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NgoMgqibelo, kuya kubakho umngcelele osuka e-Australia House eLondon usiya ePalamente Square, iziko ledemokhrasi yaseBritane. Abantu baya kuthwala imifanekiso yomshicileli wase-Australia kunye nentatheli uJulian Assange oya kuthi, nge-24 kaFebruwari, abhekane nenkundla eya kuthatha isigqibo sokuba abuyiselwe e-United States okanye abulawe.
Ndiyazi i-Australia House kakuhle. NjengomOstreliya ngokwam, ndandidla ngokuya apho ngeentsuku zam zokuqala eLondon ukuze ndifunde amaphephandaba ndisekhaya. Ivulwe nguKumkani uGeorge V ngaphezulu kwenkulungwane eyadlulayo, ubukhulu bayo bebhastile kunye nelitye, iikhansile kunye nemifanekiso eqaqambileyo, engeniswe eOstreliya xa amajoni aseOstreliya ayesifa ekubulaweni kweMfazwe yeHlabathi yokuQala, aqinisekise uphawu lwayo njengemfumba yasebukhosini yobukhoboka. .
Njengomnye weyona "imishini yezozakuzo" indala e-United Kingdom, le nxalenye yobukumkani inika i-sinecure eyonwabileyo yezopolitiko zase-Antipodean: "iqabane" elivuzayo okanye umntu onengxaki egxothiweyo.
Eyaziwa ngokuba nguMkomishinala oPhakamileyo, olingana nonozakuzaku, umxhamli wangoku nguGeorge Brandis, owathi njengoGqwetha Jikelele wazama ukunkcenkceshela uMthetho woCalulo loMdyarho waseOstreliya kunye nokuhlasela okuvunyiweyo kwabebeveze inyani malunga nokuhlola okungekho mthethweni kwe-Australia kwi-East Timor ngexesha lothethathethwano malunga noku. ukukrolwa kweoli negesi yelo lizwe lihlwempuzekileyo.
Oku kwakhokelela ekubeni kutshutshiswe oorheletyi uBernard Collaery kunye โneNgqina Kโ ngezityholo zomgunyathi. NjengoJulian Assange, bamele bathuliswe kwityala likaKafkaesque baze bagxothwe.
I-Australia House yeyona ndawo ifanelekileyo yokuqala kuMatshi wangoMgqibelo.
ULord Curzon, uViceroy waseIndiya wabhala wathi: โNdiyavuma, ngowe-1898 ukuba amazwe aziingceba kwibhodi yechess apho kudlalwa umdlalo omkhulu wokulawula ihlabathi.โ
Thina bantu baseOstreliya besikwinkonzo yoMdlalo oMkhulu ixesha elide kakhulu. Sakuba sibhubhile abantu bethu boMthonyama kuhlaselo kunye nemfazwe yokulwa esaqhubeka unanamhla, siye saphalaza igazi ngenxa yeenkosi zethu zobukhosi eTshayina, eAfrika, eRashiya, kuMbindi Mpuma, eYurophu naseAsia. Akukho adventure yasebukhosini ngokuchasene nabo singaxabaniyo nayo eye yasinda kuzahlulelo lwethu.
Ukukhohlisa kube yinto. Xa iNkulumbuso uRobert Menzies wathumela amajoni ase-Australia eVietnam kwiminyaka yoo-1960, wabachaza njengeqela loqeqesho, elicelwe ngurhulumente okhutshiweyo eSaigon. Yayibubuxoki. Igosa eliphezulu leSebe leMicimbi yangaphandle labhala ngasese ukuba "nangona siye sagxininisa inyaniso esidlangalaleni ukuba uncedo lwethu lunikezelwe kwisimemo sikarhulumente waseMzantsi Vietnam", lo myalelo wawuvela eWashington.
Iinguqulelo ezimbini. Ubuxoki kuthi, inyaniso kubo. Abantu abamalunga nezigidi ezine bafa kwimfazwe yaseVietnam.
Xa i-Indonesia yahlasela i-East Timor ngowe-1975, unozakuzaku waseOstreliya, uRichard Woolcott, ngokufihlakeleyo wabongoza urhulumente waseCanberra ukuba โaziphathe ngendlela eya kuyilwa ukunciphisa impembelelo kawonke-wonke eOstreliya nokubonisa ukuqonda kwangasese kwiIndonesia.โ Ngamanye amazwi, ukuxoka. Ubhekiselele kwizinto eziphangiweyo ze-oyile kunye nerhasi kuLwandle lwaseTimor, athe waqhayisa uMphathiswa wezangaPhandle uGareth Evans, exabisa "ii-zillions".
Kwimbubhiso eyalandelayo, kwafa abantu abamalunga nama-200,000 XNUMX base-East Timorese. I-Australia yaqaphela, phantse yodwa, ukuba semthethweni komsebenzi.
Xa uNkulumbuso uJohn Howard wathumela imikhosi ekhethekileyo yase-Australia ukuba ihlasele i-Iraq neMelika kunye neBrithani kwi-2003, yena - njengoGeorge W. Bush kunye noTony Blair - waxoka ukuba uSaddam Hussein wayenezixhobo zokutshabalalisa. Bangaphezu kwesigidi abantu abasweleke eIraq.
I-WikiLeaks yayingeyokuqala ukubiza iipatheni zolwaphulo-mthetho olulele kwiidemokhrasi ezihlala zinoburhalarhume njengakwimini kaLord Curzon. Impumelelo yentlangano ephawulekayo yokupapasha eyasungulwa nguJulian Assange iye yanikela ubungqina.
I-WikiLeaks isixelele indlela iimfazwe ezingekho mthethweni ezenziwa ngayo, indlela oorhulumente abachithwa ngayo kunye nobundlobongela busetyenziswa egameni lethu, indlela esijongwa ngayo ngeefowuni kunye nezikrini. Ubuxoki bokwenyani boomongameli, oonozakuzaku, abagqatswa bezopolitiko, iinjengele, abameli, amaqhophololo kwezopolitiko buye babhencwa. Nganye, aba baza kuba ngabalawuli baye baqaphela ukuba abanampahla.
Ibe yinkonzo yoluntu engazange ibonwe ngaphambili; ngaphezu kwayo yonke into, bubuntatheli obuyinyani, obuxabiso labo linokugwetywa ngokwenqanaba le-apoplexy yorhwaphilizo kunye nabaxolisi babo.
Umzekelo, ngo-2016, iWikiLeaks yapapasha ii-imeyile ezivuzayo zomphathi wephulo likaHillary Clinton uJohn Podesta, eveze unxibelelwano oluthe ngqo phakathi kukaClinton, isiseko awabelana ngaso nomyeni wakhe kunye nenkxaso-mali yejihadism ehleliweyo kuMbindi Mpuma - ubunqolobi.
Enye i-imeyile idize ukuba i-Islamic State (ISIS) yabhaliswa ngoorhulumente baseSaudi Arabia naseQatar, apho uClinton wamkela "iminikelo" enkulu. Ngaphezu koko, njengonobhala welizwe lase-US, uye wavuma ukuthengiswa kwezixhobo ezinkulu kwihlabathi kubaxhamli bakhe baseSaudi, exabisa ngaphezulu kwe-80 yeebhiliyoni zeedola. Ndiyabulela kuye, ukuthengiswa kwezixhobo zase-US kwihlabathi- ukuba zisetyenziswe kumazwe athwaxwa yi-Yemen-kuphindwe kabini.
Ityhilwe yi-WikiLeaks kwaye ipapashwe kwi-New York Times, ii-imeyile ze-Podesta zibangele umkhankaso we-vituperative ngokuchasene nomhleli-oyintloko uJulian Assange, ngaphandle kobungqina. Waye "yi-arhente yaseRashiya esebenza ukukhetha uTrump"; kwalandela "iRussiagate" engenangqondo. Ukuba iWikiLeaks iphinde yapapasha ngaphezulu kwe-800,000 yamaxwebhu ahlala egxeka asuka eRussia akazange ahoywe.
Kwinkqubo yeQumrhu loSasazo lase-Australia, iiKona ezine, ngo-2017, uClinton wadliwano-ndlebe nguSarah Ferguson, owaqala wathi: โAkukho mntu unokusilela ukuchukunyiswa ziintlungu ezisebusweni bakho [ngexesha lokumiselwa kukaDonald Trump] โฆ Uyakhumbula ibinjani ivisceral kuwe?"
Emva kokuba eseke ukubandezeleka kwe-visceral kaClinton, uFerguson wachaza "indima yaseRashiya" kunye "nomonakalo owenziwe kuwe" nguJulian Assange.
UClinton uphendule wathi, "Yena [u-Assange] ngokucacileyo sisixhobo sobukrelekrele baseRussia. Kwaye uyenzile umyalelo wabo.โ
UFerguson uthe kuClinton, "Abantu abaninzi, kubandakanya neOstreliya, bacinga ukuba uAssange ungumfeli-nkolo wentetho yasimahla kunye nenkululeko yolwazi. Ungamchaza njani?โ
Kwakhona, uClinton wavunyelwa ukuba ahlambele uAssange - "u-nihilist" kwinkonzo "yoozwilakhe" - ngelixa uFerguson eqinisekisa udliwano-ndlebe naye ukuba "uyi-icon yesizukulwana sakho".
Kwakungekho kukhankanywa koxwebhu oluvuzayo, oluvezwe yi-WikiLeaks, ebizwa ngokuba yi-Libya Tick Tock, elungiselelwe u-Hillary Clinton, owamchaza njengomntu oyintloko oqhuba ukutshatyalaliswa kwelizwe laseLibya ngo-2011. Oku kwaphumela ekufeni kwe-40,000, ukufika kwe-ISIS. eMntla Afrika kunye neembacu zaseYurophu kunye nengxaki yabafuduki.
Kum, esi siqendu sodliwanondlebe lukaClinton - kwaye kukho nezinye ezininzi - zibonisa ngokucacileyo iyantlukwano phakathi kobuntatheli obubuxoki nobunyani. Nge-24 kaFebruwari, xa uJulian Assange engena kwiNkundla yaseWoolwich Crown, ubuntatheli bokwenyani buya kuba kukuphela kolwaphulo-mthetho oluxoxwayo.
Ngamanye amaxesha ndiyabuzwa ukuba kutheni ndiphumelele uAssange. Enye into, ndiyamthanda kwaye ndiyamncoma. Ungumhlobo onenkalipho eyothusayo; kwaye unoburharha obuchubekileyo, nobungendawo. Usisichasi sediametric somlinganiswa owaqanjwa emva koko wabulawa ziintshaba zakhe.
Njengonondaba kwiindawo ezineziphithiphithi kwihlabathi lonke, ndiye ndafunda ukuthelekisa ubungqina endibubonileyo namazwi nezenzo zabo banegunya. Ngale ndlela, kunokwenzeka ukuba ufumane ingqiqo yendlela ihlabathi lethu elilawulwa ngayo kwaye lihlulwe kwaye lisetyenziswe, indlela ulwimi kunye neengxoxo ezigqwethwe ngayo ukuvelisa i-propaganda yengqondo yobuxoki.
Xa sithetha ngoozwilakhe, oku sikubiza ngokuba kukungcolisa ingqondo: kukoyiswa kweengqondo. Yinyaniso esingafane siyisebenzise kuluntu lwethu, kungakhathaliseki ukuba liliphi na igazi elisibuyisela emva nelingaze lome.
IWikiLeaks iyibhentsisile le nto. Yiyo loo nto u-Assange ekwintolongo yokhuseleko oluphezulu eLondon ejongene nezityholo zezopolitiko eMelika, kwaye kutheni ehlaze uninzi lwabo bahlawulweyo ukugcina irekhodi ngqo. Bukela ezi ntatheli ngoku zijonge ikhusi njengoko kuqala kubo ukuba i-fascists yaseMelika eze e-Assange inokuza kubo, hayi abo bakwi-Guardian abasebenzisana ne-WikiLeaks kwaye baphumelele amabhaso kwaye bakhusela incwadi enengeniso kunye nezivumelwano zaseHollywood ezisekelwe kumsebenzi wakhe. , ngaphambi kokuba amjike.
Ngo-2011, uDavid Leigh, "umhleli wophando" we-Guardian, uxelele abafundi bobuntatheli kwiYunivesithi yeSixeko eLondon ukuba u-Assange "wayedidekile". Xa umfundi obhidekileyo ebuza ukuba kutheni, uLeigh waphendula wathi, โKungenxa yokuba akayiqondi imilinganiselo yobuntatheli obuqhelekileyoโ.
Kodwa kanye kanye kuba wayeyiqonda into yokuba "iiparamitha" zemithombo yeendaba zihlala zikhusela umdla wezopolitiko kunye nezopolitiko kwaye azinanto yakwenza elubala kangangokuba umbono weWikiLeaks wawunomtsalane kubantu abaninzi, ngakumbi abancinci, ngokufanelekileyo bagxeka malunga noku- ebizwa ngokuba "yesiqhelo".
U-Leigh wahlekisa ngalo mbono wokuba, akuba ekhutshiwe, uAssange uya kuphelela โenxibe ijumpsuit eorenjiโ. Ezi zizinto, wathi, "ebezithetha yena negqwetha lakhe ukuze bondle i-paranoia yakhe".
Izityholo zangoku zase-US ngokuchasene neziko le-Assange kwi-Afghan Logs kunye ne-Iraq Logs, leyo i-Guardian yapapasha waza uLeigh wasebenza kuyo, kunye nevidiyo ye-Collateral Murder ebonisa abasebenzi benqwelo-moya yaseMelika bedubula abantu kwaye bebhiyozela ulwaphulo-mthetho. Kobu buntatheli, u-Assange ujongene nezityholo ezili-17 "zobuntlola" ezithwala izigwebo zentolongo iminyaka eli-175 iyonke.
Nokuba iyunifomu yakhe yasentolongweni iya kuba โye-jumpsuit e-orenjiโ okanye hayi, iifayile zenkundla yaseMelika ezibonwe ngamagqwetha ka-Assange zityhila ukuba, xa sele ekhutshiwe, u-Assange uya kuba phantsi kweMiqathango eYodwa yoLawulo, eyaziwa ngokuba yi-SAMS. Ingxelo yowama-2017 yeSikolo soMthetho seYunivesithi yaseYale kunye neZiko lamaLungelo oMgaqo-siseko ichaze i-SAMS njengeyona โkona imnyama yenkqubo yentolongo yase-USโ edibanisa โinkohlakalo kunye nokubekwa bucala kweeyunithi zokhuseleko oluphezulu kunye nezithintelo ezongezelelweyo ezikhanyela abantu phantse naluphi na unxibelelwano eluntwini. ihlabathi โฆ Isiphumo esishiyekileyo kukukhusela olu hlobo lwentuthumbo kulo naluphi na uphononongo lokwenene loluntu.โ
Lo ka-Assange ebenyanisile ngalo lonke ixesha, kwaye ukumsa eSweden yayibubuqhophololo bokugubungela icebo laseMelika โlokumnikaโ, ekugqibeleni kuyacaca kubantu abaninzi abaginya ukubulawa kwabantu. โNdisithetha kakuhle isiSwedish yaye ndakwazi ukufunda onke amaxwebhu angaphambili,โ utshilo uNils Melzer, ongunobhala weZizwe Ezimanyeneyo ngeNtuthuko kutshanje, โandizange ndiwakholelwe amehlo am. Ngokobungqina balo mfazi kuthethwa ngaye, udlwengulo zange lwenzeke tu. Kwaye ayisiyiyo loo nto kuphela: ubungqina bomfazi kamva batshintshwa ngamaPolisa aseStockholm ngaphandle kokubandakanyeka kwakhe ukuze ngandlela-thile kuvakala ngathi ludlwengulo olunokwenzeka. Ndinawo onke amaxwebhu endinawo, ii-imeyile, nemiyalezo ebhaliweyo.โ
U-Keir Starmer ngoku ungenela unyulo njengenkokeli yombutho weLabour eBritane. Phakathi kowama-2008 no-2013, ebenguMlawuli woTshutshiso loluntu kwaye enoxanduva lweNkonzo yoTshutshiso lweziTshalo. Ngokutsho kweNkululeko yoLwazi lokuphanda yintatheli yaseNtaliyane uStefania Maurizi, iSweden yazama ukulahla ityala lika-Assange kwi-2011, kodwa igosa le-CPS eLondon latshela umtshutshisi waseSweden ukuba angayiphathi "njengenye i-extradition".
Ngo-2012, wafumana i-imeyile evela kwi-CPS: โUngakhe ulinge ugodole!!!โ Ezinye ii-imeyile ze-CPS ziye zacinywa okanye zenziwa ngokutsha. Ngoba? UKeir Starmer kufuneka atsho ukuba kutheni.
Ngaphambili kohambo lwangoMgqibelo kuya kuba nguJohn Shipton, uyise kaJulian, inkxaso yakhe engapheliyo yonyana wakhe ichasene nentsebenziswano kunye nenkohlakalo yoorhulumente base-Australia, ilizwe lethu.
Umnxeba wehlazo uqala ngoJulia Gillard, inkulumbuso yezaBasebenzi yase-Australia owathi, ngo-2010, wayefuna ukwenza ulwaphulo-mthetho i-WikiLeaks, abambe u-Assange kwaye arhoxise ipasipoti yakhe - de i-Australian Federal Police yachaza ukuba akukho mthetho uvumela oku kwaye u-Assange akazange enze nto. ulwaphulo-mthetho.
Ngelixa ubuxoki bebanga ukumnika uncedo lwe-consular eLondon, yayikukushiya kukarhulumente waseGillard okothusayo ummi wakhe okwakhokelela ekubeni i-Ecuador inike u-Assange indawo yokhuseleko lwezopolitiko kwi-ambassy yaseLondon.
Kwintetho eyalandelayo phambi kweNkongolo yase-US, uGillard, intandokazi ye-ambassy yase-US e-Canberra, waphula iirekhodi ze-sycophancy (ngokwewebhusayithi ye-Honest History) njengoko wavakalisa, ngokuphindaphindiweyo, ukunyaniseka kweMelika "amaqabane aphantsi".
Namhlanje, ngelixa u-Assange elinde esiseleni sakhe, uGillard uhamba ihlabathi, ezikhuthaza njenge-feminist echaphazelekayo "ngamalungelo oluntu", ehlala ehambelana nelinye ilungelo-kwi-feminist u-Hillary Clinton.
Inyaniso kukuba i-Australia yayinokumhlangula uJulian Assange kwaye isenako ukumhlangula.
Ngo-2010, ndalungiselela ukudibana neLungu lePalamente elidumileyo leLiberal (Conservative), uMalcolm Turnbull. Njengegqwetha eliselula ngeminyaka yoo-1980, uTurnbull waye wawalwela ngempumelelo amalinge kaRhulumente waseBritane okuthintela ukupapashwa kwencwadi, uSpycatcher, umbhali wakhe uPeter Wright, intlola, wayibhenca โimeko enzuluโ yaseBritane.
Sathetha ngoloyiso lwakhe oludumileyo lokuthetha ngokukhululekileyo kunye nokushicilela kwaye ndachaza ukungahambi kakuhle kobulungisa obulindele u-Assange - ubuqhetseba bokubanjwa kwakhe eSweden kunye nokudibanisa kwayo nesimangalo saseMelika esakrazula uMgaqo-siseko wase-US kunye nomthetho womthetho wamazwe ngamazwe.
UTurnbull ubonakale ebonakalisa umdla wokwenene kwaye umncedisi wathatha amanqaku abanzi. Ndamcela ukuba athumele ileta kurhulumente waseOstreliya evela kuGareth Peirce, igqwetha elidumileyo lamalungelo abantu laseBritani elimela uAssange.
Kule leta, uPeirce wabhala, "Ngenxa yobungakanani bengxoxo kawonke-wonke, rhoqo ngokusekelwe kwiingcamango ezibubuxoki ngokupheleleyo ... kunzima kakhulu ukuzama ukugcina [uJulian Assange] nakuphi na ukucinga ukuba umsulwa. UMnu. Assange ngoku ujinga phezu kwakhe, hayi enye kodwa amakrele amabini e-Damocles, yokukhutshwa okunokubakho kwiindawo ezimbini ezahlukeneyo zolawulo ngokulandelelana kwamatyala amabini ahlukeneyo atyholwayo, ingelulo ulwaphulo-mthetho kwilizwe lakhe, kwaye ukhuseleko lwakhe lobuqu lube semngciphekweni. iimeko ezityholwa kakhulu ziipolitiki.โ
UTurnbull uthembise ngokuzisa ileta, yilandele kwaye undazise. Emva koko ndambhalela izihlandlo eziliqela, ndilindile ndingeva nto.
Ngo-2018, uJohn Shipton wabhala ileta echukumisa kakhulu eya kwinkulumbuso yase-Australia ngelo xesha emcela ukuba asebenzise amandla ozakuzo awayenawo urhulumente wakhe kwaye azise uJulian ekhaya. Wabhala ukuba wayenoloyiko lokuba ukuba uJulian akahlangulwa, kwakuza kubakho intlekele aze unyana wakhe afele entolongweni. Akazange afumane mpendulo. Inkulumbuso yayinguMalcolm Turnbull.
Kunyaka ophelileyo, xa iNkulumbuso ekhoyo ngoku, uScott Morrison, owayesakuba yindoda yonxibelelwano noluntu, wabuzwayo ngoAssange, waphendula ngokwesiko lakhe, โUfanele awujonge umculo!โ
Xa uhambo lwangoMgqibelo lufika kwiiNdlu zePalamente, kuthiwa "nguMama wePalamente", uMorrison noGillard noTurnbull kunye nabo bonke abo baye bangcatsha uJulian Assange kufuneka babizwe; imbali kunye nokuziphatha kakuhle akuyi kubalibala okanye abo bathe cwaka ngoku.
Kwaye ukuba kukho nayiphi na ingqiqo yobulungisa esele kumhlaba waseMagna Carta, i-travesty ejongene neli qhawe lase-Australia kufuneka ilahlwe ngaphandle. Okanye silumke, sonke.
Uqhankqalazo ngoMgqibelo, umhla wama-22 kweyoMdumba luqala e-Australia House e-Aldwych, eLondon WC2B 4LA, ngo-12.30pm: bahlanganisane ngo-11.30pm.
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