Abanye abane abamsulwa bakhululwe eMelika eRobben Island kule nyanga. Ikoloni yethu yezohlwayo ezingaselunxwemeni eGuantanamo Bay isabambe amabanjwa ali-158, angama-84 kuwo akhululwe ukuba akhululwe. Amadoda athunyelwe ekhaya awazange abekwe ityala lolwaphulo-mthetho kwaye acinywa kwiminyaka emine eyadlulayo.
Ukukhululwa kusenokunika amanye amabanjwa isizathu sokuba nethemba xa evile iindaba. Ngexesha loqhankqalazo lwendlala entlakohlaza, olunye lwalo oluthathe ngaphezulu kweentsuku ezingama-80, umkhosi wagqogqa intolongo waza wababeka bodwa abaqhankqalazi abali-100. Akukho mntu waziyo ukuba kugqithiswa njani okanye loluphi ulwazi kubo.
Ngelo xesha, xa i-100 yamabanjwa e-166 ayenqaba ukutya, i-ACLU, iZiko lamaxhoba eNtuthuko, i-Human Rights Watch kunye namanye amaqela e-17 asekuhlaleni abhalela umphathi we-Pentagon u-Chuck Hagel ukuba ukunyanzeliswa kokutya amabanjwa "kwakukhohlakala, ukungabi nabuntu kunye nokuthotywa" - inkcazo yesivumelwano sokuthuthunjiswa - kwaye yabiza ukupheliswa kwayo kwangoko nangokusisigxina. UHagel waphinda wafumana ileta evela kuJeremy Lazarus, umongameli weAmerican Medical Association, owatyhola ukuba oogqirha abondla amabanjwa ngenkani ngokuchasene neminqweno yabo kwaphula “imilinganiselo esisiseko yezonyango.”
Ukusukela ngoFebruwari ukuya kuJuni, i-White House yongamela ukondla ngokunyanzeliswa kwamabanjwa angama-21 ubuncinane, amava okukrwitshwa kunye nokugawula apho iityhubhu zeplastiki zityhalwa ngeempumlo naphantsi komqala ngelixa enye ifakwe kwisitulo sokuthintela.
Iintloko ezipholileyo ziyabiza, kodwa azikaphumeleli
Ngelixa loqhankqalazo lwendlala, iqela elahlukileyo labaphengululi bezomthetho, amagqwetha omgaqo-siseko kunye nowayesakuba ngamagosa aphezulu karhulumente kunye namagosa omkhosi apapasha ingxelo enkulu ethi iGuantánamo ibonisa "... ukuzimisela kwe-United States ukubamba inani elikhulu labantu abamsulwa ... kwaye bababeka kwintswelo enzulu nehlala ixesha elide bephathwa kakubi, kwanokuthuthunjiswa.”
Umbutho oSebenzayo weProjekthi yoMgaqo-siseko weProjekthi yoMsebenzi woNyango lwaseBavalelweni (CPTF) enesihloko esithi “yeyona nto ibalulekileyo” ukufunyaniswayo - okwenziwe “ngaphandle kokubekelwa bucala” — yayikukuba “[ayinakuphikiswa into yokuba iUnited States ibandakanyeka kwisiqhelo sokuthuthumbisa,” kwaye oko "[Ndi] ndenzekile kumaxesha amaninzi nakuluhlu olubanzi lweethiyetha."
Uphononongo olunamaphepha angama-600, kwiminyaka emibini lusenziwa, lucacisile “[T] isiphelo sakhe sisekelwe kuphononongo olucokisekileyo noluneenkcukacha lwento ebandakanya ukuthuthunjiswa kwiimeko ezininzi, ngakumbi imbali nezomthetho. I-CPTF ivavanye amatyala enkundla…apho i-United States iye yabeka isityholo sokuthuthumbisa kwabanye oorhulumente. IUnited States ayinakuvakalisa ilizwe elinetyala lokuthuthumbisa ize ke ngoko ikhululeke ekubhalweni ngendlela efanayo ukuba ayiyonto ifanayo.”
I-CPTF yabhengeza ukuba ngokugunyazisa ukuthuthunjiswa, urhulumente “…ubekela bucala uninzi lwemilinganiselo ebekekileyo yesizwe nemithetho-siseko esemthethweni.” Andinakusebenzisa izinto ezintle ezinje ngokuthi “bekelwe bucala.” Abasebenzi bakarhulumente abawuthobelanga, bawudelela, bawujongela phantsi kwaye bahlekisa umthetho, ingakumbi uMthetho weNtuthumbo wase-US, uMthetho woLwaphulo-mthetho lweMfazwe wase-US kunye neNgqungquthela yase-Geneva kunye neNgqungquthela eChasene neNtuthumbo engumthetho wase-US phantsi koMgaqo-siseko. U-Obama ngokwakhe uthe nge-30 ka-Epreli iGuantanamo "yayiluphawu kwihlabathi liphela leMelika etyeshela umthetho." NgoSeptemba 24, 2009, wathi, "Umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe awusosithembiso esingenanto, kwaye izivumelwano kufuneka zinyanzeliswe."
Uphononongo lomgaqo-siseko lufumanisa ubutyala obukwinqanaba eliphezulu
Isigqibo esikhulu sesibini se-CPTF yayikukuba "awona magosa aphezulu anoxanduva lokuvumela - nokuba negalelo ekusasazeni - ukuthuthunjiswa." Le bhombu ibeka abenzi bobubi emngciphekweni womthetho xa kuqwalaselwa izivumelwano zase-US ezilawula intuthumbo. Bakholelwa ukuba ukuba urhulumente otyholwayo - kule meko i-United States - iyasilela ukuphanda kunye nokutshutshisa ummangalelwa ngokunyanisekileyo, amanye amazwe okanye iNkundla yeZizwe eziManyeneyo inokunyanzeliswa ukuba yenze njalo.
I-CPTF yaphawula ukuba ngotyelelo lukaFebruwari 2012 eGuantanamo ngabasebenzi bayo, umphathi wentolongo ngelo xesha, uAdm ongemva. NdinguMarie waseRomania.
UKaren Greenberg, umseki weZiko loKhuseleko lweSizwe kwisikolo somthetho seYunivesithi yaseFordham, uthe ngabagwali balamba baseGuantanamo, “Abanakuphinda bayinyamezele. Kukuphelelwa lithemba…” Iminyaka elishumi yokuvalelwa entolongweni ixesha elingenammiselo ngaphandle kwezityholo, kwaye amaxesha amaninzi ngaphandle kweposi, ukufowuna okanye ukufikelela kumagqwetha, ibuhlungu kakhulu ngokwasengqondweni kangangokuba amabanjwa axhwalekileyo ebenokukhetha ukufa kunokuba alibale. NgoMeyi, ibanjwa u-Al Madhwani labhalela inkundla yomdibaniso "... U-Obama kufuneka angayazi imeko ekhohlakeleyo engakholelekiyo kwintolongo yase-Guantanamo Bay, kuba kungenjalo ngokuqinisekileyo uya kwenza okuthile ukunqanda oku kuthuthunjiswa."
U-Obama akazihoyi izityholo zokungcungcuthekiswa ezenziwa nguDick Cheney, uDonald Rumsfeld, u-Alberto Gonzales kunye noGeorge Bush - abatshutshisi bathanda ukupapasha isivumo somntu. Xa ebuzwa ukuba ngaba ulawulo lwakhe luza kuphanda, u-Obama wathi akuyi kuba namveliso "ukukhangela ngasemva." Iya kuba kukuzibek' ityala, kuba u-Obama ngokwakhe ugunyazise impatho ekhohlakeleyo, engenabuntu nethoba isidima eGuantanamo.
UJohn LaForge nguMlawuli weNukewatch, imboniselo yenyukliya kunye neqela lobulungisa kokusingqongileyo eWisconsin, ihlela incwadana yeendaba yekota, kwaye ibhalela PeaceVoice.
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