi-tech', njengoMongameli manje usengummeli wamalungelo abantu nenkululeko yentando yeningi. Lesi kungase kube isikhathi esihle sokuba asebenzise lezi zinto. Ukwenza kanjalo kuzokwenza bobabili iBiden ne-Albanese babukeke bengcono kunabandulelayo.
