Abamalungelo abantu bakhomba amasotsha, iMali ivikela iso layo
Amasosha aseMali yiwona anecala lokubulala okungenani izakhamuzi ezingama-71 kusukela ekuqaleni kukaZibandlela, kusho inhlangano elwela amalungelo abantu abaningi embikweni wangoLwesibili. UHulumeni wezempi waseMali uphikise okutholwe yiHuman Rights Watch yaseNew York.
Ukuhlukunyezwa kwamasosha enkabeni naseningizimu ntshonalanga yeMali, okuhlanganisa nokubulawa kwabantu abadala nezingane, kunyukile njengoba amasosha ezama ukulwa nodlame lwamaSulumane oluhlasele izwe lonke kusukela ngowezi-2012. okuhlanganisa nabasolwa, ababulawa amasosha aseMali kanye namaqembu amaSulumane ahlomile,” kusho uCorinne Dufka, umqondisi weSahel kwaHuman Rights Watch. Ukuhlukunyezwa kungenzeka kube ubugebengu bempi, esho. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, amasosha amaSulumane abulale izakhamizi ezingama-36, kusho iHuman Rights Watch. UHulumeni waseMali awuzange uphendule izicelo zakwaReuters zokuphawula. Itshele iHuman Rights Watch ukuthi iphenya inqwaba yokuhlukunyezwa okuvezwe embikweni kodwa yaphika ukuthi iyabandakanyeka esigamekweni esibi kakhulu – ukubulawa kwabantu abaningi kule nyanga lapho kutholwe khona izidumbu ezishisiwe zezakhamizi ezingama-35 esifundeni iSégou, ezinye zinezimbobo ngemuva kwamakhanda abo.
Ofakazi batshele iHuman Rights Watch ukuthi phakathi kwababulewe kukhona abantu abasanda kuboshwa amasosha. INhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene iyaphenya ngalesi sigameko. Izinkinga zaseMali zisukela ngowezi-2012 lapho amaJihadi ethatha izintambo zokuvukela umbuso enyakatho. IFrance eyayiphethe umbuso wamakoloni yathumela amasosha aphindisela emuva abashokobezi ngowezi-2013, kodwa ngowezi-2015 amaqembu ahlomile axhumene ne-al Qaeda ayesephinde waqubula igagasi lodlame.
Ukuhlasela kusaqhubeka naphezu kokuba khona kwezinkulungwane zamasosha omhlaba kanye nabagcini bokuthula. Izindawo eziningi zingaphansi kokulawulwa ngokuqondile amaphekula. Lesi simo siholele ekuwohlokeni kwentando yabantu. Ibutho lezempi lahlwitha amandla ngowezi-2020 ngokwengxenye ngenxa yokukhungatheka ngenxa yokungakwazi kukahulumeni ukulawula. Umbutho wezempi uke wavuma ukuthi amabutho awo ayathinteka ekubulaweni kwabantu kanye nokunye ukuhlukumeza eminyakeni yamuva, kodwa bambalwa abake babhekana namacala obugebengu.