Ngisho nangemva kokushona kwakhe, kubonakala sengathi ukuhlaselwa kukaZahra Kazemi ngeke kuphele. Kwakuyizinyanga ezimbili kuphela ezedlule lapho abantu baseCanada bamangazwa khona ubufakazi obusha bokuthi umthwebuli wezithombe waseMontreal wahlukunyezwa waze washona ngenkathi evalelwe e-Iran. UKazemi waboshwa ngoJuni 2003 ngesikhathi ethatha izithombe ngaphandle kwejele e-Iran, izwe azalelwa kulo. Ukuze bamjezise ngalesi senzo sobubi, abathumbi bakaKazemi bamdlwengula futhi bamshaya, ngokusho kukadokotela owabaleka e-Iran ukuze axoxele le ndaba.

Cishe eminyakeni emibili kamuva, kunemizamo emisha yokumboza ilensi ka-Kazemi, ukuvimbela izithombe zakhe ukuthi zingafinyeleli emehlweni omphakathi ' manje kuphela ukucwaninga okwenzeka ezweni lakhe lokutholwa eCanada. Ngesonto eledlule i-Cote St. Luc Library yaseMontreal yasusa izithombe ezinhlanu zikaKazemi ekubonisweni ngemuva kokuba abaxhasi bamaJuda bekhalaze 'ngokuchema kwe-Palestine'; bawushiya wonke lo mbukiso, owawusuvele uboniswe eParis. Indodana kaKazemi, uStephan Hachemi, ibize ukususwa kwezithombe zasePalestine 'njengokwephulwa komoya kamama' futhi ngokufanelekile yafuna ukuba umtapo wezincwadi ubonise wonke umbukiso noma ungawubonisi nhlobo. Ngakho umtapo wezincwadi wawususa wonke umbukiso.

Lokhu kuhlolwa okwenziwe eCanada kuza njengoba uhulumeni wase-Iran eqhubeka nokuzama noma yimiphi imizamo yokuletha ababulali baseKazemi phambi kobulungiswa. Ngemuva kokwenqaba ukubuyisela isidumbu sakhe endodaneni yakhe, i-Iran ikhulule izikhulu ezintathu zezobunhloli abasolwa ngokufa kwakhe, futhi muva nje, ihlekise izingcingo zaseCanada zokuthi kwenziwe uphenyo lwamazwe ngamazwe. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uhulumeni waseCanada usolwa umndeni kaKazemi 'ngokucela, hhayi ukugcizelela' ukuthi uhulumeni wase-Iranian aphendule ngokufa kwakhe.

Akukho ukuqhathanisa phakathi kwesinqumo sokususa izithombe zikaKazemi eMontreal kanye nohlobo lokuhlolwa okunonya okuholela ekufeni kwakhe ejele lase-Iran. Kodwa isinqumo sokwehlisa izithombe, ngenxa yokwesaba ukuthi zingase 'zicasule' sihlambalaza kakhulu ngenxa yendlela uKazemi afa ngayo: wabulawa ngokuzinikela kwakhe ekufakazeni ngokuhlupheka kwabantu, ngisho nalapho amabutho anamandla engafuni ofakazi. ngesihluku sabo. Ulethe lokho kuzibophezela emazweni e-Afrika yonkana, eLatin America, eCaribbean, naseMpumalanga Ephakathi, okuhlanganisa i-Iran kanye ne-Israel edla iPalestine.

Ngokuvamile, ukuziphatha kwabantu baseCanada kuhambisana nobuzenzisi. Sicasulwe okwenzeka eKazemi e-Iran, noma ku-Maher Arar e-Syria, nokho sisaqhubeka nokuxosha ababaleki emazweni lapho bebhekene nokuhlukunyezwa, kuhlanganise ne-Algeria, i-Syria, iLebanon '” kanye yebo, ngisho ne-Iran. Ngonyaka odlule, ababaleki base-Iranian abangama-43 baxoshwa eBritish Columbia kuphela, okuwukwanda okuphindwe kane kusukela ngo-1999.

Isinqumo sokwehlisa izithombe okucatshangwa ukuthi 'sizwela kakhulu' imbangela yasePalestine futhi siyingxenye yephethini ephazamisayo yokuthulisa ukuphikiswa kokunwetshwa kwe-Israel eZindaweni Ezithinjiwe, manje onyakeni wama-38. Ehlobo amabili edlule, iCanWest Global, ingqungquthela yezindaba enkulu kunazo zonke e-Canada, yaze yafinyelela ekukhiqizeni idokhumenti yobude obugcwele ekhuthazwa kakhulu eyayiqhathanisa abafundi abasekela i-Palestinian e-Montreal's Concordia University namaNazi. NgoSepthemba, uchungechunge lwamaphephandaba enkampani lwayalwa yisikhungo sezindaba sakwaReuters ngokuqhuba izindaba zayo ngokushintsha kwemibono embhalweni wokuqala. Futhi kuyaqabukela emithonjeni yezindaba ukuzwa amazwi amaningi amelene nomsebenzi abekela inselele ukuvumelana okukhohlisayo kokuthi abasePalestine banecala ngosizi lwabo.

Kepha akukhona nje ukumelana namaPalestine okuhlanekezelwe noma okunganakwa: kanjalo namaPalestine uqobo, ubuso bawo, izimpilo zawo. Futhi kwakuyilesi sikhala sokwenza ubuntu uKazemi ayezama ukusigcwalisa ngomsebenzi wakhe. 'Wabonisa ukuphila kwansuku zonke kwabantu basePalestine kanye nezinkinga ababebhekana nazo njengoba babezama ukulondoloza izwe labo kanye nobunikazi babo' lapho bebhekene 'nofuduko, ubumpofu, ukuhlazeka, ukuhlupheka, nokucekelwa phansi kwempi,' ngokusho kwamagama-ncazo ayehambisana nawo. umbukiso wezithombe. Futhi lesi isenzo esisabisayo ngempela: Izithombe ezilula ezithwebula imiphumela yomuntu yokusebenza ziyinselele eqondile kulabo abathole izindlela zokuzifaka ekuhluphekeni kweqoqo labantu.

Ngokwamazwi endodana yakhe, uZhara Kazemi waba nesibindi ‘sokubonisa abangenakuboniswa, ukuba babonise iqiniso.’ Ekufeni kwakhe, sihlambalaza inkumbulo yakhe nefa lakhe ngokuvumela ukuba izithombe zakhe zicindezelwe, izithombe eziwukubonakaliswa kwakhe. sona kanye isibindi nobuntu okwalahlekisela le ntatheli enesibindi ukuphila kwayo.

Akukephuzi kakhulu ukulungisa izinto. Umsebenzi kaKazemi kumele ufakwe kabusha ngokushesha, kodwa ngezinga elikhulu kakhulu. Kungaba isenzo esinamandla kakhulu uma amalungu omphakathi wamaJuda aseCanada, aziwa kakhulu ngabasekeli bezobuciko, eqhubekela phambili ukusiza ukulenga izithombe zikaKazemi 'zonke' ezindongeni zemnyuziyamu enkulu yaseCanada.

Lokhu kuzobonisa ukuthi abantu baseCanada abakwazi nje ukugxeka ukucwaninga uma kwenzeka emazweni akude, kodwa bazimisele ukuvikela imigomo yenkululeko yokukhuluma kanye nokwehluka kwemibono nemibono kwangempela lapha ekhaya.

Kungaba indlela efanelekile, uma enesizotha, yokuhlonipha iqhawe laseCanada elabulawa ngoba likholelwa ukuthi le mibono ingaphezu kwenkolelo-mbono.

UNaomi Klein ungumbhali we Ayikho Ilogo futhi Ezicijile namaWindows. U-Aaron Maté uyintatheli kanye nomcwaningi ozinze eMontreal. Inguqulo emfushane yalesi sihloko ivele ku- I-Globe ne-Mail ngoJuni 15 2005.

 Izithombe ezinhlanu zika-Zahra Kazemi ezihloliwe zingabukwa ku-inthanethi: http://radio-canada.ca/radio/samedidimanche/AblumKazemi.asp.

Ezinye izithombe zikaKazemi ezivela ePalestine: http://www.zahrakazemi.com/phalestin/phalestin.htm

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