Amavidiyo: U-Andreas Schüller kanye no-Kat Craig ku-Drone Victim's German Lawsuit

Le ncwadi evulekile, eqondiswe kuShansela waseJalimane u-Angela Merkel futhi yasayinwa izishoshovu eziholayo zokuthula zase-US ezingama-21 kanye nezinhlangano zokuthula zase-US ezingama-21, yagqugquzelwa Icala elibalulekile lenkantolo elavulelwa uhulumeni waseJalimane ngabasindile baseYemeni e-US isiteleka se-drone.  

Icala elilethwe abamangali baseYemeni lingaba nemiphumela emibi kakhulu. Abasinde e-Yemeni bacela ukuthi uhulumeni waseJalimane angenelele ngokuvala Isiteshi Sokudluliswa Kwesathelayithi e-US Ramstein Air Base eJalimane, ukuze kuvikelwe abaseYemeni kwezinye iziteleka zase-US. Njengoba kwakunjalo muva nje kubika by Tyena Nqamula futhi yi- Umagazini wezindaba waseJalimane i-Spiegel, Isiteshi Sokudluliswa Kwesathelayithi e-Ramstein sibalulekile kuzo zonke iziteleka ze-drone zase-US eMpumalanga Ephakathi, e-Afrika naseNingizimu-ntshonalanga ye-Asia. Ngaphansi komthetho waseJalimane, ukubulawa kwabantu ngaphandle kwenkantolo kuthathwa njengokubulala.

Ama-NGO Phendula, ezinze e-United Kingdom, kanye I-European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), esekelwe eJalimane, inikeze ukumelela okusemthethweni kwabamangali. Icala laqulwa ngo-May 27 enkantolo yezokuphatha eCologne, eJalimane.

Izishoshovu e-US futhi eJalimane ibambe imilindelo nezinye izinsuku zomcimbi wokubhikisha ngokubambisana nabasindile baseYemeni abalethe leli cala. Ngomhla zingama-26 kuNhlaba, incwadi evulelekile yethulwa izithunywa zezakhamizi zase-US eziya eNxusa LaseJalimane eWashington DC, naku-Consulate yaseJalimane eNew York. Ngomhla zingama-27 kuNhlaba, ithimba lezakhamuzi zaseJalimane lethule incwadi evulekile komele ihhovisi likaShansela waseJalimane u-Angela Merkel eBerlin. Izishoshovu zaseMelika kanye nezaseJalimane zizophinde zithumele le ncwadi kumalungu ePhalamende laseJalimane (Bundestag).

Incwadi evulekile ibhalwe ngu-Elsa Rassbach, uJudith Bello, uRay McGovern noNick Mottern. 

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UChancellor Merkel othandekayo:

Ngo-May 27^th Inkantolo yaseJalimane e-Cologne izolalela ubufakazi bukaFaisal bin Ali Jaber, unjiniyela wezemvelo waseYemen owashonelwa yizihlobo ezimbili esitelekeni sama-drone aseMelika ngo-2012. Kungokokuqala ngqa ukuthi inkantolo ezweni elihlinzeka ngokusekela okukhulu kwezempi/kwezobuchwepheshe kuhlelo lwe-drone yase-US ivumele icala elinjalo ukuthi liqulwe.

Iziteleka zase-US zibulale noma zakhubaza amashumi ezinkulungwane emazweni amaningi lapho i-US ingekho empini ngokusemthethweni. Iningi lezisulu zeziteleka ze-drone bekuyizibukeli ezingenacala, okuhlanganisa nenani elikhulu lezingane. Olunye ucwaningo oluhlonishwayo lwathola ukuthi kubo bonke ababehlosiwe noma ibutho elaziwayo elibulewe, “abantu abangaziwa” abangama-28 nabo babulawa. Ngenxa yokuthi izisulu kwakungezona izakhamuzi zase-US/zazingezona, imindeni yazo ayinakho ukuma ukuze ithathele izinyathelo zomthetho ezinkantolo zase-US. Ngokudabukisayo, imindeni yalezi zisulu ayibanga nandlela yomthetho.

Ngakho-ke icala likaMnu. bin Ali Jaber, omele umndeni wakhe enkantolo yaseJalimane, lithakazelisa kakhulu abaningi osekuyisikhathi eside bedunyazwa ukwephulwa kukahulumeni waseMelika kwamalungelo abantu kanye nomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi “impi yobushokobezi. ” Kubikwa ukuthi uMnu bin Ali Jaber uzophikisana ngokuthi uHulumeni waseJalimane wephule uMthethosisekelo waseJalimane ngokuvumela i-US ukuthi isebenzise i-Ramstein Air Base eJalimane ngokubulala ngokungekho emthethweni "okuhlosiwe" eYemen. Kulindeleke ukuthi acele ukuthi uhulumeni waseJalimane "athathe umthwalo wezomthetho nezepolitiki ngempi ye-drone yase-US e-Yemen" futhi "enqabele ukusetshenziswa kwe-Satellite Relay Station e-Ramstein."

Ubufakazi obuphathekayo sebuvele bushicilelwe kabanzi obubonisa ukuthi Isiteshi Sokudluliswa Kwesathelayithi Sase-US e-Ramstein sidlala indima ebalulekile KUZO ZONKE iziteleka zama-drone zase-US eMpumalanga Ephakathi, e-Afrika, naseNingizimu-ntshonalanga ye-Asia. Ukubulala nokulimala okubangelwa imicibisholo ejikijelwa ngama-drones ase-US bekungeke kwenzeke ngaphandle kokubambisana kukahulumeni waseJalimane ekuvumela i-US ukuthi isebenzise i-Ramstein Air Base ezimpini ezingekho emthethweni ze-drone - isizinda samasosha, esiphakamisa ngenhlonipho, i-anachronism a. iminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa egcwele ngemva kokukhululwa kweJalimane neYurophu kumaNazi.

Kungakhathaleki umphumela wokugcina enkantolo wecala likaMnu. bin Ali Jaber, okungenzeka liqhubeke iminyaka, manje yisikhathi sokuthi iJalimane ithathe izinyathelo ezisebenzayo zokuvimba i-US ekusebenziseni i-Ramstein Air Base ohambweni lokulwa nama-drone.

Iqiniso liwukuthi: Isizinda samasosha e-Ramstein singaphansi kwegunya elingokomthetho le-Federal Iqiniso liwukuthi: Isizinda samasosha e-Ramstein singaphansi kwegunya elisemthethweni likaHulumeni Wombuso waseJalimane, nakuba i-US Air Force iye yaba khona. kuvunyelwe ukusebenzisa isisekelo. Uma izenzo ezingekho emthethweni ezifana nokubulala ngokungemthetho zenziwa zisuka e-Ramstein noma kwezinye izizinda zase-US eJalimane — futhi uma iziphathimandla zase-US zingayeki lawa macala angokomthetho, siphakamisa ngenhlonipho ukuthi wena nohulumeni wakho ninomsebenzi ngaphansi komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe wokuthatha isinyathelo. Lokhu kuvezwe ngokucacile ku-Nuremberg Trials Federal Rules Decisions of 1946-47 (6 FRD60), ezamukelwa emthethweni wase-US. Ngokunjalo, wonke umuntu obambe iqhaza ekusungulweni kobugebengu bempi unecala kulobo bugebengu, okuhlanganisa osomabhizinisi, osopolitiki nabanye abenza isenzo sobugebengu.

Ngo-1991 iFederal Republic of Germany ehlangene yanikezwa “ubukhosi obuphelele ekhaya naphesheya” ngeSivumelwano Se-Two-plus-Four-Treaty. ISivumelwano sigcizelela ukuthi “kuyoba khona imisebenzi enokuthula kuphela evela endaweni yaseJalimane” njengoba kwenza Isigaba 26 soMthetho Oyisisekelo weFederal Republic of Germany, othi izenzo ezithathiwe ukulungiselela impi yobudlova zithathwa “njengezingqubuzana nomthethosisekelo” futhi “ icala lobugebengu.” Abaningi e-US nasemhlabeni wonke banethemba lokuthi abantu baseJalimane nohulumeni wabo bazohlinzeka ngobuholi obudingeka emhlabeni wonke egameni lokuthula namalungelo abantu.

Uhulumeni waseJalimane uvamise ukusho ukuthi akanalo ulwazi ngemisebenzi eyenziwa e-Ramstein Air Base noma kwezinye izizinda zase-US eJalimane. Sithumela ngenhlonipho ukuthi uma lokhu kunjalo, wena kanye noHulumeni waseJalimane ningase nibe nomsebenzi wokudinga ukubeka izinto obala okudingekayo nokuziphendulela embuthweni wamasosha wase-US kanye nezinhlangano zezobunhloli eJalimane. Uma okwamanje Isimo Sesivumelwano Samandla (I-SOFA) phakathi kwe-US ne-Germany ivimbela ukubonakala kanye nokuziphendulela okudingwa uHulumeni waseJalimane ukuze uphoqelele umthetho waseJalimane nowamazwe ngamazwe, khona-ke uHulumeni waseJalimane kufanele acele ukuthi i-US yenze izinguquko ezifanele kuSOFA. Njengoba nazi, i-Germany ne-US ngayinye inelungelo lokunqamula i-SOFA ngokuzimele lapho inikeza isaziso seminyaka emibili. Abaningi e-US ngeke baphikise kodwa bangakwamukela ngempela ukuxoxisana kwe-SOFA phakathi kwe-US ne-Germany uma lokhu kufanele kudingeke ukuze kubuyiswe umthetho.

Ukuphela kwezingxabano ngo-1945 eminyakeni engamashumi ayisikhombisa edlule kwabona umhlaba ubhekene nomsebenzi wokubuyisela nokuthuthukisa umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe. Lokhu kwaholela emizamweni yokuchaza nokujezisa ubugebengu bempi - imizamo emikhulu efana neNkantolo YaseNuremberg kanye nokusungulwa kweNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene, okwathi ngo-1948 yamemezela iSimemezelo Somhlaba Wonke Samalungelo Abantu. Nakuba iJalimane ibifuna ukunamathela ezimisweni zesiMemezelo, i-US iya ngokuya ishaya indiva le migomo eminyakeni yamuva nje. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-US ifuna ukudweba i-NATO kanye nabanye ababambisene nabo ukuthi bahlanganyele ekwephuleni lezi zimiso.

I-US yaqala uhlelo lwe-drone ekusithekeni ku-2001 futhi ayizange iveze kubantu baseMelika noma iningi labameleli babo kuCongress; Uhlelo lwe-drone lwaqala ukutholwa futhi lwembulwa yizishoshovu zokuthula zase-US ku-2008. Abantu baseBrithani abazange baziswe lapho i-United Kingdom ku-2007 ithola ama-drones abulalayo e-US Futhi muva nje abantu baseJalimane bazisiwe, ngokubika ngesibindi izintatheli ezizimele. kanye nabenzi bempimpi, beqhaza elibalulekile lika-Ramstein ohlelweni lwe-US olungekho emthethweni lwe-drone.

Manje seziyazi indima ka-Ramstein ekubukeni phansi amalungelo abantu kanye nomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe, izakhamuzi eziningi zaseJalimane zicela wena kanye nohulumeni waseJalimane ukuthi uphoqelele umthetho eJalimane, kuhlanganise nasezisekelweni zase-US. Futhi ngenxa yeqhaza elibalulekile lika-Ramstein kuzo zonke iziteleka zama-drones aseMelika, uhulumeni waseJalimane manje usezandleni zakhe amandla okumisa ngokuphelele ukubulawa kwe-drone yase-US okungekho emthethweni.

Uma uHulumeni waseJalimane ubungathatha isinyathelo esiwujuqu kule ndaba, ngokuqinisekile iJalimane ibingathola ukwesekwa phakathi kwezizwe zomhlaba, kuhlanganise namazwe aseYurophu. I IPhalamende LaseYurophu Esinqumweni Salo Ngokusetshenziswa Kwezindiza Ezihlomile, eyamukelwa ngamavoti angama-534 kuya kwangu-49 ngo-February 27, 2014, yanxusa Amazwe Angamalungu ayo ukuba “aphikisane futhi avimbele umkhuba wokubulala ngokungemthetho” futhi “angaqhubeki ukubulala okuhloswe ngokungemthetho noma agqugquzele ukubulawa okunjalo kwezinye izifundazwe.” I-European Parliament Resolution iphinde ithi Amazwe Angamalungu kumele “azibophezele ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi, lapho kunezizathu ezizwakalayo zokukholelwa ukuthi umuntu noma inhlangano engaphansi kwamandla abo ingase ixhunywe ekubulaweni okuhloswe okungekho emthethweni kwamanye amazwe, kuthathwa izinyathelo ngokuhambisana nekhaya labo kanye nenhlangano yabo. izibopho zomthetho.”

Ukubulala ngokungemthetho - ukubulawa 'kwabasolwa' - empeleni kuwukwephula kabuhlungu uMthethosisekelo wase-US. Futhi ukuqalwa kwe-US kanye nokushushiswa kokubulala nezimpi emazweni azimele angasongeli izwe lase-US kwephula izivumelwano zamazwe ngamazwe i-US esazisayinile futhi iCongress isivumile, kuhlanganise ne-United Nations Charter.

Amashumi ezinkulungwane zabantu baseMelika bazabalazele ize iminyaka ukuze baveze futhi baqede uhlelo lwe-drone yase-US kanye nobunye ubugebengu bempi base-US obuholela ekwandeni kwenzondo nge-US kanye nabalingani bayo phakathi kwabantu okuhlosiwe nabathuthumelayo. Njengokuboshwa ngaphandle kwenqubo efanele e-Guantanamo, impi ye-drone iwubukele phansi ngokusobala umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe we-post-WWII sonke esithembele kuwo.

Sithemba ukuthi amadlelandawonye amakhulu ase-US - ikakhulukazi iJalimane, ngenxa yendima ebalulekile eyidlalayo - azothatha izinyathelo eziqinile zokuqeda ukubulawa kwabantu ngokungekho emthethweni. Siyakunxusa ukuthi uthathe zonke izinyathelo ezidingekayo ukuze umise yonke imisebenzi yaseJalimane esekela izimpi zama-drone kanye nokubulawa kukahulumeni wase-US.

Kusayinwe:

UCarol Baum, umsunguli we-Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars, Syracuse Peace Council

UJudy Bello, umsunguli we-Upstate Coalition ukuze Ground the Drones futhi Aqede Izimpi, i-United National Antiwar Coalition

Medea Benjamin, Co-Founder of CodePink

Jacqueline Cabasso, Umhlanganisi Kazwelonke, United for Peace and Justice

ULeah Bolger, OwayenguMongameli Wezempi Kazwelonke Wokuthula

David Hartsough, PeaceWorkers, Fellowship of Reconciliation

URobin Hensel, i-Little Falls OCCU-PIE

Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence

U-Malachy Kilbride, Umfelandawonye Kazwelonke Wokumelana Nobudlova

U-Marilyn Levin, Umsunguli-munye we-United National Antiwar Coalition, United for Justice with Peace

UMicki Lynn, Abesifazane Abamelene Nempi

URay McGovern, Umhlaziyi weCIA Osethathe Umhlalaphansi, Ochwepheshe Bezobunhloli Bomakadebona beSanity

Nick Mottern, KnowDrones

Gael Murphy, CodePink

Elsa Rassbach, CodePink, United National Antiwar Coalition

U-Alyssa Rohricht, Umfundi Othweswe Iziqu ku-International Relations

UColeen Rowley, I-ejenti ye-FBI Esethathe Umhlalaphansi, Ochwepheshe Bobunhloli Bomakadebona beSanity

UDavid Swanson, World Beyond War, Impi Iwubugebengu

UDebra Sweet, Umqondisi Wezwe Awukwazi Ukulinda

UBrian Terrell, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, Missouri Catholic Worker

UColonel Ann Wright, Isikhulu Sezempi Esethathe Umhlalaphansi kanye Nenanyathiselwa Yediplomatic, Veterans for Peace, Ikhodi Pink

Kuvunyelwe ngu:

Brandywine Peace Community, Philadelphia, PA

I-CodePink Women for Peace

Ithaca Catholic Worker, Ithaca, NY

Yazi i-Drones

I-Little Falls OCC-U-PIE, WI

I-National Coalition for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR)

Isenzo Sokuthula Nemfundo, Rochester, NY

I-Syracuse Peace Council, iSyracuse, NY

United For Justice with Peace, Boston, MA

I-United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC)

I-US Foreign Policy Activist Cooperative, Washington DC

I-Upstate (NY) Coalition to Ground the Drones futhi Iqede Izimpi

Veterans For Peace, Isahluko 27

Amazwi we-Creative Nonviolence

Impi Yubugebengu

I-Watertown Citizens for Peace Justice and Environment, Watertown, MA

I-Wisconsin Coalition ukuze Ground the Drones futhi Iqede Izimpi

Abesifazane Abamelene Nobuhlanya Bezempi, eMinneapolis, MN

Abesifazane Abamelene Nempi, Albany, NY

World Beyond War

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Ngemva kwalokho:

Abamangali baseYemeni abazange baphumelele ngoMeyi 27, futhi bekungalindelekile ukuthi baphumelele odabeni olubaluleke kangaka enkantolo encane eJalimane. Noma kunjalo, isinqumo seNkantolo ecaleni sabeka izandulela ezibalulekile ezingokomthetho:

            a) INkantolo inqume ukuthi abasindile baseYemeni, okungezona izakhamizi zaseJalimane, bamele ukumangalela uhulumeni waseJalimane ezinkantolo zaseJalimane. Lesi yisikhathi sokuqala okwaziwayo ukuthi izwe le-NATO linikeze abasinde bezindiza ezi-drone noma izisulu ezingezona izakhamuzi zezwe labo ukuma okunjalo enkantolo.

            b) INkantolo iveze esinqumweni sayo ukuthi imibiko yabezindaba mayelana neqhaza elibalulekile lika-Ramstein ekubulaweni kwezindiza ezingenazindiza e-US “kunengqondo,” okokuqala ngqa ukuthi lokhu kuvunywe ngokusemthethweni yiziphathimandla zaseJalimane.

Kodwa iNkantolo yathi kusekundleni kukahulumeni waseJalimane ukuthatha isinqumo sokuthi yiziphi izinyathelo okufanele zithathwe ukuvikela abantu baseYemen engozini yokubulawa ama-drones ngosizo olubalulekile lwe-Ramstein Air Base. Ngaphezu kwalokho, iNkantolo iveze ukuthi Isivumelwano Se-Status of Forces Agreement (SOSA) samanje phakathi kwe-US neJalimane singase sivimbele uhulumeni waseJalimane manje ukuthi avale Isiteshi Sokudluliswa Kwesathelayithi endaweni yase-Ramstein. Abamangali baphikisene ngokuthi i-SOSA ingase iphinde ixoxisane noma ihoxiswe nguhulumeni waseJalimane.

Esinyathelweni esingajwayelekile, iNkantolo ngokushesha yanikeza abamangali ilungelo lokudlulisa icala. I-ECHR ne-Reprieve izokhalaza egameni labamangali base-Yemeni ngokushesha nje lapho isinqumo esibhalwe phansi esigcwele senkantolo yase-Cologne sitholakala.

QAPHELA: Abameli bezinhlangano zamalungelo abantu ezimele umndeni wakwa-bin Ali Jaber waseYemen ecaleni labo elibhekene nohulumeni waseJalimane baxoxa ngecala lenkantolo ngoMeyi 27 eCologne, eJalimane.

U-Elsa Rassbach uxoxa no-Kat Craig, Umqondisi Wezomthetho Wokukhulula:

U-Elsa Rassbach uxoxa no-Andreas Schüller we-European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights: