Zosaneneka m'manyuzipepala ambiri ndi kumenyedwa kwa njala kwanthawi yayitali komwe gulu la anthu aku America likuchita mogwirizana ndi omwe akumenyera njala kundende ya Guantanamo. Othamanga akuphatikiza CODEPINK woyambitsa nawo Diane Wilson (mwachangu wamadzi okha kuyambira Meyi 1), membala wa Veterans for Peace Brian Wilson (Meyi 12), ndi Purezidenti wakale wa Veterans for Peace, Elliott Adams. Pansipa pali kuyankhulana ndi Elliott Adams, yemwe adayamba kugunda pa Meyi 17.
Nโcifukwa ciani munasankha kucitapo kanthu mochititsa chidwi chonchi, chimene chimaphatikizapo kudzimana motere?
Zomwe zikuchitika ku Guantanamo ndizonyansa. Tangoganizani izi: Akaidi 86 amatsutsidwa ndi boma- Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo, Chilungamo, ndi Chitetezo cha Padziko Lonse chaka chapitacho, ndipo akumangidwabe. Ambiri a iwo akhala akusungidwa kwa zaka 11!
Tsopano mwayi wa akaidiwo kuonana ndi maloya awo wachepanso. Iwo ali ndi lamulo latsopano loti akumane ndi oyimira milandu awo, amayenera kudutsa njira yowonongeka, yomwe imaphatikizapo anthu kukhudza maliseche awo ndi anus, kuphwanya chipembedzo chawo.
Akaidi ku Guantanamo akusowa thandizo. Saona chizindikiro chilichonse chosonyeza kuti adzatulukamo. Iwo ayesa njira yalamulo koma tsopano azindikira kuti ngakhale boma lasankha kuti lisawaimbe mlandu ndipo lavomereza kuti iwowo sakuwopseza chitetezo cha dziko la US, amangidwabe. Njira yokhayo yomwe angawone kuti atuluke ndiyo kudzipha ndi njala. Uwo ndi mulingo wosimidwa womwe Achimereka samamvetsetsa. Ndipo mโmalo mowamasula kapena kuwazenga mlandu, boma likuwakakamiza mwankhanza.
Ndizochititsa nyansi. Ndikuphwanya mfundo zathu zamakhalidwe ndi chipembedzo, malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi, malamulo adziko; ndikuphwanya Declaration of Independence, Constitution, zinthu zomwe zikuyenera kutanthauzira America. Zimatsutsana ndi mfundo zomwe ndinkaganiza kuti mbendera ya ku America inkaimira pamene ndinali mnyamata.
Sindingathe kukhala ndi kusangalala ndi moyo wanga pamene dziko langa likuchitira anthu awa zinthu zoipa. Zili kwa ife kukakamiza boma lathu kuti liwatulutse mmenemo.
Mukumva bwanji mwakuthupi? Kodi mwachepetsa thupi kwambiri?
Ndimataya mapaundi 1-1.5 tsiku lililonse. Ndinasiya mafuta ochuluka, ndipo ndimaona kuti minofu yanga ikuwonongeka. Nthawi zina ndimatopa.
Mukangoyamba kusala kudya kwa nthawi yayitali, ma electrolyte anu amachoka bwino; mumakumana ndi mavuto amtima omwe angakhalepo. Mukangoyamba kugaya thupi pang'ono, nthawi yomweyo mumakumana ndi kuwonongeka kwa impso. Kuchepetsa zakudya kungayambitse kuwonongeka kwa mitsempha. Kungakhale chinthu chowopsa kwambiri kuchita. Palinso mbali kuti ndi wovuta kusadya.
Koma izi ndi zazing'ono poyerekeza ndi zomwe amuna a ku Guantanamo akukumana nawo.
Kodi munachitapo zanjala m'mbuyomu?
Ili ndilo loyamba losatha lomwe ndapanga. Lomaliza ndinasiya patatha masiku asanu ndi anayi chifukwa cha matenda.
Kodi mukukonzekera kupitiriza kunyalanyala njala mpaka liti? Nโchiyani chingakulimbikitseni kuti muyambenso kudya?
Njala yanga yatha. Sindikudziwa kuti tidzawona liti kusuntha kwakukulu koma ndikufunika kuwona zochitika zenizeni, osati mawu abwino okha.
Kodi achibale anu ndi anzanu achita chiyani?
Anthu ambiri amene amandikonda amaganiza kuti ndi misala; ndi zolakwika; ndi zopusa. Mwamwayi, mkazi wanga amandipirirabe. Iye wakhala woleza mtima kwa zaka zambiri, zambiri.
Kodi mumamva bwanji mukaganizira kuti anthu ambiri omwe akumenyedwa ndi njala akukakamizidwa tsiku lililonse?
Ndi zophweka kwenikweni: ndi kuzunzidwa. Atero a American Medical Association, World Medical Association, ndi aliyense amene ali ndi chikumbumtima. Kukakamiza kudyetsa munthu wozindikira ndiko kuzunzidwa.
Kodi mukuganiza kuti Purezidenti Obama akuyenera kuchita chiyani?
Ayenera kuyamba ndikupempha chilolezo chachitetezo cha dziko chomwe chimamulola kuti amasule akaidi 86 omwe amasulidwa kuti amasulidwe. Ayenera kusiya kulankhula ndi kuchitapo kanthu.
Zimandikumbutsa za pamene George McGovern anathamangira pulezidenti mu 1972. Anthu anamuuza kuti, โUkufuna kuchoka ku Vietnam, koma nkhani imeneyi ndi yovuta kwambiri. Mukuchita bwanji?โ Yankho lake linali lakuti, โNdimayesa zombo ndi ndege.โ Yakwana nthawi yoti tiyambe kutulutsa anthu - m'zombo ndi ndege.
Kodi mukuwona kufanana pakati pa momwe akaidi ku Guantanamo amachitiridwa ndi akaidi aku US?
Inde, mwamtheradi. Mโzochitika zonse ziลตirizi, timakhala ndi mikhalidwe yachisembwere. Kuno ku US takhala tikusunga akaidi m'ndende zayekha, maola 24 patsiku, kwa zaka zambiri! Ndizolakwika monga zomwe zikuchitika ku Guantanamo, kukoma kosiyana kozunza ndi kuzunzidwa.
Kodi mukuganiza kuti makhothi ankhondo atha kupereka mlandu kwa akaidi a Guantanamo?
Ayi, ayi, chifukwa chake adapanga mabwalo ankhondo. Muulamuliro wonyanyira ngati wankhondo, simungakhale ndi mlandu wachilungamo. Woweruza, wosuma mlandu, woweruza milanduโaliyense ayenera kutsatira zomwe wauzidwa. Umo ndi momwe zimagwirira ntchito. Zili ngati kunena kuti Bwalo la Inquisition la ku Spain kapena Salem Witch Hunt lidaweruza mwachilungamo. Lingaliro lonse la mayesero ankhondo ndi oxymoron.
Chofunika koposa, makhothi athu achitetezo akugwira ntchito. Tayesa ndikusamalira m'makhothi athu anthu oyipa kwambiri kuposa omwe aku Guantanamo. Tikhoza kupirira. Tikhoza kuwaweruza mwachilungamo.
Kodi mukuganiza kuti ndi chifukwa chiyani Purezidenti Obama sakumasula akaidi a ku Guantanamo omwe amasulidwa kuti amasulidwe?
Kwinakwake muulamuliro wa chipani cha Democrat, wina akuganiza kuti zisawononge mavoti. Amawerengera kuti akamasula akaidi omasulidwa, a Republican adzawatcha ofewa kwa zigawenga. Ichi ndichifukwa chake tiyenera kumanga chithandizo chapansi panthaka kuti amasule akaidi. Tiyenera kupanga chisankho chabwino cha ndale kwa iwo. Tiyenera kukakamiza boma kuti lichite zoyenera.
Mukunena chiyani kwa anthu aku America omwe akuganiza kuti akaidi a Guantanamo ndi "oyipa kwambiri" ndipo ayenera kukhala pamenepo?
Sindikuganiza kuti anthu amenewo amadziwa zambiri za akaidi amenewa. Ndikuganiza kuti ayenera kudziphunzitsa okha, ndiyeno adzapeza kuti ndi nkhambakamwa chabeโanthu amenewa si oipa kwambiri. Ndikukutsimikizirani kuti ndende zaku US zili ndi anthu oyipa kwambiri kuposa aku Guantanamo, anthu akutanthauza kuti simungakhulupirire. Sindikunena kuti anthu onse ku Guantanamo ndi oyera mtima, koma kunena kuti iwo ndi oipitsitsa kwambiri ndikusamvetsetsana. M'malo mwake, boma lathu latsimikiza kuti ambiri aiwo achotsedwe chifukwa sakuwopseza anthu aku US.
Mukuganiza kuti zinthu zili bwanji ku Guantanamo kumayiko akunja, makamaka m'maiko achisilamu?
Anthu padziko lonse lapansi asiya kutilemekeza chifukwa amationa tikuphwanya mfundo zomwe tikuyenera kuyimilira komanso mfundo za malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi. Mu maso a dziko, Guantanamo delegitimizes boma, dziko, ndipo ngakhale inu ndi ine chifukwa ife kulipira izo. Ichi ndichifukwa chake ndikuganiza kuti Guantanamo ndi chiwopsezo ku chitetezo cha dziko lathu.
Ndikuphwanyanso maloto aku America, "kuyesa kwakukulu" komwe Purezidenti Abraham Lincoln adatchulapo. Sitingathe kukhala chete pamene kuyesako kukuwonongeka.
Medea Benjamin ndi amene amapanga www.codepink.org ndi www.globalexchange.org. Kuti muthandizire kutseka Gitmo, pitani ku www.closegitmo.net.
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