[Thintana: UJohn M. Miller +1-718-596-7668; +1-917-690-4391]
Ngeminyaka eyishumi kwabulawa isibhicongo eSontweni LamaKatolika e-Liquiça, i-ETAN inxusa umphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe ukuthi ekugcineni uphendule isidingo sobulungisa bezisulu zalokhu kanye nobunye ubugebengu obunyantisayo obenzeka ngesikhathi sokuhlasela kwe-Indonesia i-East Timor (Timor-Leste).
Labo ababhekene nobugebengu obuningi obubhekiswe esintwini, ubugebengu bempi kanye nokuqothulwa kohlanga okwenziwe ngesikhathi
Izisulu zesibhicongo saseLiquica nemindeni yazo akufanele zilinde elinye ishumi leminyaka ukuze kwenziwe ubulungisa. Izicelo zobulungiswa azisho ukuziphindiselela. Kuphela ngokuqulwa kwamacala athembekile kanye nokuhlonipha umthetho lapho izisulu zithola ukuvalwa. Kuphela ngokuziphendulela kwangempela kuyochuma ubungane bangempela phakathi kwabantu basezweni
Ukuhlaselwa ngesihluku kwalabo abafuna isiphephelo egcekeni lesonto laseLiquiça kwakuyingxenye yomkhankaso oqhubekayo wokwesabisa abantu base-East Timorese ekuphikisaneni nokuzimela kanye nokudala inkohliso yokuthi noma yikuphi udlame lwavela ngokuzenzakalelayo phakathi kwe-East Timorese.
Ngaleso sikhathi, ukubulawa kweLiquica kwakuyisitatimende esicacile sokuthi
Izehlakalo zango-1999 kanye neminyaka eyandulele yokuhlala ngokungemthetho ziyaqhubeka nokuba nomthelela e-East Timorese, eqhubeka nokuhlukumezeka ngenxa yokuhlukumezeka kwabantu abaningi okungakapholi. Lokhu kungenye yezimbangela eziyinhloko zenhlekelele eDili ngo-2006. Ukwehluleka ukubeka icala labo abanesibopho sokuhlela nokusebenzisa udlame e-Liquica nakuwo wonke umsebenzi kudale isiko lokungajezisi. Abenzi bobubi bakholelwa ukuthi ngeke bathweswe icala ngamacala abo futhi izisulu zivame ukuba nomuzwa wokuthi kufanele bazenzele ubulungiswa ezandleni zabo. Lezi zimo zengqondo zibe nomthelela ekuhlaselweni kukaMongameli kanye noNdunankulu ekuqaleni konyaka odlule.
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Background
Ngo-April 6, 1999, amakhulu ebutho lezempi lase-East Timorese nase-Indonesia, amasosha namaphoyisa ahlasela ababaleki abayizinkulungwane ezimbalwa ababebalekelwe ngaphakathi ababekhosele esontweni lamaKatolika eLiquica ngemva kokubulala izakhamuzi ezimbalwa eduze ngayizolo. Ngokusho kuka-a umbiko ogunyazwe yiHhovisi LeNhlangano Yezizwe Lomphathi Omkhulu Wamalungelo Abantu (OHCHR), lokhu kuhlasela kwashiya abantu abangaba ngu-60 beshonile, nakuba isibalo esinembile sabashonile singakaziwa. Ababaleki bebefuna indawo yokukhosela egcekeni lesonto ngemuva kokubalekela ukuhlasela kwamasosha angaphambilini.
Ama-akhawunti ofakazi bokuzibonela kanye nophenyo olwalandela lubonise ukuthi amalungu ophiko lwamaphoyisa olunedumela elibi i-BRIMOB abambe iqhaza elibonakalayo ekuhlaselweni njengoba kwenza amasosha e-Besi Merah Putih (BMP, I-Iron Rod for the Red-and-White). Amasosha, okuhlanganisa namalungu alo akhethekile, iKopassus, nawo ayehilelekile. Ngokombiko we-OHCHR, "Nakuba lokhu kuhlasela kwenziwa ikakhulukazi ngamasosha e-BMP, abazibonela ngawabo baye bafakaza ukuthi i-TNI (kuhlanganise neKopassus) namasosha eBrimob asekela amasosha futhi adubula izikhali zawo ngesikhathi sokuhlasela."
"Ukulahlwa kwezidumbu ngendlela ehlelekile... [t]kanye nobufakazi obuningi be-TNI [yamasosha ase-Indonesia] kanye namaphoyisa abandakanyeka esibhicongweni uqobo, ukuba khona kwezikhulu ezibalulekile endaweni yesigameko, kanye nesibopho salezo zikhulu ngokudala kanye ukuxhumanisa i-BMP… kwenza kube nesiqiniseko sokuthi isibhicongo sesonto lase-Liquiça sasihlelwe yi-TNI ephakeme kanye neziphathimandla zezakhamuzi,” kwengeza umbiko.
Ukuhlaselwa kwababaleki akuzange kuphele ngo-April 6. Ngaphansi kwamasonto amabili kamuva, abangaphezu kweshumi nambili abasinda nabanye babulawa ngo-April 17 endlini kaMario Carrascalão eDili,
Zonke izikhulu zezokuphepha zazama ukungena
NgoNovemba 2001, i-UN exhaswe yi-UN Yamacala Abucayi (SCU) usolwa izikhulu eziyisishiyagalolunye zase-Indonesia kanye namasosha endawo ayi-12 ngesibhicongo. Lesi sibhicongo siphinde sicashunwe ezindaweni eziningi izinsolo eyakhishwa ngo-2003 yinqubo yamacala Abucayi asekelwa yi-UN. Isole izikhulu eziphezulu, okuhlanganisa no-General Wiranto, owayengungqongqoshe wezokuvikela e-Indonesia, manje oseqokelwe isikhundla sikamongameli wase-Indonesia, ngokubophezeleka ngamacala obugebengu obubhekiswe kubantu.
Ngo 1999,
Muva nje, i-Timor-Leste NGO Forum wanxusa umphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe ukuba "manje uqalise izithembiso eziphindaphindiwe ze-UN ngokunikezela ngezinsiza ezidingekayo zezombangazwe, ezezimali kanye nezomthetho ukuze kuqedwe ukungajeziswa kwalawa macala obugebengu obubhekiswe esintwini."
NgoFebhuwari, abamele izinhlangano ezingama-60 isayinwe incwadi eya kuMkhandlu Wezokuphepha we-UN inxusa isinyathelo esibambekayo sokuqinisekisa ubulungiswa kanye nokuziphendulela ngamacala enziwa ngesikhathi sombuso wase-Indonesia. Bagxeka "izinga elikabili lobulungisa, elibukela phansi ukubusa komthetho nokuhlonipha amalungelo abantu
I-ETAN yasungulwa ngo-1991. Inhlangano ezinze e-US ilwela intando yeningi, ubulungiswa kanye namalungelo abantu e-Timor-Leste kanye
Ukuze uthole isizinda esingeziwe mayelana nesibhicongo sase-Liquiça bheka iwebhusayithi ye-ETAN: http://www.etan.org.
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John M. Miller [i-imeyili ivikelwe]
Umxhumanisi Kazwelonke
I-East Timor ne-Indonesia Action Network (ETAN)
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