Ngomhla zingama-29 ku-Agasti 2010, omele i-Reporters Without Borders eWashington DC uClothilde Le Coz wavakashela Mumia Abu-Jamal, isiboshwa esisohlwini lokufa cishe iminyaka engamashumi amathathu. UNksz Le Coz ubephelezelwa ummeli oholayo ka-Abu-Jamal, uRobert R. Bryan, nomsizi wakhe wezomthetho, uNicole Bryan. Umhlangano ubusegunjini le-17 le-State Correctional Institution (SCI) eWaynesburg, eGreene County, ePennsylvania.
Izintatheli Ezingenamingcele: Njengentatheli esaqhubeka nokusebenza ejele, ithini imibiko yakho yakamuva egxile kuyo? Mumia Abu-Jamal: Inani lamajele e-United States liphezulu kakhulu emhlabeni. Ngonyaka odlule, ngokokuqala ngqá eminyakeni engu-38, inani lamajele lehla.
Ezinye izifundazwe, njengeCalifornia noma iMichigan, zithatha iziboshwa ezimbalwa ngenxa yokuminyana. Isabelomali sikahulumeni siyavinjwa futhi ezinye iziboshwa ziyadedelwa ngenxa yesimo somnotho.
Amajele aseMelika makhulu futhi nenani leziboshwa likhulu kakhulu. Kuyamangaza ukubona ukuthi ingakanani imali esetshenziswa uhulumeni wase-US nokuthi singabonakali kangakanani. Akekho owaziyo. Abantu abaningi abanandaba. Ezinye izintatheli ziyabika uma kunedrama ejele bese zicabanga ukuthi ziyazi ngayo. Kodwa lokhu akulona iqiniso: i-sensationalist. Ungathola imibhalo emihle. Kodwa azinangqondo. Ukubika kwami yilokho engikubone ngamehlo ami nalokho engikutshelwe abantu. Kuyiqiniso. Ukubika kwami kuhlobene neqiniso lami. Ikakhulukazi bebegxile ekugwetshweni ukufa nasejele. Ngifisa sengathi bekungenjalo. Ziningi izigameko zokuzibulala kwabantu abazobulawa onyakeni odlule nesigamu. Kodwa lokhu akubonakali. Ngephula izindaba zokuzibulala ngoba kwenzeka endaweni yami.
Ngidinga ukubhala. Kunezigidi zezindaba kanye nabanye abantu abamangalisayo lapha. Phakathi kwalezi zindaba, lezo engikhetha ukuzibhala zibalulekile, ziyanyakaza, zintekenteke. Nginquma ukuzibhala, kodwa ingxenye yokubala ukwazi ukuthi ziwusizo noma cha. Kufanele ngicabange ngalokho. Njengentatheli, unesibopho lapho ushicilela lolo hlobo lwezindaba. Ngethemba ukuthi kuzoshintsha izimpilo zabo zibe ngcono.
Ucabanga ukuthi iqiniso lokuthi ubuyintatheli lithinte udaba lwakho ?
Ukuba "Izwi Labangenazwi" kwadlala indima ebalulekile. Futhi le nkulumo empeleni ivela esihlokweni sika-a Philadephia Inquirer isihloko esikhulu ngemva kokuboshwa kwami ngo-1981. Lapho ngisemusha, ngangiyintatheli eshisekayo ngisebenzela iphephandaba lesizwe i-Black Panther. I-FBI empeleni yayiqapha imibhalo yami kusukela ngineminyaka engu-14. Umsebenzi wami wokuqala wawuwukuba yintatheli. Ngenxa yemibhalo yami, ngaziwa kangcono kunanoma yisiphi isiboshwa eMelika. Ukube bekungenjalo, ngicabanga ukuthi bekuyoba nengcindezi encane yokuthi iNkantolo yenze umthetho okhethekile ozothinta ukugwetshwa kwami. Iningi labesilisa nabesifazane abasohlwini lokufa abaziwa kahle. Ngenxa yokuthi ngisaqhubeka nokubhala, lesi yisici ebesingathinta ukucabanga kwamajaji futhi siguqule isinqumo sokunganginikezi okusha kwecala. Ngicabanga ukuthi bebecabanga ukuthi "Ungumlomo omkhulu, ngeke uthole isivivinyo esisha". Ulindele okuthe xaxa eNkantolo yombuso. Ngenxa yecala lami, ishumi nambili lamanye amacala angathinteka.
Ucabangani ngokusakazwa kwezindaba ngodaba lwakho ?
Ngake ngafunda ukuthi ngangingasekho ohlwini lokufa. Ngangihlezi lapha ngenkathi ngiyifunda. Angikayeki ukuhlala lapha umzuzwana owodwa.
Ngenxa yokuthi ngangiphuma kulo msebenzi, izintatheli eziningi azizange zifune ukukhuluma ngodaba lwami ngoba zesaba ukuthi zizohlanganiswa. Kwakudingeka babhekane nokugxekwa ngokukhetha futhi ngezinye izikhathi batshelwa ngabahleli babo ukuthi bangakwazi ukukumboza. Kusukela ekuqaleni kwecala, abantu ababekwazi ukungikhava kakhulu babengavunyelwe. Iningi lezintatheli engisebenze nazo azisasebenzi. Bathatha umhlalaphansi futhi akekho owathatha umsebenzi.
Kodwa abezindaba kufanele babe nendima okufanele bayidlale lapha. Izigidi zabantu zabona okwenziwa e-Abu Ghraib. Umholi wayo, emamatheka ezithombeni ezishicilelwe, wasebenza lapha ngaphambi kokuya e-Abu Ghraib. Emgqeni wokufa, unabantu abangenazo iziqu zesikole esiphakeme abanganquma ukuthi umuntu uyaphila noma uyafa. Nganoma yisiphi isizathu, banamandla okwenza ungadli uma bengafuni. Futhi awekho lawo mandla ahlolwa yinoma ubani. Kunemithetho engakahleleki. Laba bantu bangenza ukuphila komuntu kube isihogo esiphilayo ngokucwayiza. Uma ngikhetha ukuthi yiziphi izindaba engifuna ukubhala ngazo, angishodi ngempahla. Ngokombono wokubhala, lo mkhakha ucebile.
Noma ngabe bathini abangigxekayo ngami, ngiyintatheli. Leli zwe belizoba libi kakhulu ngaphandle kwezintatheli. Kodwa kwabaningi babo, ngiyintatheli engekho emthethweni. Ngaphambi kokuboshwa, emsebenzini wami weziteshi zomsakazo ezihlukahlukene, ngahlangana nabantu abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba futhi naphezu kokungqubuzana kwami nabahleli abathile, ngaba nomsebenzi omkhulu kunayo yonke.
Ukusekelwa okutholayo e-Europe uma kuqhathaniswa nokwesekwa okuthola lapha e-United States, kuhluke kakhulu. Uwuchaza kanjani umehluko futhi usakholelwa ukuthi ukuhlanganisa amazwe ngamazwe kuzosiza?
Impela kuzoba njalo. Ukugqugquzelwa kwaseYurophu kungenzeka kucindezela i-US mayelana nesigwebo sentambo. Amazwe angaphandle, njengawaseYurophu, adlula emlandweni othize wengcindezelo. Kwakukhona-emathanjeni abo-ukwazi ukuthi kuyini ukuba ejele. Bayazi ngamajele, umugqa wokufa kanye namakamu okuhlushwa. E-US, bambalwa kakhulu abantu ababa nalokho. Lokho kukhuluma ngendlela amasiko abheka ngayo izinto emhlabeni. EYurophu, wona kanye umgomo wesigwebo sentambo uyisiqalekiso.
I-9/11 yashintsha izinto eziningi e-US. Abantu abaphonsela inselelo noma abaphikisa uhulumeni ngeke besasekelwa. Umshini wokunyathelisa nawo washintsha. Izinto “ezazivunyelwe” zabe zingamukeleki ngemva kuka-9/11. Ngicabanga ukuthi i-9/11 yashintsha indlela abantu ababecabanga ngayo futhi yashintsha ukubekezelelana kwabezindaba. Ngokwesibonelo, nakuba u-9/11 kwenzeka eManhattan naseWashington DC, ijele lavalwa usuku lonke, lapha ePennsylvania, futhi savalelwa.
Ukuze ukhuthaze abantu abaningi mayelana nesizathu sakho, kungase kusize ukuthola isithombe sakamuva sakho, namuhla, ohlwini lokufa. Ingabe iqiniso lokuthi asinaso isithombe esibuyekeziwe ngawe liyasithinta isimo sakho kanye nekhono labantu abaningi lokuhlangana ngenxa yakho?
Ukuba nesithombe esisesidlangalaleni kuwusizo ngokwengxenye. Ingqikithi yesithombe iyinkulumo-ze. Ngakho-ke izithombe azibalulekile kangako. Isithombe somuntu siyiqiniso. Lapho, ngizama ukwenza okusemandleni ami. Ngo-1986, abaphathi bejele bathatha amarekhodi ezintatheli futhi wawuvunyelwa kuphela ipeni nephepha. Manje njengoba sekusele incazelo yesihloko esisodwa kuphela, umuntu angenza izilo namamodeli avela esihlokweni sakhe.
Uma iNkantolo Ephakeme ivumelana ngecala elisha, isigwebo sakho kuphela esizobuyekezwa. Hhayi ukukholelwa kwakho. Uzizwa kanjani ngokuhlala ejele ukuphila kwakho konke, uma ungabulawanga?
EPennsylvania, isigwebo sikadilikajele siwumugqa wokufa ohamba kancane. Futhi ngaphansi komthetho wezwe, kukhona amadigri ama-3 okubulala. Iziqu zokuqala zijeziswa ngesigwebo sedilikajele noma ukufa. Owesibili nowesithathu bajeziswe ngodilikajele. Abantu abaphumi. Izinga eliphakeme kakhulu lentsha yezigwebo zodilikajele lilapha ePennsylvania. Kepha nali iphuzu lami, ePhiladelphia, bekunamacala amabili ngesikhathi sami lapho abantu babulala iphoyisa. Owokuqala wakhululwa. Owesibili, owabanjwa yikhamera egadayo, akazange athole isigwebo sentambo.
Ukwazi kanjani "ukuphunyuka" ohlwini lokufa?
Ngibhale kuHistory, okunye engikuthandayo. Ngingathanda ukubhala ngezinye izinto. Imisebenzi yami yakamuva imayelana nempi, kodwa futhi ngibhala ngamasiko nomculo. Nginesigqi sangaphakathi engizama ukusigcina ngokuhaya izinkondlo nezigubhu. Zimbalwa kakhulu izinto ezihambisana nenjabulo engiyithola ngokufunda umculo. Kufana nokufunda olunye ulimi. Futhi ukubhala, lokho kuyinselele! Uthisha womculo uyeza masonto onke azongifundisa. Umhlaba omusha wonke uyangivulela futhi ngiwuqonda kangcono manje. Umculo ungenye yezinto ezinhle kakhulu ezenziwe isintu. Okungcono kakhulu kwezimpilo zethu.
Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe kanye nokunikeza ukwesekwa kwe-Mumia Abu-Jamal, thintana: namaHhovisi Omthetho akwa-Robert R. Bryan 2088 Union Street, Suite 4, San Francisco, CA 94123-4117http://www.MumiaLegalDefense.org
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