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Ngenkathi abaphathi bakaTrump bemangalela umshicileli we-WikiLeaks uJulian Assange ngaphansi koMthetho Wezobunhloli we-1917, izintatheli nabanye abantu basesidlangalaleni bahlaba umkhosi, bexwayisa ngempi yabezindaba yamahhala.
UMnyango Wezobulungiswa kaBiden awukakuhoxi ukuhlasela. Kunalokho, iqhubekela phambili ngesivinini esiphezulu nabashushisi. Ngakho-ke iphi i-chorus yamazwi alahla amacala ngo-2019? Sebethule kulo nyaka. Amalungu kaKhongolose athule. Kufanele bakhulume manje, njengoba icala lilenga esilinganisweni.
The Icala elinamacala ayi-18 ngokumelene no-Assange, kanye isicelo esihambisanayo sokuphindiselwa kwecala emajajini aseBrithani, simgcine ejele cishe iminyaka emibili ngaphandle kokuqulwa kwecala. Isazi seNhlangano Yezizwe ushayele izimo zokuboshwa kwakhe “ukuhlukunyezwa ngokwengqondo.”
Izinhlangano ezivelele zaseMelika eziphathelene namalungelo abantu, inkululeko yabezindaba kanye nenkululeko yomphakathi azikalahlekelwa umbono wosongo lokuthi lokhu kuthweswa icala nokuqhubeka nokushushiswa kuka-Assange kubangela enkululeko yabezindaba eyisisekelo. Bona wabhala incwadi eya eMnyangweni Wezobulungiswa ngoFebhuwari ikubiza ngokuthi “usongo olukhulu lokucindezela inkululeko kokubili e-United States nakwamanye amazwe,” okungase “kubeke engcupheni ubuntatheli obubalulekile kuntando yeningi.”
Abasayine le ncwadi bahlanganisa i-American Civil Liberties Union, i-Human Rights Watch, i-Amnesty International kanye neKomiti Yokuvikela Izintatheli.
Ngokokuqala ngqa eminyakeni engaphezu kwekhulu, intatheli ingaquliswa icala futhi iboshwe - amacala athatha iminyaka engu-175 ejele - ngokushicilela amaqiniso uhulumeni wase-US owawungafuni ukushicilelwa. U-Assange akakhokhiswa icala lokweba ulwazi oluyimfihlo. Futhi nakuba ebekwe icala ngaphansi koMthetho Wezobunhloli we-1917, akathweswa icala lokusebenzisana namanye amazwe.
Amacala ayi-17 ngaphansi kwe-Espionage Act asukela endimeni ka-Assange ngo-2010-2011 ekushicileleni amakhulu ezinkulungwane zemibhalo eyimfihlo yezempi neyezobunxusa, inikezwe ku-WikiLeaks. Kukhona futhi isibalo esisodwa "sozungu lokungena ngekhompyutha."
Ulwazi olwashicilelwa u-Assange - lapho abhekene khona nokugwetshwa udilikajele - aluhlukaniswa ngisho nanjengemfihlo ephezulu. Futhi incwadi yecala ayisho ukuthi kukhona owabulawa noma walinyazwa nganoma yini ayenzayo.
Kwakungabaphathi bakaTrump, ngo-2019, bathatha isinqumo sokuqala "sokuhlasela okuqondile okuqondile ku-1st Amendment" entsha, ngo-XNUMX, njenge-ACLU. uyibizile. Lokhu kushushiswa kuhambisana nokudelela kukaTrump iphephandaba elikhululekile kanye nomthetho ngokujwayelekile. Kepha kungani abaphathi beBiden bengayiqhubekisela phambili?
Kunoma ubani olandela indaba, e-US noma emhlabeni jikelele, kubukeka “kubi, kubi, kubi,” njengoChris Hayes we-MSNBC kuchazwe icala. Kubukeka sengathi izikhulu zikahulumeni zifuna ukusabisa izintatheli ukuze zesabe ukushicilela imininingwane eyimfihlo eveza ubugebengu noma ezinye izinto izikhulu ezingafuni umphakathi wazi ngazo.
Ngo-2010 iWikiLeaks yakhipha igciwane elithi “Ukubulala Ababambisene” ividiyo. Yaqoshwa e-Iraq ngo-2007 isuka endizeni enophephela emhlane i-Apache, njengoba igawula okungenani izakhamuzi eziyi-12, okuhlanganisa nabasebenzi ababili beReuters. Eminye imibhalo yase-US eshicilelwe yi-WikiLeaks wabonisa ngaphezu kwe-15,000 yokufa kwezakhamuzi empini yase-Iraq iPentagon engazange ikudalule. Izakhamuzi ezingaphezu kuka-600 zaboniswa ukubulawa ngamasosha ase-US ezindaweni zokuhlola. Amadokhumenti futhi show ubufakazi bokuthi amabutho ase-US "anikeze ababoshiwe eqenjini elidumile lokuhlushwa lase-Iraq," elakhiwa futhi lasekelwa yi-US.
Amafayela ezempi aseMelika avela e-Afghanistan show amakhulu ezakhamuzi ezabulawa amabutho omfelandawonye. Amafayela asesikhungweni sokuboshwa saseGuantanamo Bay abonise, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ukuthi abantu abangu-150 abangenacala eboshiwe lapho iminyaka.
Izintatheli zithi ukushushiswa kuka-Assange kusongela inkululeko abayidingayo ukuze benze umsebenzi wabo - ukuthola nokubika amaqiniso anjalo angakhululekile. Abahleli abaphezulu be-New York Times, i-Wall Street Journal kanye ne-USA Today kuphikisiwe ngokushesha ekubekweni kwamacala ka-2019, umhleli weWashington Post uMarty Baron athi "ibeka icala imikhuba evamile yobuntatheli osekuyisikhathi eside isiza umphakathi." Ibhodi labahleli be-Los Angeles Times lizwakalise ukukhathazeka nge- umphumela obandayo ezintathelini, ongacabanga kabili ngaphambi kokwamukela ulwazi oluyimfihlo.
Sizokhokha inani eliphakeme uma leli cala liqhubeka, futhi uma u-Assange ekhishwa - noma egqunywe ejele unomphela. Lokhu kungenzeka njengoba uMnyango Wezobulungiswa ulandela ezinye izikhalo. Uma ekhishwa, angase avalelwe yedwa, ngaphansi Izinqubo Zokuphatha Ezikhethekile. Ijaji laseBrithani elenqaba ukukhipha u-Assange ngoJanuwari lenze lokhu ngesizathu sokuthi usengozini yokuzibulala uma ethunyelwa e-US.
Abameli bamalungelo abantu kanye nenkululeko yabezindaba, kanye namalungu eCongress, bonke badinga ukuphakamisa amazwi abo kuleli cala ngaphambi kokuba kuphuze kakhulu. UMongameli Biden usanda kukhuluma okuningi ngomzabalazo womhlaba wonke wentando yeningi; ukuthi kuchuma kanjani “lapho umshini wokunyathelisa okhululekile nozimele uphishekela iqiniso,” njengoba yena wathi ngoSuku lweSikhumbuzo. Kepha intando yeningi, umsakazo wamahhala kanye namalungelo abantu aqala ekhaya.
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