Impendulo esuka ku Javier Garate at WRI:
Misa ukuhlaselwa kwezakhamizi zaseGangjeong eJeju Island,January 31UMongameli ohloniphekile uPark Geun-hye,
Nginibhalela ukuze ngininxuse ukuthi niyeke ukuhlaselwa kwabantu basemakhaya
I-Gangjeong. Abaningi babo ngiyabazi futhi ngithukile ngokufunda
ukuthi uhlela ukuhlasela okukhulu kusasa emalungelweni abo okuvikela abantu
izindawo zabo zedolobhana kanye nezilwandle ezivela ekubuthweni kwezempi.
Ngivakashele imnyuziyamu yokuthula e-Jeju kanye ne-British Archives in
London futhi yazi ukuthi phakathi kuka-1948 no-1949, cishe abantu abangama-40,000 eJeju
Isiqhingi sabulawa amasosha aseNingizimu Korea okwakukhona ngaleso sikhathi
ngaphansi koHulumeni Wesikhashana Wezempi wase-US. Isibhicongo
futhi yacekela phansi imizi engaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-50, yashisa amahlathi futhi yashiya a
ukuhlukumezeka okujulile kwabasindile kanye nababaleki. Sicela ungaphindi noma yikuphi
lomlando obuhlungu.
Iplanethi isesikhathini esibalulekile soshintsho. Izindlela zakudala zokwesaba, izimpi
nokwakhiwa kwezikhali kumele kume. Amasosha, izimboni
ukukhula nganoma yiziphi izindleko, kucekela phansi iplanethi yethu nesimo sezulu
ushintsho lwenzeka ngokushesha okukhulu manje. Ukuze sisinde nanoma yikuphi ukufana kwethu
ubuntu kufanele sonke senze abantu baphile ngokuqhubekayo futhi ngaphakathi
ukuthula. IGangjeong iyidolobhana elingahola indlela, likhiqize ukudla
ikhwalithi enhle ngesikhathi lapho ukuphahlazeka kokudla kubikezelwa maduze nje.
Sicela ungawucekeli phansi ngokuvumela i-USA ukuthi iqhubeke nokwakha a
isizinda sasolwandle bese besisebenzisa empini yabo ehleliwe neChina.
Ngithole ukuthi ngoJanuwari 31, 2015, amaphoyisa angaphezu kuka-1000 asekela
ngamasosha aseKorea kulindeleke ukuthi ahlakaze ngenkani
izakhamuzi kanye nezishoshovu ebezibambe iqhaza ekuthuleni amahora angama-24
umbhikisho phambi kwendawo yokwakhiwa kwezindlu ezintsha ezingu-3000
abasebenzi basolwandle. Sikucela ngenhlonipho ukuthi umise ukuhlasela okuhleliwe
kubahlali baseGangjeong ngamasosha namaphoyisa aseKorea.
Uthembise ukushiya izinqubomgomo ze-iron-fisted zakho
owandulelayo, umemezela inhloso yakho yokuhola isizwe ngokusekelwe e
inqubomgomo yokuvumelana komphakathi, ukuhlonipha amalungelo abantu, kanye nobulungiswa. Thina
ngikunxuse ukuba ugcine isethembiso sakho.
Sicela ulalele izwi lakho langaphakathi nomoya wakho futhi ngenxa yezizathu zokusiza umise ukuhlasela okuhleliwe kwezakhamuzi zaseGangejong ngoJanuwari 31.
Ngokuthula nothando, u-Angie Zelter, UK.
Inzondo ayikwazi ukuxosha inzondo: uthando kuphela olungenza lokho. ”
- UMartin Luther King, Jr.