Iningi labantu abavela emazweni aseNtshonalanga ababoshwe njengamanje eGulf States balahlwe ngamacala ezezimali okungewona amacala obugebengu emazweni abo. Izinto ezinjengamasheke abhampile aholele ekuboshweni ngokungafanele uma kwenzeka icala lilandelana futhi lezi ziboshwa manje zibhekene nosongo olukhulu lokuchayeka ICoronavirus ezindaweni eziminyene, ezingahlanzekile emazweni afana ne-UAE neQatar.
U-Radha Stirling, oyi-CEO yeDetained in Dubai kanye ne-Due Process International, okhankasela abaphuma kwamanye amazwe abasolwa ngamanga noma ababoshwe ngokungeyikho phesheya kwezilwandle, ucele ukuthi iGulf States ikhulule ngokushesha iziboshwa kanye nabantu bakwamanye amazwe ngaphansi kokuvinjelwa ukuhamba okuyalelwe yinkantolo, futhi basheshise ukubuyela ekhaya.
“Azigcini nje ngokuba nezimo zasejele ezibonisa ukuthi igciwane lisakazeka ngokushesha nangokungalawuleki, ngosizo lwezokwelapha ngokuvamile lungekho; kodwa izinyathelo ezisathathwa ohulumeni bakulesi sifunda azenele ukuvikela umphakathi, ”kusho uStirling, “Izakhamizi zethu, kungaba yi-UK, Australia, Canada, Europe noma US, ezigcinwe eGulf ngasese. izingxabano zezimali azibeki engcupheni kunoma ubani uma ebuyiselwe, kodwa bona ngokwabo basengozini enkulu uma bengabuyi.”
I-UAE iwaqinisekisile amacala angaba ngu-200 e-coronavirus, kanti i-Qatar isondele ku-500 ngesikhathi sokuphawula kukaStirling. Womabili la mazwe asengozini yokuchayeka kubantu base-Iranian nohwebo. I-Iran inezigameko eziphezulu kakhulu zeCoronavirus esifundeni, ngamacala angaphezu kuka-23,000 nokufa kwabantu abacishe babe ngu-2,000 kuze kube manje. I-Qatar kanye ne-Emirates zivimbele izindiza zezindiza eziya futhi ezibuya e-Iran, kodwa ezokuthutha olwandle ziyaqhubeka nemikhawulo embalwa.
“Kunemindeni e-UK, Europe, Canada, Australia nase-US osekuphele izinyanga noma iminyaka ihlukaniswa ngokungafanele nesithandwa sayo ngenxa yalokhu kuvinjelwa kokuhamba okungenasidingo nokuboshwa ngokungafanele; futhi bamagange ngempilo kanye nokuphepha kwalabo ababakhathalelayo ngenkathi bevaleleke eGulf,” u-Stirling uyaphinda, “Lokho okudingwa ububele kulezi zimo akuphazamisi nangayiphi indlela kulokho okudingwa ubulungiswa; laba ababoshiwe abazona izigebengu, ababona abantu abayingozi, bangosomabhizinisi abajwayelekile kanye nezingcweti, futhi basesimweni esibucayi kakhulu. Sicela ohulumeni baseQatar kanye ne-UAE ngokukhethekile ukuthi bakhulule izakhamizi zethu futhi bazivumele zibuyele ekhaya, futhi sicela izikhulu ezifanele zohulumeni waseNtshonalanga, kuhlanganise ne-UK, ukuba bacele ngokushesha ukubuyiselwa kwezakhamuzi zethu eziboshiwe ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuphepha kwazo. phakathi nobhubhane olukhulayo lweCoronavirus”
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- But the measures being taken thus far by the governments in the region are inadequate to protect the public,” Stirling says, “Our citizens, whether from the UK, Australia, Canada, Europe or the US, who are held in the Gulf on private financial disputes pose no risk to anyone if they are repatriated, but are themselves at a severe risk if they are not.
- We are calling upon the governments of Qatar and the UAE specifically to release our citizens and let them come home, and we are asking the relevant officials of Western governments, including the UK, to urgently request the repatriation of our detained citizens to ensure their safety amidst the growing Coronavirus pandemic”.
- Things like bounced checks have led to wrongful imprisonment in case after case and these detainees now face a substantial threat from exposure to the Coronavirus in overcrowded, unhygienic facilities in countries like the UAE and Qatar.
