Izolo, ngoJanuwari 4, Ubulungiswa baseBrithani bunqume ukuthi umsunguli weWikiLeaks, UJulian Assange, ayikwazanga ukudluliselwa e-United States ukuthola nokushicilela imibhalo eyimfihlo kahulumeni wase-US ngo-2010.
Ijaji lesifunda uVanessa Baraitser uyakukholelwa lokho isimo esingokwengqondo sommangali asihambelani nokukhishwa ezweni.
Kodwa-ke, ngemuva kokwethula izakhi ezisemqoka zesigwebo sakhe, ijaji laqala ngokudiliza ukuzivikela kwethimba labameli bakaJulian Assange. Eqinisweni, iBaraistser ekuqaleni wenqaba izimpikiswano eziningi ezethulwe ngumvikeli womsunguli we-WikiLeaks. Kodwa-ke, wayezamukela kakhulu izimpikiswano ezihlobene nesimo sakhe sempilo.
Ngesikhathi kuqulwa icala, ochwepheshe abahlukahlukene abahlola uJulian Assange wayethole ubuthakathaka obukhulu bengqondo futhi uphethe ngokuthi uhlushwa ikakhulukazi ukucindezeleka okukhulu, ikakhulukazi ngokuhlela ukuzibulala kwakhe ejele. Ngakho-ke, wathi inkululeko yokukhuluma ayikuvimbeli ukukhishwa kwe-Australia.
Kusukela entwasahlobo ka-2019, UJulian Assange uvalelwe ejele laseBelmarsh, eLondon, lapho uthathwa njengesiboshwa esisengozini yokuzibulala. "Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi ingozi yokuba uMnu Assange azibulale inkulu," kusho ijaji izolo.
Amukela okutholwe ngungoti wezokwelapha uSolwazi Michael Kopelman, uProfesa wase-Emeritus weNeuropsychiatry eKing's College London, iJaji Baraitser uqhubeke wathi: "Ngokuncike kulo lonke ulwazi analo, ukholelwa ukuthi uJulian usengcupheni yokuzibulala. U-Assange uphezulu kakhulu uma ukubuyiselwa kwakhe okuseduze. Bekungumbono onolwazi, osekelwa ngokucophelela ngobufakazi futhi obuchazwe ngemibiko emibili eningiliziwe. "
I-WikiLeaks ishicilele, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ikota yesigidi sezincwadi zaseMelika embhalweni ocacile. Kukhulunywa kaninginingi ukuthi lezi ziqukethe amagama angahloliwe wezinhloli zaseMelika kanye nezimpimpi emazweni anobutha, nokuthi kwenziwa umzamo othile wokuxwayisa i-United States ngaphambi kokushicilelwa.
Uhulumeni waseMelika uzosidlulisa lesi sigwebo, okusho ukuthi leli cala lizoya eNkantolo eNkulu yase-England naseWales. Izimpikiswano zomthetho kungenzeka zigxile ezimweni zokuboshwa e-United States, ngaphambi nangemva kokuqulwa kwecala. UJulian Assange ubhekene nesigwebo seminyaka engu-170 ejele e-United States.
Ngaphandle kokuphathwa nokushicilelwa kwamaphepha ayimfihlo, usolwa nangobugebengu ngokusiza umthombo wakhe ukuthola amaphepha. Abashushisi baseMelika baphinde basola uJulian Assange ngokubeka engozini izimpimpi ezithile zamasosha aseMelika ngokuveza ubunikazi bakhe, lokho i-Australia nethimba lakhe abakuphikile.
Maphakathi nezinsolo zaseMelika wumsebenzi weWikiLeaks ngo-2010 nango-2011, lapho inhlangano ishicilela imibhalo eyimfihlo ekhanyisa ngemisebenzi yamasosha aseMelika e-Iraq, e-Afghanistan, kodwa nezicucu zejele laseGuantanamo noma inqwaba yamacala izinkulungwane zamatelegram ezingxoxo.
Futhi ngemuva kokukhishwa kwesinqumo, osopolitiki nezinhlangano eziningana bazamukele lezi zindaba, yize abanye bezwakalise ukudana ngokuthi isinqumo sikhishwe ngenxa yezizathu zempilo:
- Umongameli waseMexico, U-Andrés Manuel López Obrador, wathi unikeze imiyalelo kushansela wakho we nomabanikeze ukukhoseliswa kwezepolitiki kuJulian Assange, ngubani "oyintatheli futhi ofanele ukuthola ithuba";
- Owayengumholi Wezabasebenzi wase-UKUJeremy Corbyn ubize isilinganiso ngokuthi "izindaba ezinhle," Kodwa uthe kuyethusa ukuthi ijaji lamukele izimpikiswano zikahulumeni waseMelika ezisongela inkululeko yokukhuluma nenkululeko yokushicilela.
- I-Amnesty International isamukele lesi sinyathelo, kodwa wagxeka i-UK "* ngokubamba iqhaza kule nqubo yokugqugquzelwa kwezepolitiki ngokuyalelwa yi-United States nokubuza inkululeko yabezindaba nenkululeko yabezindaba."
Iziphathimandla zase-US zinezinsuku eziyi-14 kusukela ngosuku isigwebo sokudlulisa icala ngalo. Khonamanjalo, ngemuva kokumenyezelwa kwesinqumo, u-Assange ubuyele ejele: Abameli bakhe manje kumele bahambise isicelo sebheyili, esizobhekwa ngoLwesithathu.
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