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Ukuqala kwam ukubona uJulian Assange kwintolongo yaseBelmarsh, ngo-2019, kwakamsinya nje emva kokuba ekhutshiwe kwindawo yakhe yokusabela e-Ecuadorean, wathi, "Ndicinga ukuba ndishiywa zingqondo."
Wayebhityile kwaye ebhityile, amehlo akhe egaxeleke kwaye ukubhitya kweengalo zakhe kwakugxininiswa lilaphu elichazayo elityheli elibotshelelwe kwingalo yakhe yasekhohlo, uphawu oluvuselelayo lolawulo lweziko.
Kuzo zonke ngaphandle kweeyure ezimbini zotyelelo lwam, wayevalelwe kwisisele esiyedwa kwiphiko elaziwa ngokuba yi "healthcare", igama likaOrwellian. Kwisisele esisecaleni kwakhe indoda eyayikhathazeke kakhulu yakhala ubusuku bonke. Omnye umhlali wahlaselwa ngumhlaza onganyangekiyo. Omnye wayekhubazeke kakhulu.
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"Ewe, uphambene ngakumbi."
Uburharha obumnyama bukaJulian buhlala bumhlangula, kodwa akusekho nto. Intuthumbo echuliweyo ayifumene eBelmarsh ibe neziphumo ezibi. Funda iingxelo zika-Nils Melzer, i-UN Special Repporteur on Torture, kunye nezimvo zeklinikhi zikaMichael Kopelman, unjingalwazi ophumayo we-neuropsychiatry kwiKholeji yaseKing yaseLondon kunye noGqr Quentin Deeley, kwaye ugcine ukudelela umpu oqeshiweyo waseMelika enkundleni, uJames Lewis QC. , owakukhaba ngawo omane oku ngokuthi โukuxokaโ.
Ndachukumiseka ngokukhethekileyo ngamazwi achubekileyo kaGqr. Kate Humphrey, isazi ngemithambo-luvo kwiKholeji yase-Imperial, eLondon. Uxelele i-Old Bailey kulo nyaka uphelileyo ukuba ubukrelekrele bukaJulian buhambile ukusuka โkwinqanaba eliphezulu, okanye elingaphezulu kakhulu, kuluhluโ ukuya โngaphantsi kakhuluโ kweli nqanaba lilelona liphezulu, ukuya kuthi ga kwinqanaba apho wayesokola ukufumana ulwazi kwaye โaqhubele phambili ekufumaneni ulwazi.โ uluhlu olusezantsi ukuya kumndililiโ.
Kwelinye icala lenkundla kulo mdlalo uhlazekileyo weKafkaesque, ndambukela esokola ukukhumbula igama lakhe xa wayecelwa yijaji ukuba alichaze.
Ubuninzi bonyaka wakhe wokuqala eBelmarsh, wayevalelwe. Waliwe umthambo ofanelekileyo, wahamba ubude besisele sakhe esincinci, ebuyela emva naphambili, ebuya naphambili, "eyam ihafu-marathon", wandixelela. Oku kwavuselela ukuphelelwa lithemba. Kwafunyanwa incakuba kwisisele sakhe. Wabhala "iileta zokuvalelisa". Wawafowunela ngokuphindaphindiweyo amaSamariya.
Ekuqaleni wavinjwa iindondo zakhe zokufunda, eshiywe kwinkohlakalo yokuxhwilwa kwakhe kwindlu yozakuzo. Xa ekugqibeleni ezo ndondo zafika entolongweni, azizange zisiwe kuye kangangeentsuku. Igqwetha lakhe, uGareth Peirce, wabhala ileta emva kweleta eya kwirhuluneli yentolongo ekhalazela ukubanjwa kwamaxwebhu asemthethweni, ukufikelela kwithala leencwadi lentolongo, ukusetyenziswa kwelaptop esisiseko ukulungiselela ngayo ityala lakhe. Intolongo yayithabatha iiveki, kwaneenyanga, ukuphendula. (Irhuluneli, uRob Davis, uwongwe ngeMbasa yoBukhosi baseBritane).
Iincwadi azithunyelelwe ngumhlobo wakhe, intatheli uCharles Glass, naye owasinda ekuthinjweni eBeirut, zabuyiswa. UJulian akazange akwazi ukubiza amagqwetha akhe aseMelika. Ukususela ekuqaleni, ubesoloko efumana unyango. Ngesinye isihlandlo, xa ndambuza ukuba bamnike ntoni, akazange akwazi ukuthetha.
Kwityala leNkundla ePhakamileyo kwiveki ephelileyo ukuba ligqibe ekubeni uJulian angaphindiselwa eMelika okanye hayi, uvele ngokufutshane ngekhonkco levidiyo ngosuku lokuqala. Ebekhangeleka engaphilanga kwaye engazinzanga. Inkundla yaxelelwa ukuba โuxolelweโ ngenxa โyamayezaโ akhe. Kodwa uJulian wayecele ukuzimasa kwityala kwaye wala, utshilo iqabane lakhe uStella Moris. Ukuzimasa enkundleni ehleli ekugwebeni ngokuqinisekileyo lilungelo.
Le ndoda inebhongo kakhulu ifuna ilungelo lokubonakala yomelele kwaye ihambelana esidlangalaleni, njengoko yenzayo kwi-Old Bailey kunyaka ophelileyo. Emva koko, wayehlala ebonisana namagqwetha akhe ngokukrolwa kwekheji yeglasi yakhe. Wabhala amanqaku amaninzi. Wema waqhankqalaza ngomsindo ocacileyo kubuxoki kunye nokuxhatshazwa kwenkqubo.
Umonakalo owenziwe kuye kwiminyaka elishumi yokuvalelwa kunye nokungaqiniseki, kubandakanywa ngaphezu kweminyaka emibini eBelmarsh (ulawulo lwakhe olukhohlakeleyo lubhiyozelwa kwifilimu yamva nje yeBond) alithandabuzeki.
Kodwa ngokunjalo, bubugorha bakhe obungenantandabuzo, kunye nomgangatho wokuchasa nokomelela obubugorha. Yile nto enokuthi imbone kubusuku bangoku baseKafkaesque- if usinda kumngxuma wesihogo waseMelika.
Ndiyamazi uJulian ukusukela oko wafika eBritane ngo-2009. Kudliwano-ndlebe lwethu lokuqala, uchaze isinyanzelo sokuziphatha emva kweWikiLeaks: ukuba ilungelo lethu lokungafihlisi koorhulumente kunye nabanamandla lilungelo elisisiseko ledemokhrasi. Ndiye ndambukela ebambelele kulo mgaqo xa ngamanye amaxesha uye wabenza ubomi bakhe bube sengozini ngakumbi.
Phantse akukho nalinye kweli cala limangalisayo kumlingiswa wendoda eliye lachazwa kwinto ebizwa ngokuba "yi-free press" ebizwa ngokuba yikamva layo, lisemngciphekweni ukuba uJulian uyakhutshwa.
Ewe kunjalo, kodwa akuzange kubekho "umshicileli wasimahla". Kubekho iintatheli ezingaqhelekanga eziye zahlala kwizikhundla โkwindawo eqhelekileyoโ-izithuba eziye zavalwa ngoku, zinyanzela ubuntatheli obuzimeleyo kwi-intanethi.
Apho, iye yaba โlilifa lesihlanuโ, a samizdat yomsebenzi ozinikeleyo, odla ngokungahlawulwayo ngabo babekhethelwe bucala ngokubekekileyo kumajelo eendaba ngoku oyenziwe waba yintetho yentetho yezandla. Amagama afana nelithi โidemokhrasiโ, โuhlaziyoโ, โamalungelo oluntuโ ahluthwa intsingiselo yawo yesichazi-magama kwaye ukuvalwa kwenziwa ngokutyeshela okanye ukubekela ecaleni.
Ityala elibi kwiveki ephelileyo kwiNkundla ePhakamileyo "lanyamalala" kushicilelo lwasimahla. Uninzi lwabantu alunakwazi ukuba inkundla esembindini weLondon yayihleli ekugwebeni ilungelo labo lokwazi: ilungelo labo lokubuza kunye nokuchasa.
Abaninzi baseMerika, ukuba bayayazi into malunga necala lika-Assange, bakholelwa ingcamango yokuba uJulian yi-arhente yaseRashiya eyabangela ukuba uHillary Clinton alahlekelwe lunyulo lukamongameli ngo-2016 kuDonald Trump. Oku kufana ngokuphawulekayo nobuxoki bokuba uSaddam Hussein wayenezixhobo zokutshabalalisa, ezithethelela ukuhlasela kwe-Iraq kunye nokufa kwesigidi okanye ngaphezulu kwabantu.
Akunakwenzeka ukuba bazi ukuba ingqina eliphambili lotshutshiso elixhasa enye yezityholo ezichongiweyo kuJulian kutshanje uye wavuma ukuba waxoka kwaye wenza "ubungqina" bakhe.
Kwaye abayi kuva okanye bafunde ngesityhilelo sokuba i-CIA, phantsi komlawuli wayo wangaphambili, u-Hermann Goering ofana noMike Pompeo, wayecwangcise ukubulala uJulian. Yayingeyonto intsha ke leyo. Oko ndimazi uJulian, ebesongelwa ngokwenzakala nangakumbi.
Kubusuku bakhe bokuqala kwindlu yozakuzo yase-Ecuadore ngo-2012, abantu abantsundu bagquma phambi kwendlu yozakuzo baza bakroba iifestile, bezama ukungena. kudala efuna ukubulawa kukaJulian. Umongameli wangoku u-Biden wamgwebela โnjengesigrogrisi se-hi-techโ.
Owayesakuba yinkulumbuso yaseOstreliya, uJulia Gillard, wayezimisele kakhulu ukukholisa into awayeyibiza ngokuba โngamaqabane ethu angcono kakhuluโ eWashington kangangokuba wafuna ukuba kuthatyathwe incwadana yokundwendwela kaJulian kuye โ de kwachazwa ukuba oku kuya kuba kuchasene nomthetho. Inkulumbuso yangoku, uScott Morrison, indoda ye-PR, xa ebuzwa ngo-Assange, uthe, "Kufuneka ajongane nomculo."
Ibilixesha elivulekileyo kumseki weWikiLeaks ngaphezulu kweminyaka elishumi. Ngo-2011, Guardian waxhaphaza umsebenzi kaJulian ngokungathi ngowawo, waqokelela amabhaso obuntatheli kunye nezivumelwano zaseHollywood, emva koko wavula umthombo wawo.
Iminyaka yohlaselo olugwenxa kwindoda engazange ivume ukujoyina iklabhu yabo ilandele. Wayetyholwa ngokusilela ukuhlengahlengisa amaxwebhu amagama abo bacingelwa ukuba basesichengeni. Kwi Guardian Incwadi kaDavid Leigh kunye noLuka Harding, u-Assange ucatshulwe esithi ngexesha lesidlo sangokuhlwa kwivenkile yokutyela yaseLondon ukuba akakhathali ukuba abanolwazi olubizwe ngokuvuza benzakala.
UHarding noLeigh bebengekho esidlweni. UJohn Goetz, intatheli yophando kunye Der Spiegel, ngenene wayekwisidlo sangokuhlwa kwaye wangqina ukuba uAssange akazange athethe nto.
Impempe enkulu uDaniel Ellsberg uxelele i-Old Bailey kulo nyaka uphelileyo ukuba u-Assange wayezilungise ngokwakhe iifayile ze-15,000. Intatheli ephandayo yaseNew Zealand uNicky Hager, osebenze no-Assange kwimfazwe yase-Afghanistan kunye ne-Iraq, uchaze indlela u-Assange awathatha ngayo. "amanyathelo okhuseleko angaqhelekanga ekubhalweni ngokutsha amagama abanolwazi".
Ngo-2013, ndabuza umenzi wefilimu uMark Davis ngale nto. Umsasazi ohloniphekileyo we-SBS Australia, uDavis wayelingqina lokuzibonela, ehamba no-Assange ngexesha lokulungiswa kweefayile ezivuzayo ukuze zipapashwe Guardian kwaye The New York Times. Undixelele, "U-Assange nguye kuphela owayesebenza imini nobusuku ekhupha amagama angama-10,000 abantu abanokujoliswa kutyhilelo kwiilogi."
Efundisa iqela labafundi beDyunivesithi yesiXeko, uDavid Leigh wahlekisa ngeyona ngcamango yokuba "uJulian Assange uya kugqiba kwi-jumpsuit ye-orenji". Uloyiko lwakhe yayilubaxo, watswina. U-Edward Snowden kamva watyhila ukuba u-Assange wayekho "kwixesha lokuzingela".
Luke Harding, owabhala kunye noLeigh the Guardian Incwadi edize igama eliyimfihlo kuluhlu lweentambo zozakuzo ezaziphathiswe nguJulian ephepheni, yayingaphandle kozakuzo wase-Ecuadorean ngobusuku uJulian wacela indawo yokukhosela. Eme nomgca wamapolisa, wagcoba kwibhlog yakhe, "IScotland Yard inokuba neyokugqibela ukuhleka."
Eli phulo lalingayeki. Guardian ababhali bemihlathi bakrwela ubunzulu. USuzanne Moore wabhala ngendoda angazange adibane nayo.
Umhleli obechophele oku, u-Alan Rusbridger, usanda kuzibandakanya nekhorasi ethi "ukukhusela i-Assange ikhusela umshicileli wasimahla". Emva kokupapasha izityhilelo zokuqala zeWikiLeaks, uRusbridger kufuneka azibuze ukuba ngaba Eyomgadi Ukukhutshwa okulandelayo kwe-Assange kuya kwanela ukukhusela ulusu lwakhe kwingqumbo yaseWashington.
Iijaji zeNkundla ePhakamileyo kulindeleke ukuba zibhengeze isigqibo sazo malunga nesibheno sase-US kunyaka omtsha. Isigqibo abasithathayo siya kugqiba ukuba ngaba inkundla yaseBritane iyilahlile na intsalela yesidima sayo; kwilizwe laseMagna Carta eli tyala lihlazo bekufanele ukuba kudala laphoswa enkundleni.
Isigunyaziso esilahlekileyo asiyompembelelo "kushicilelo lwasimahla" oludibeneyo. Kububulungisa kumntu otshutshiswayo aze akhanyelwe ngabom.
UJulian Assange ungumxeli wenyaniso ongenzanga lwaphulo-mthetho kodwa watyhila ubugwenxa bukarhulumente kwaye uxoka ngomkhamo omkhulu kwaye wenze enye yeenkonzo zikawonke-wonke ebomini bam. Ngaba kufuneka sikhunjuzwe ukuba okusesikweni komnye umntu kukusesikweni kubo bonke?
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