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Lapho ngiqala ukubona uJulian Assange ejele laseBelmarsh, ngo-2019, ngemva nje kokuhudulwa ehhovisi lenxusa lase-Ecuadorean, wathi, "Ngicabanga ukuthi ngilahlekelwa umqondo."
Wayezacile futhi ezacile, amehlo akhe engenalutho futhi ukuzaca kwezingalo zakhe kwagcizelelwa indwangu ephuzi ekhombayo eboshwe engalweni yakhe yesobunxele, uphawu oluvusa amadlingozi lokulawula isikhungo.
Kuwo wonke amahora ngaphandle kwamahora amabili okuvakasha kwami, wayevalelwe yedwa esitokisini ophikweni olwaziwa ngokuthi "ukunakekelwa kwezempilo", igama lesi-Orwellian. Esitokisini esiseduze kwakhe indoda eyayikhathazeke kakhulu yaklabalasa ubusuku bonke. Omunye umuntu obesemotweni ubenomdlavuza obulalayo. Omunye wayekhubazeke kakhulu.
โNgolunye usuku savunyelwa ukudlala iMonopoly njengokwelapha. Kwakuwukunakekelwa kwethu kwezempilo lokho!โ
โLena i-One Flew Over the Cuckooโs Nest,โ ngithe.
โYebo, uhlanya nje kuphela.โ
Amahlaya amnyama kaJulian avame ukumkhulula, kodwa akusenani. Ukuhlukunyezwa ngobuqili abhekane nakho eBelmarsh kube nemiphumela ebuhlungu. Funda imibiko ka-Nils Melzer, Umlobi Okhethekile We-UN mayelana Nokuhlukunyezwa, kanye nemibono yomtholampilo ka-Michael Kopelman, uprofesa osekhulile we-neuropsychiatry e-King's College London kanye noDkt. Quentin Deeley, futhi ugodle indelelo ngesibhamu esiqashiwe saseMelika enkantolo, u-James Lewis QC. , ochithe lokhu njengokuthi "ukukhohlisa".
Angithinta ngokukhethekile amazwi angochwepheshe kaDkt. Kate Humphrey, isazi sezifo zengqondo e-Imperial College, eLondon. Utshele i-Old Bailey ngonyaka odlule ukuthi ubuhlakani bukaJulian bebusukile โekuphakameni, noma okungenzeka buphakeme kakhulu, ibangaโ kuya โngaphansi kakhuluโ kwaleli zinga elifanele, kwaze kwaba sezingeni lapho abezabalaza khona ukuthola ulwazi futhi โenze umsebenzi ibanga eliphansi kuya kwesilinganisoโ.
Kokunye ukuqulwa kwecala enkantolo kulo mdlalo oyihlazo waseKafkaesque, ngimbone edonsa kanzima ukukhumbula igama lakhe ngesikhathi ijaji licela ukulisho.
Ingxenye enkulu yonyaka wakhe wokuqala eBelmarsh, wayevalelwe. Enqatshelwe ukuvivinya umzimba ngendlela efanele, wahamba ubude bengqamuzana yakhe encane, emuva naphambili, emuva naphambili, โeyami i-half-marathonโ, wangitshela. Lokhu kwavuselela ukuphelelwa ithemba. Kutholwe insingo esitokisini sakhe. Wabhala โizincwadi zokuvalelisaโ. Wawashayela ucingo ephindelela amaSamariya.
Ekuqaleni wenqatshelwa izibuko zakhe zokufunda, wasala emuva esihlukumeni sokuthunjwa kwakhe ehhovisi lenxusa. Lapho ekugcineni izibuko zifika ejele, azizange zilethwe kuye izinsuku. Ummeli wakhe, uGareth Peirce, wabhala incwadi ngemva kwencwadi eya kumbusi wejele ephikisana nokugodlwa kwezincwadi zomthetho, ukungena emtatsheni wezincwadi wasejele, ukusetshenziswa kwe-laptop eyisisekelo ukuze alungiselele icala lakhe. Ijele lalithatha amasonto, ngisho nezinyanga, ukuphendula. (Umbusi, uRob Davis, uklonyeliswe nge-Order of the British Empire).
Izincwadi azithunyelelwe umngane wakhe, intatheli uCharles Glass, naye owasinda ekuthunjweni eBeirut, zabuyiswa. UJulian akakwazanga ukubiza abameli bakhe baseMelika. Kusukela ekuqaleni ubelokhu elashwa. Ngesinye isikhathi, lapho ngimbuza ukuthi bamnikani, akakwazanga ukusho.
ENkantolo Ephakeme yangesonto eledlule yokunquma ukuthi uJulian uzobuyiselwa eMelika noma cha, uvele kafushane ngesixhumanisi sevidiyo ngosuku lokuqala. Ubebukeka engaphathekile kahle futhi engazinzile. Inkantolo itshelwe ukuthi โuxoshiweโ ngenxa โyemithiโ yakhe. Kodwa uJulian wayecele ukuhambela icala futhi wenqatshelwa, kusho uzakwabo uStella Moris. Ukuya enkantolo ehlezi ekugwebeni kuyilungelo.
Le ndoda eziqhenya kakhulu futhi ifuna ilungelo lokubonakala iqinile futhi ihlangene emphakathini, njengoba yenza e-Old Bailey ngonyaka odlule. Khona-ke, wayebonisana njalo nabameli bakhe ngembobo yekheji lengilazi yakhe. Wabhala amaphuzu amaningi. Wama futhi wabhikisha ngentukuthelo enkulu ngamanga nokuhlukumeza inqubo.
Umonakalo owenziwe kuye eminyakeni eyishumi yokuboshwa nokungaqiniseki, okuhlanganisa iminyaka engaphezu kwemibili e-Belmarsh (okugujwa umbuso wayo onesihluku efilimini yakamuva ye-Bond) akunakungatshazwa.
Kodwa ngokunjalo, isibindi sakhe esingenakungabaza, kanye nekhwalithi yokumelana nokuqina okuwubuqhawe. Yilokhu okungambona ephusheni elibi lamanje le-Kafkaesque - if usinde esihogweni saseMelika.
Ngiyamazi u-Julian kusukela aqala ukufika e-Britain ngo-2009. Engxoxweni yethu yokuqala, uchaze isimilo esibalulekile ngemuva kwe-WikiLeaks: ukuthi ilungelo lethu lokwenza izinto obala kohulumeni nabanamandla laliyilungelo eliyisisekelo lentando yeningi. Ngike ngambona ebambelela kulesi simiso lapho ngezinye izikhathi siye senza ukuphila kwakhe kube nzima nakakhulu.
Cishe alukho lolu hlangothi oluphawulekayo oluye lwabikwa ephepheni elibizwa ngokuthi โi-free pressโ okuthiwa ikusasa layo lisengozini uma uJulian ekhishwa.
Yebo, kodwa akukaze kube khona "umshini wamahhala". Kube nezintatheli ezingajwayelekile ezithathe izikhundla "ezijwayelekile" - izikhala esezivaliwe, okuphoqa ukuthi ubuntatheli obuzimele bungene ku-inthanethi.
Lapho, isiphenduke โifa lesihlanuโ, a samizdat womsebenzi ozinikele, ovame ukungakhokhelwa yilabo ababekhethelwe izinto ezihloniphekile emithonjeni yezindaba manje eseyenziwe uchungechunge lwezinkulumo. Amagama anjengokuthi โintando yeningiโ, โinguqukoโ, โamalungelo abantuโ ayasuswa incazelo yawo yesichazamazwi futhi ukucwaninga kwenziwa ngokweqiwa noma ukushiywa ngaphandle.
Ukulalelwa kwecala elibi kwesonto eledlule eNkantolo Ephakeme โkwanyamalalaโ โephepheni lamahhalaโ. Iningi labantu belingeke lazi ukuthi inkantolo enkabeni yeLondon yayihlalele ukwahlulela ngelungelo labo lokwazi: ilungelo labo lokubuza imibuzo nokuphikisa.
Abantu abaningi baseMelika, uma bazi okuthile ngecala lika-Assange, bakholelwa ephusheni lokuthi uJulian uyi-ejenti yaseRussia eyabangela ukuba u-Hillary Clinton ahlulwe okhethweni lukamongameli ngo-2016 kuDonald Trump. Lokhu kufana ngokuphawulekayo namanga okuthi uSaddam Hussein wayenezikhali zokucekela phansi okukhulu, okwakufanele ukuhlasela kwe-Iraq nokufa kwesigidi noma ngaphezulu kwabantu.
Mancane amathuba okuthi bazi ukuthi ufakazi oyinhloko womshushisi osekela elinye lamacala aqanjwe uJulian usanda kuvuma ukuthi waqamba amanga futhi wakha โubufakaziโ bakhe.
Futhi ngeke bezwe noma bafunde ngesambulo sokuthi i-CIA, ngaphansi komqondisi wayo wangaphambili, u-Hermann Goering ofana noMike Pompeo, yayihlele ukubulala uJulian. Futhi lokho kwakungekusha neze. Kusukela ngimazi uJulian, ubelokhu esongelwa ngokulimala futhi okubi nakakhulu.
Ngobusuku bakhe bokuqala ehhovisi lenxusa lase-Ecuadorean ngo-2012, abantu abansundu bagcwala ngaphambili kwehhovisi lenxusa futhi bashaya amafasitela, bezama ukungena. E-US, abantu abavelele emphakathini - kuhlanganise no-Hillary Clinton, owayesanda kubhubhisa iLibya - baye kudala wabiza ukubulawa kukaJulian. UMongameli wamanje uBiden umlahle ngokuthi "iphekula le-hi-tech".
Owayengundunankulu wase-Australia, uJulia Gillard, wayemagange ukujabulisa lokho akubiza ngokuthi โabalingani bethu abakhuluโ eWashington waze wafuna ukuba kuthathwe ipasipoti kaJulian - kwaze kwaba yilapho etshelwa ukuthi lokhu kwakuzongqubuzana nomthetho. Undunankulu wamanje, uScott Morrison, indoda ye-PR, lapho ebuzwa ngo-Assange, uthe, "Kufanele abhekane nomculo."
Sekuyisizini evulekile kumsunguli we-WikiLeaks iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi. Ngo-2011, The Guardian waxhaphaza umsebenzi kaJulian njengokungathi owawo, waqoqa imiklomelo yobuntatheli kanye nezivumelwano zaseHollywood, wabe esevula umthombo wawo.
Iminyaka eminingi yokuhlukunyezwa kowesilisa owenqaba ukujoyina iqembu labo yalandela. Usolwa ngokuhluleka ukuhlela kabusha imibhalo yamagama alabo abathathwa njengengcuphe. Phakathi ku Guardian Incwadi kaDavid Leigh noLuke Harding, u-Assange ucashunwe esho ngesikhathi esidlweni sakusihlwa endaweni yokudlela yaseLondon ukuthi akanandaba noma izimpimpi ezishiwo ngokuputshuka ziyalinyazwa.
Bekungekhona uHarding noma uLeigh esidlweni sakusihlwa. UJohn Goetz, intatheli yophenyo Der Spiegel, empeleni wayesesidlweni futhi wafakaza ukuthi u-Assange akashongo lutho olunjalo.
Umphenyi omkhulu uDaniel Ellsberg watshela i-Old Bailey ngonyaka odlule ukuthi u-Assange uzenzele kabusha amafayela angu-15,000. Intatheli ephenyayo yaseNew Zealand uNicky Hager, obesebenza no-Assange ekuputshukeni kwempi yase-Afghanistan nase-Iraq, uchaze ukuthi u-Assange wathatha kanjani. "izindlela zokuphepha ezingajwayelekile ekubhalweni kabusha kwamagama abanolwazi".
Ngo-2013, ngabuza umenzi wefilimu u-Mark Davis ngalokhu. Umsakazi ohlonishwayo we-SBS Australia, uDavis wayengufakazi wokuzibonela, ehambisana no-Assange ngesikhathi kulungiswa amafayela aputshuziwe ukuze ashicilelwe The Guardian futhi I-New York Times. Wangitshela ukuthi, โU-Assange uyena kuphela owayesebenza ubusuku nemini ekhipha amagama angu-10,000 abantu ababengaqondiswa izambulo ezibhalwe ezingodweni.โ
Efundisa iqembu labafundi baseCity University, uDavid Leigh wahlekisa wona kanye umqondo wokuthi โuJulian Assange uzogcina egqoke i-jumpsuit ewolintshiโ. Uvalo lwakhe lwaluyihaba, wadelela. U-Edward Snowden ngokuhamba kwesikhathi wadalula ukuthi u-Assange usesikhathini "sokuthungatha abantu".
Luke Harding, owabhala ngokuhlanganyela noLeigh the Guardian Incwadi eyadalula igama-mfihlo kunqolobane yezintambo zezikhulu uJulian ayeziphathise ephepheni, yayingaphandle kwehhovisi lenxusa lase-Ecuadorean kusihlwa uJulian ecele ukukhoseliswa ngalo. Emi nomugqa wamaphoyisa, wajabula ngebhulogi yakhe, โIScotland Yard ingase ibe nokuhleka kokugcina.โ
Umkhankaso wawungapheli. Guardian ababhali bezingosi bakhuhla ekujuleni. USuzanne Moore wabhala ngendoda ayengakaze ayibone.
Umhleli obengamele lokhu, u-Alan Rusbridger, usanda kujoyina ikhorasi ethi "ukuvikela u-Assange kuvikela umshini wamahhala". Ngemva kokushicilela izambulo zokuqala ze-WikiLeaks, uRusbridger kufanele azibuze ukuthi ngabe i- EzikaGuardian Ukuxoshwa kwe-Assange okulandelayo kuzokwanela ukuvikela isikhumba sakhe olakeni lwaseWashington.
Amajaji eNkantolo Ephakeme kungenzeka amemezele isinqumo sawo mayelana nesikhalazo saseMelika onyakeni omusha. Abakunqumayo yikhona okuzonquma ukuthi ngabe abezomthetho baseBrithani balahle yini izinsalela zokugcina zesithunzi sabo esigajwayo; ezweni laseMagna Carta leli cala eliyichilo bekufanele ngabe kade likhishwa enkantolo.
Okubalulekile okushodayo akuwona umthelela โwokucindezela kwamahhalaโ okuhlangene. Kuwubulungisa kumuntu oshushiswayo futhi waphika ngamabomu.
UJulian Assange ungumkhulumeli weqiniso ongenzanga bugebengu kodwa wembule ubugebengu bukahulumeni futhi uqamba amanga ngezinga elikhulu futhi wenza kanjalo enye yezinkonzo zomphakathi ezinhle kakhulu empilweni yami. Ingabe sidinga ukukhunjuzwa ukuthi ubulungisa kumuntu buwubulungisa kubo bonke?
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