Ibhalwe nguSherrill Hogen, Greenfield Recorder, Januwari 17, 2023
Amadoda angu-9 ashonile selokhu akhishwa ejele laseGuantanamo. Bafa ngani? Babekuphi? Ukhona owaziyo? Ingabe besinakekile lapha e-US? Ingabe babengebona “ababi kakhulu kunabo bonke” abaceba u-11/XNUMX?
Uhulumeni wethu, ngokusebenzisa iziphathimandla ezine, uzokwenza ukuthi sikhohlwe la madoda, futhi sikhohlwe amadoda angama-35 angamaSulumane ayesahlukanisiwe ngaphansi kokuboshwa kwezempi eGuantanamo. Bangasenza sikhohlwe izinto eziningi nge-Guantanamo ebingaveza inqubomgomo enonya nengenagazi yokululaza abantu ukuze kusekelwe iMpi Yezobushokobezi.
BengiseWashington, DC njengelungu le-Witness Against Torture ukuze ngibhikishele unyaka wama-21 wokuvulwa kweGuantanamo, futhi nginemibuzo ethile.
Ingabe siyayidinga i-War on Terror? Abaningi bethu bacabange kanjalo, ukuphendula i-9/11, ukuvikela i-United States. Kodwa, ingabe kwakufanele kube impi yezempi? Ingabe kwakufanele iqondise amadoda angamaSulumane? Ngabe kwadingeka ukuthi kuthungele i-Islamophobia ecashile? Imibuzo eminingi. Zimbalwa-ke izimpendulo eziyiqiniso. Kodwa sinawo amaqiniso athile.
Ijele laseGuantanamo, elingaphandle kwemingcele yase-US, esiqhingini saseCuba, lathola iziboshwa zalo zokuqala ngoJan. 11, 2002. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, amadoda nabafana abangamaSulumane abangu-779 bagcinwe lapho, cishe bonke ngaphandle kokubekwa icala noma ukuquliswa icala, cishe. bonke badedelwa ngemva kweminyaka beboshiwe kangangokuthi sekusele abangu-35 kuphela. Ngakho ngokuqinisekile labo 35 banecala kokuthile. Kodwa cha. Amashumi amabili kubo nawo asevunyelwe ukukhululwa, kusukela ngoFebhuwari 2021, nokho asavaliwe - alindile.
Ukusulwa ukuze bakhululwe kusho ukuthi izwe lesithathu kufanele lizisuse ezandleni zethu, ngoba thina, esibahlukumezile iminyaka efika kwengama-20, siyenqaba ukubathatha, ngomyalo wekhongolose. Ngenkathi i-US icela futhi ifumbathisa amanye amazwe ukuthi amukele la madoda, amadoda ahlala ezitokisini zawo alinde, ngaleyo ndlela andisa ubuhlungu bokungazi ukuthi inkululeko iyofika nini noma nini.
Nokho, inkululeko ayizange ibonakale ikhululekile. Ngaphandle kwabangu-30 okukhulunywe ngabo ngenhla asebeye bafa selokhu bakhululwa, abanye abangamakhulu babanjwe oqotsheni, bengenazo izincwadi zokungena, bengenamsebenzi, bengenazo ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha noma umshuwalense, futhi bengaphinde bahlanganiswe nemikhaya yabo! Abanye basemazweni lapho bengalukhulumi khona ulimi; abanye bagwenywa njenge-ex-Gitmo, njengokungathi bona wayenakho wenze icala.
Siwakweletani la madoda? - ngoba bangamadoda, bangabantu njengathi, abafanelwe ukuhlonishwa nokunakekelwa. (Sahlukumeza abanye babo, ngezindlela ezinengeka kakhulu, kodwa lelo qiniso nalo lifihlwe “Embikweni Wokuhlushwa” weSenethi oyimfihlo). Uma ucabanga ukuthi sibakweleta ukulungisa amathokheni, ungasiza nge-Guantanamo Survivors Fund. (www.nogitmos.org)
Ukudalulwa okuphelele: Amadoda ayishumi kwangu-35 aseGuantanamo namuhla athweswe amacala, kodwa ukuvuma kwawo amacala atholwe ngaphansi kokuhlukunyezwa futhi ngaleyo ndlela aphenywa. Abesilisa ababili baquliswe icala bagwetshwa. Okuxakayo ukuthi lowo ozibiza ngongqondongqondo ekuhlaselweni kwangomhla ka-9/11, uKhalid Sheikh Mohammed, kanye nabahleli bakhe abane, bonke eGuantanamo beboshelwe amasosha njengabanye, abakaze baquliswe icala. Ingabe lokhu kubukeka njengohlelo lokwahlulela olusebenzayo? Ingabe lena indlela yokusebenzisa izinsiza zethu, ngezindleko zamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-14 isiboshwa ngasinye ngonyaka?
Masingakhohlwa iGuantanamo, kodwa esikhundleni salokho sisebenzele ukuyidiliza. Kuyingxenye yenqubomgomo engalungile, enodlame, engenabuntu kahulumeni wethu. Kungumthwalo wethu. Masidale amasistimu anempilo abandakanyayo futhi asekelwe ebulungiswa babo bonke. I-Guantanamo ayikho leyo.
Sherrill Hogen, ilungu le-Witness Against Torture, No More Guantanamos, kanye World BEYOND War, uhlala eCharlemont.
