Ngo-2005 uMaya Evans waboshwa kanye nesishoshovu sokuthula uMilan Rai ngokuma eduze kweCenotaph futhi efunda ngokuzwakalayo amagama abantu base-Iraqi kanye namasosha aseBrithani ayeshonele empini.
Ube ngowokuqala ukutholwa enecala ngaphansi komthetho iSerious Organised Crime and Police Act - umthetho osuyindida owakwenza kwaba ukwephula umthetho ukubamba umbhikisho ongagunyaziwe endaweni eyikhilomitha
Kusukela lapho, oneminyaka engu-32 ubematasatasa - njengombhali we-Peace News, esebenza neqembu elimelene nempi iJustice Not Vengeance, ebamba iqhaza eNkambini Yesimo Sezulu futhi evakashele iDale Farm ukukhombisa ubumbano nabahambi abaxoshwa manje.
Kodwa lapho ngibamba u-Evans phakathi
U-Evans ubenentshisekelo enkulu endimeni yaseBrithani emsebenzini we
Ngo-2008, esebenzisana nabameli be-Public Interest Lawyers, wafaka isicelo sokuthi kubuyekezwe umthethonqubo waseBrithani wokunikeza iziboshwa kuziphathimandla zase-Afghan okuhlanganisa neNational Directorate of Security (NDS), amaphoyisa omshoshaphansi ase-Afghan. Iziboshwa ezigcinwe kuyo zazivame ukuhlukunyezwa.
"Ngaphansi kwe-Geneva Conventions akukho emthethweni kakhulu ngoba uma ubamba umuntu uyisiboshwa sakho sempi futhi kufanele umbheke," kuchaza yena.
"Ngesikhathi sithola amaphepha, okuhlanganisa nezitatimende zofakazi ezivela kubantu base-Afghan ababehlukunyeziwe, inqwaba yayo yabe isilungiswa kabusha."
Amasonto amabili enkantolo nawo ayekhungathekile.
Uthi: โIzinsuku ezintathu zakhona zenziwa kuvaliwe. โNgakho angivunyelwanga ukungena futhi nabameli bami bebengavunyelwe ukungena.
โKodwa kwakukhona laba bameli abakhethekile ababesebenzela uhulumeni, bekhokhelwa uhulumeni, kodwa futhi besebenzela thina, ngakho bebesiphikisa icala.
Naphezu kwalokhu u-Evans wawina "ingxenye yokunqoba" ngo-2010, lapho iNkantolo Ephakeme inquma ukuthi akukho emthethweni ukudlulisela ezinye iziboshwa ku-NDS Kabul.
Ukudluliselwa kwezinye izikhungo ze-NDS kwavunyelwa ukuthi kuqhubeke โ kodwa akugcini lapho. U-Evans uphawula ukuthi ngo-Okthoba 2011 umkhankaso wokusiza weZizwe Ezihlangene
E-Afghanistan u-Evans wahlangana nenqwaba yezinhlangano ezisebenzela ukuthula, kuhlanganise ne-Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers kanye ne-Social Association of Afghan Justice Seekers. Uphinde wavakashela Ikhomishini Ezimele Yamalungelo Abantu yase-Afghan eholwa uDkt Sima Samar.
"Umbono wami wawuwukuthi babengaphansi kwesithupha sikahulumeni," esho, ephawula ukuthi ngemva kosuku ehlangane naye uDkt Samar wahlangana noMongameli uHamid Karzai.
"Ama-NGO, uma ethola imali yakwamanye amazwe, kumele ashaye phansi ngonyawo."
Funda kabanzi ngombungazi, u Evans
"Izinhlangano ezizimele zinikezwe umsebenzi okufanele ngabe uhulumeni uyawenza - ukuhlinzeka abantu besifazane izindawo zokukhosela, ukulungisa imfundo kanye nempilo yomphakathi," usho kanje. "Ngicabanga ukuthi lowo ngumsebenzi kahulumeni wase-Afghan kanye nabantu base-Afghan. Kucishe kufane nolunye uhlobo lobukoloni lapho unalezi zinhlangano zakwamanye amazwe zifika zihlunge umphakathi wase-Afghan."
Futhi ama-Afghan ahlangana nawo azizwa kanjani ngomsebenzi wase-US/Nato?
Njengezimpendulo zakhe eziningi u-Evans uphendukela ebufakazini obuyiqiniso kuqala.
Ungibhekisa okhethweni oluhlanganyelwe lwango-2010 lwezinhlangano eziningi zabezindaba ezihlanganisa i-BBC kanye neWashington Post. Ithole ukuthi amaphesenti angama-63 abantu base-Afghan basekela ubukhona bamasosha ase-US
"Ngicabanga ukuthi lokho kukhombisa ukwesaba amaTaliban kunokubonga ngalokho
Amasosha ase-US awadumile kakhulu eningizimu
โNgathola ochwepheshe abasezingeni eliphakathi ababevame ukuthola imali yase-US ngama-NGOs babeseka kakhulu amasosha angaphandle abe sezweni,โ usho kanje. Ngokuphambene, abantu akhulume nabo emgwaqeni "babe nokuhlaziya okucacile kokuthi abawafuni amasosha angaphandle ezweni - ukuthi benza izinto zibe zimbi kakhulu. Laba bantu bebengenayo imali yangaphandle engenayo."
Kodwa u-Evans akaphakamisi ukuhoxiswa kwawo wonke amasosha angaphandle ngokushesha, ethanda ukuhoxiswa kancane kancane, okuhleliwe kwamasosha ase-US kanye ne-Nato okungase kuthathelwe indawo yibutho elingathathi hlangothi, mhlawumbe lamaSulumane, eligcina ukuthula ukuze kumiswe izwe ukuba lingene ezimpini zombango.
Uphinde acele ukuthi kube noshintsho olukhulu ekuziphatheni kwamasosha ase-US kanye ne-NATO
"Umqashi wokuqala weTaliban njengamanje nguye
"Ngizwe izindaba eziningi ezivela kubantu ababenabangane ababulawa ekuhlaselweni kwendiza. Abantu ababazi abanye ezindaweni zabo ababenepolitiki, hhayi abashisekeli benkolo, kodwa abagcina belwa namaTaliban ngemuva kokubulawa kwemindeni yabo ukuhlasela kwebhomu lasemoyeni."
Lobu bufakazi busekelwa, uyaphawula, ucwaningo lwango-2007 olwenziwa yintatheli ye-Globe and Mail uGraeme Smith. USmith wenze izingxoxo ezikude zamalungu angama-42 eTaliban
Unobungane futhi uyahlekisa mathupha, u-Evans unethemba mayelana namathuba okuxazululwa kwezepolitiki.
"AmaTaliban kufanele abe yingxenye yezingxoxo," kusho yena. "Ngeke kuphele. Uma iTaliban ingavuma ukwengamela isimo sayo futhi ibe yingxenye kahulumeni oxubile - kulokho okushiwo uhlu lwezimfuno zayo ngicabanga ukuthi lokho kungenzeka - khona-ke kukhona ithuba lokuphumelela etafuleni lezingxoxo.
โKumele sikhumbule ukuthi izinhlangano zezepolitiki ezinyukele phezulu, njengemojahedin, zixhaswe yinhlangano yezepolitiki.
"Futhi amaTaliban asekelwa
Njengamanje u-Evans wayelungiselela ipheshana elifushane ohambweni lwakhe lweJustice Not Vengeance. Nokho, lokhu kuzomele kulinde.
Ngomhla zingama-29 kuNhlolanja u-Evans wagqunywa ejele izinsuku ezingu-13 ngeqhaza lakhe "ekubulaweni kwezisulu zeNato" ezingenalo udlame.
"Nge
โUkuhlangana nezisulu zezinqubomgomo zaseMelika kanye nezaseBrithani kuqinise ukholo lwami lokuthi kufanele siqede
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