Ndiyamazi uJulian Assange ukusukela oko ndaqala udliwano-ndlebe naye eLondon ngo-2010. Ndakhawuleza ndathanda uburharha bakhe obomileyo, obumnyama, obuhlala busenziwa yintsini eyosulelayo. Ungumntu wangaphandle onekratshi: ubukhali kwaye ucinga. Siye saba ngabahlobo, kwaye ndiye ndahlala kwiinkundla ezininzi ndiphulaphule izigqeba zikarhulumente zizama ukumvala umlomo kunye nenguqu yakhe yokuziphatha kubuntatheli.
Eyam eyona nto yayindivuyisa kuxa ijaji yeNkundla yoBulungisa yaya kungqiyama ngaphaya kwesitulo sayo yaza yandikhwaza isithi: 'Ungumntu waseOstreliya odlamkileyo njengoAssange.' Igama lam lalikuludwe lwamatsha-ntliziyo awayeza kumela uJulian ngebheyile, yaye le jaji yandibona njengalowo wayenike ingxelo ngendima yakhe kwityala elaziwayo labemi baseChagos Island ababegxothiwe. Engaqondanga, wandincoma.
Ndabona uJulian eBelmarsh kungekudala. Sathetha ngeencwadi kunye nobubudenge obucinezelayo bentolongo: amazwi ovuyo-eqhwaba eludongeni, isohlwayo esingephi; abasayi kumvumela ukuba asebenzise indawo yokuzivocavoca. Kufuneka azilolonge yedwa kwindawo efana nekheji apho kukho uphawu olulumkisayo malunga nokungangeni engceni. Kodwa akukho ngca. Sahleka; okomzuzwana, ezinye izinto azizange zibonakale zimbi kakhulu.
Ukuhleka likhaka, kunjalo. Xa abalindi bentolongo baqalisa ukuthetha izitshixo zabo, njengoko bethanda ukwenza, bebonisa ukuba ixesha lethu liphelile, wathi cwaka. Ndithe xa ndiphuma kweli gumbi wabamba inqindi phezulu waliqina njengesiqhelo. Uyimbonakaliso yenkalipho.
Abo bachasene noJulian: apho isibindi asiviwa, kunye nomgaqo kunye nembeko, ukuma phakathi kwakhe kunye nenkululeko. Andibhekiseli kulawulo lweMafiya eWashington ekusukeleni indoda elungileyo kuthethwa njengesilumkiso kuthi sonke, kodwa kwabo bathi baqhuba idemokhrasi enobulungisa eOstreliya.
U-Anthony Albanese wayethetha ngelizwi lakhe alithandayo, 'kwanele' kwakudala ngaphambi kokuba anyulwe njengenkulumbuso yase-Australia kulo nyaka uphelileyo. Wanika abaninzi bethu ithemba elixabisekileyo, kuquka nentsapho kaJulian. Njengenkulumbuso wongeze amazwi e-weasel malunga 'nokungabi naluvelwano' kwinto eyenziwe nguJulian. Kuyabonakala ukuba kuye kwafuneka siqonde imfuno yakhe yokugubungela iposteria yakhe efanelekileyo xa kunokwenzeka ukuba iWashington imbize ukuba ayodola.
Sasisazi ukuba kwakuza kufuneka okukhethekileyo kwezopolitiko ukuba ayisiyo isibindi sokuziphatha sokuba iAlbanese ime kwiPalamente yaseOstreliya-kwaloo Palamente inye eya kuzikhupha phambi kukaJoe Biden ngoMeyi-kwaye ithi:
'Njengenkulumbuso, luxanduva lukarhulumente wam ukuzisa ekhaya ummi waseOstreliya ngokucacileyo elixhoba lokungabi nabulungisa okukhulu, okuziphindezela: indoda etshutshiswayo ngenxa yohlobo lobuntatheli obuyinkonzo yoluntu yokwenyani, akazange axoke, okanye akhohlisweโnjengabanye abaninzi bomgunyathi kumajelo eendaba, kodwa uxelele abantu inyaniso ngendlela elilawulwa ngayo ihlabathi.โ
'Ndicela i-United States,' iNkulumbuso enenkalipho nokuziphatha okuhle u-Albanese usenokuthi, 'ukuba irhoxise isicelo sayo sokubuyiselwa: ukuphelisa ubuqhetseba obubi obungcolise iinkundla zobulungisa zaseBritani ezazikade zithandwa nokuvumela ukukhululwa kukaJulian Assange ngaphandle kwemiqathango. usapho lwakhe. Ukuba uJulian ahlale esiseleni sakhe eBelmarsh sisenzo sokungcungcuthekisa, njengoko iNgxelo yeZizwe eziManyeneyo ibize njalo. Yindlela ulawulo lobuzwilakhe oluziphatha ngayo.'
Yeha, iphupha lam malunga neOstreliya yenza okulungileyo nguJulian lifikelele kwimida yalo. Ukugculelwa kwethemba ngu-Albanese ngoku kusondele ekungcatshweni apho inkumbulo yembali ayiyi kumlibala, kwaye abaninzi abayi kumxolela. Ulindele ntoni ke?
Khumbula ukuba uJulian wanikwa indawo yokukhosela yezopolitiko ngurhulumente wase-Ecuadorean ngo-2013 ikakhulu ngenxa yokuba urhulumente wakhe wayemlahlile. Loo nto iyodwa ifanele ukuzisa iintloni kwabo banoxanduva: oko kukuthi urhulumente wezaBasebenzi kaJulia Gillard.
Ulangazelele kakhulu uGillard ukusebenzisana nabantu baseMelika ukuvala iWikiLeaks ngenxa yokunyaniseka kwayo ukuba wayefuna ukuba amaPolisa aseOstreliya abambe u-Assange kwaye athathe incwadana yakhe yokundwendwela ngento awayibiza ngokuba 'ngekho mthethweni' yakhe yokupapasha. I-AFP yabonisa ukuba abanawo amandla anjalo: U-Assange akazange enze lwaphulo-mthetho.
Kungathi ungalinganisa ukuzinikela okumangalisayo kweOstreliya kulawulo ngendlela emphatha ngayo uJulian Assange. I-pantomime ka-Gillard yokugrumba kuzo zombini izindlu zeNkongolo yase-US yimidlalo yeqonga ekruqulayo kuYouTube. U-Australia, waphinda, 'yayiyiqabane elikhulu' laseMelika. Okanye 'yayiliqabane elincinane'?
Umphathiswa wakhe wezangaphandle yayinguBob Carr, omnye wezopolitiko osebenza ngomatshini owathi iWikiLeaks yabhenca njengengxelo yaseMelika, omnye wamakhwenkwe aluncedo aseWashington eOstreliya. Kwiidayari zakhe ezipapashiweyo, uCarr waqhayisa ukwazi uHenry Kissinger; ngenene iGreat Warmonger wamema umphathiswa wezangaphandle ukuba aye kumisa inkampu emahlathini aseCalifornia, siyafunda.
Oorhulumente baseOstreliya baye babanga ngokuphindaphindiweyo ukuba uJulian ufumene inkxaso epheleleyo ye-consular, elilungelo lakhe. Xa igqwetha lakhe uGareth Peirce kunye nam sadibana nommeli-jikelele waseOstreliya eLondon, uKen Pascoe, ndambuza, 'Wazi ntoni ngetyala lika-Assange.'
'Eyona nto ndiyifunde emaphepheni,' waphendula ehleka.
Namhlanje, iNkulumbuso yaseAlbanese ilungiselela eli lizwe imfazwe ekhokelwa yiMelika kunye neChina. Iibhiliyoni zeerandi ziya kuchithwa kumatshini wemfazwe weenkwili, iijethi zokulwa kunye nemijukujelwa enokufikelela eTshayina. Ukuntywila amathe kwimfazwe 'yeengcaphephe' kwelona phephandaba lidala lelizwe, i Sydney Morning Herald, kunye neMelbourne ubudala lihlazo lesizwe, okanye kufanele kube njalo. I-Australia lilizwe elingenazo iintshaba kwaye i-China lelona qabane lilo lorhwebo likhulu.
Oku kujongelwa phantsi kobundlavini kuchazwe kuxwebhu olungaqhelekanga olubizwa ngokuba yi-US-Australia Force Posture Agreement. Oku kuthetha ukuba imikhosi yaseMelika 'inolawulo olulodwa lokufikelela [kunye] nokusetyenziswa' kwezixhobo kunye nezinto ezinokusetyenziswa eOstreliya kwimfazwe endlongondlongo.
Oku phantse ngokuqinisekileyo kuquka izixhobo zenyukliya. Umphathiswa wezangaphandle wase-Albanese, u-Penny Wong, 'uyayihlonipha' i-ambivalent cwaka yaseMelika malunga noku, kodwa ngokucacileyo akanalo ntlonipho kwilungelo labantu base-Australia lokwazi.
Oko kujongelwa phantsi kwakusoloko kukho - ayisiyonto ingaqhelekanga kwisizwe sabahlali esingekalwenzi uxolo nemvelaphi yaso yemveli - kodwa ngoku kuyingozi.
I-China njengeNgozi emthubi ihambelana nembali yase-Australia yobuhlanga njengeglavu. Noko ke, kukho olunye utshaba abangathethi ngalo. Yithi, uluntu. Lilungelo lethu ukwazi. Kwaye nelungelo lethu lokuthi hayi.
Ukusukela ngo-2001, kuye kwamiselwa imithetho engama-82 eOstreliya ukuba ithathe amalungelo anzima okuthetha kunye nokuchasa kunye nokukhusela imfazwe ebandayo yelizwe eliyimfihlo, apho intloko ye-arhente yobuntlola ephambili, i-ASIO, ifundisa abaphikisi ngemfuno yokuthanda ilizwe. kwizifundo 'zemilinganiselo yase-Australia'. Kukho iinkundla ezifihlakeleyo kunye nobungqina obuyimfihlo, kunye nokuphambuka okufihlakeleyo kobulungisa. I-Australia kuthiwa yinkuthazo yenkosi kulo lonke iPasifiki.
UBernard Collaery, uDavid McBride kunye noJulian Assange - amadoda aziphethe ngokunzulu athetha inyaniso-ziintshaba kunye namaxhoba ale paranoia. Bona, ingengabo amajoni ka-Edwardian awayemangele uKumkani, ngamagorha ethu okwenene esizwe.
KuJulian Assange, iNkulumbuso inobuso obubini. Ubuso obunye busihlekisa ngethemba lokungenelela kwakhe noBiden okuya kukhokelela kwinkululeko kaJulian. Obunye ubuso buzomeleza nge-'POTUS' kwaye buvumela abantu baseMelika ukuba benze into abayifunayo nge-vassal yabo: ukubeka izinto ekujoliswe kuzo ezinokukhokelela kwintlekele kuthi sonke.
Ngaba iAlbanese iya kubuya eOstreliya okanye eWashington kuJulian Assange? Ukuba 'unyanisekile', njengoko abalandeli beQela leLabour benamehlo amaninzi besitsho, yintoni ayilindeleyo? Ukuba uyasilela ukukhusela uJulian, iOstreliya iya kuyeka ukuba ngumlawuli. Siya kuba ngabaseMelika abancinci. Igosa.
Oku akukho malunga nokusinda koshicilelo lwasimahla. Akusekho sishicilelo sasimahla. Kukho iindawo zokuhlala kwindawo samizdat, njengale ndawo. Umba ophambili bubulungisa kunye nelona lungelo lethu lixabisekileyo lomntu: ukukhululeka.
Olu luguqulelo olufinyeziweyo lwedilesi kaJohn Pilger eSydney nge-10 Matshi ukuphawula ukusungulwa e-Australia komfanekiso oqingqiweyo kaDavid Dormino kaJulian Assange, Chelsea Manning kunye no-Edward Snowden, 'amanani enkalipho'.
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