NguFredrik S. Heffermehl, uDisemba 2, 2019
Kusukela I-Transcend.org
Assange: Umthetho wamandla noma amandla omthetho?
Ku: Uhulumeni wase-United Kingdom
Cc: Ohulumeni base-Ecuador, e-Iceland, eSweden, e-United States
I-2 Dec 2019 - Izinyathelo eziqhubekayo ezibhekene nesakhamuzi sase-Australia uJulian Assange, umsunguli weWikiLeaks, osabanjelwe eBelmarsh Prison eduzane naseLondon, zibonisa ukuqothuka okukhulu kwezimiso ezihlonishwe isikhathi samalungelo abantu, umthetho kanye nenkululeko yentando yeningi yokuqoqa nokwabelana ngemininingwane. Sifisa ukujoyina umugqa oyingqayizivele wemibhikisho yangaphambili kuleli cala.
Eminyakeni eyishumi nanhlanu edlule, umhlaba washaqeka ngokushiswa okukhulu kwelungelo lokuqhubeka nokuqulwa kwecala lapho, njengengxenye yempi yase-US ngokwesatshiswa, i-CIA yashalazela igunya lendawo lokuthumba abantu ngezindiza eziyimfihlo ukusuka emazweni aseYurophu ukuya emazweni wesithathu lapho bahlukunyezwa futhi bahlukunyezwa ngemibuzo. Phakathi kwaleyo mibhikisho eyezwakalayo bekuyi-London-based International Bar Association; bona umbiko wawo, Izilinganiso ezingejwayelekile, Januwari 2009 (www.ibanet.org). Umhlaba kufanele ume uqhamuke ekulweni nemizamo yokusebenzisa amandla aphakeme, amandla omhlaba wonke futhi ungenelele, ubenomthelela noma wehlise ukuvikela amalungelo abantu kwamanye amazwe.
Kodwa-ke, selokhu i-WikiLeaks ikhiphe ubufakazi bezenzo zamacala ezempi zase-US e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan, iMelika iminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye yajezisa uJulian Assange futhi yamhlwitha inkululeko yakhe. Ukugwema ukuphuma e-United States, u-Assange waphoqeleka ukuba afune indawo yokukhosela kwinxusa laseLondon e-Ecuador ngo-Agasti 2012. Ngo-Ephreli 2019, i-Ecuador - ngokwephula imithetho yezokuphepha yomhlaba wonke - yanikeza u-Assange emaphoyiseni aseBrithani, kanye nemibhalo yakhe yangasese yezomthetho yangasese yanikela kubameli baseMelika.
Ngemuva kokudalula ukusetshenziswa kabi kwe-US nokwanda kwamandla njengosongo emithethweni nokuhleleka kwamazwe, u-Assange wazibonela mathupha amandla afanayo. Ukweqiwa kwamanye amazwe ukubenza bona nezinhlelo zabo zokwahlulela kugobe umthetho kungukubukela phansi futhi kwephule izivumelwano zamalungelo abantu. Amazwe akufanele avumele ukuthi amasiko wokukhulumisana nezokuqonda angcolise futhi onakalise ukuphathwa okufanele kobulungiswa ngokomthetho.
Amazwe amakhulu anjengeSweden, i-Ecuador neBrithani asebenze ngokweqile ezifisweni zase-US, njengoba kubhalwe emibikweni emibili ye-2019 eyenziwe nguNils Meltzer, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture kanye nezinye Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment noma isijeziso. Phakathi kokunye, uMelzer uphetha ngokuthi,
“Eminyakeni engu-20 yokusebenza nezisulu zempi, udlame nokushushiswa kwezombusazwe angikaze ngibone iqembu lamazwe wentando yeningi lifika lizihlukanisa, lidimoni futhi lihlukumeza umuntu oyedwa isikhathi eside kangaka futhi linganaki isithunzi somuntu umthetho. ”
I-UN High Commissioner for Human Rights / Working Group on Arbitional Detention yayisivele i-2015, futhi kwa-2018, yafuna ukuthi kudedelwe i-Assange ekuboshweni ngokungenacala nangokungemthetho. IBrithani ibophekile ukuhlonipha amalungelo e-CCPR kanye nezinqumo ze-UN / WGAD.
I-Assange isempilweni eyingozi futhi ngaphandle kwamathuluzi, isikhathi noma amandla okuvikela amalungelo akhe. Amathemba wokuqulwa kwecala elifanele acekelwe phansi ngezindlela eziningi. Ukusuka ku-2017 kuqhubeke, Inxusa lase-Ecuadorian lazisa inkampani eyiSpain eqanjwe Zembula Umhlaba jikelele thumela ividiyo yesikhathi sangempela kanye nokudluliswa komsindo kwe-Assange ngqo ku-CIA, wephula ngisho nelungelo lommeli-weklayenti ngokufaka iso lakhe emihlanganweni yakhe nabameli (El País I-26 Sept. 2019).
IBrithani kufanele ilandele isibonelo sokuziqhenya kwe-Iceland. Leso sizwe esincane sabuvikela kakhulu ubukhosi baso ekuzameni kwe-US nge-2011 ukusebenzisa amandla angafanele, ngenkathi sixosha iqembu elikhulu labaseshi be-FBI elangena ezweni futhi lase liqale ukuphenya iWikiLeaks ne-Assange ngaphandle kwemvume kahulumeni wase-Iceland. Ukwelashwa kukaJulian Assange kungaphansi kwesithunzi sesizwe esikhulu esinikeza umhlaba iMagna Carta ku1215 kanye neHabeas Corpus. Ukuvikela ubukhosi bawo kanye nokulalela imithetho yayo, uhulumeni waseBrithani kufanele akhulule i-Assange ngokushesha.
Isayinwe ngu:
UHans-Christof von Sponeck (Germany)
UMarjorie Cohn, (USA)
Richard Falk (USA)
UMartha L. Schmidt (USA)
Mads Andenaes (Norway)
I-Terje Einarsen (Norway)
UFredrik S. Heffermehl (Norway)
I-Aslak Syse (Norway)
I-Kenji Urata (Japan)
Ikheli lokuxhumana: UFredrik S. Heffermehl, Oslo, fredpax@online.no
