I-Eastern Port of Spain ibhalwe 'njengephakathi kwezindawo eziyingozi kakhulu emhlabeni' yinhlangano yocwaningo yamazwe ngamazwe elandelela ukukhula kwezikhali ezincane nobugebengu.
Embikweni wayo wango-December 31, 2009, i-Small Arms Survey yaseSwitzerland yahlola ukwanda kwamaqembu ezigebengu nokubulawa kwabantu okubizwa ngokuthi izigelekeqe eTrinidad naseTobago futhi yaphetha ngokuthi izinkinga zezibhamu kuleli zwe ngeke ziphele. Lo mbiko onamakhasi angu-53 unesihloko esithi “Awekho Amanye Amaqembu Ezigelekeqe, Izibhamu Nokubusa ETrinidad naseTobago.”
Iqala ngodaba lwesigebengu esaziwayo futhi kwesinye isikhathi umfana osagolide uSean “Bill” Francis owadutshulwa wabulawa ngonyaka odlule, isidumbu sakhe sigcwele izinhlamvu ezingu-50. Lesi sigaba sombiko, kusho umbhali, uDorn Townsend, senzelwe "ukubeka isigameko."
I-Townsend idweba isithombe esidabukisayo sesizwe esicebile kodwa esikhohlakele, esihlukanisiwe futhi ngokuvamile “esiphuma kuligi” esibonakala siwa ngaphambi kokuthola umusa.
Echaza esifingqweni esiphezulu sephepha ukuthi ukubulawa okuhlobene nezibhamu kukhule ngokuphindwe kayinkulungwane kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, u-Townsend uyaqhubeka esahlukweni esilandelayo ukuze akhumbule ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-1,000, i-T&T yaqokwa njengetshe eliyigugu laseCaribbean. indawo yokuzinza.
“Akusenjalo,” kusho yena. Lo mbiko usekelwe olwazini olutholwe emithonjeni ehlukene yendawo, okuhlanganisa abezindaba, amaphoyisa, osolwazi basemanyuvesi kanye nezinhlangano ezingekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni.
“Lesi sigcawu asisona neze 'indawo yempi 'njenge'Wild West,' futhi akulona ihaba ukusho ukuthi izindawo ezimpofu zasemadolobheni aseTrinidad, ikakhulukazi, seziphenduke izihibe zokungabi namthetho njengoba amaqembu ezigebengu ezimbangi efuna ukulawula indawo lapho. izidakamizwa ziyadayiswa,” kusho umbiko.
U-Townsend uthe ukuqhuma kwalolu hlobo lobugebengu kwenzeka ngesikhathi sokuthuthukiswa komnotho okungenakuqhathaniswa nokuthi kuze kufike ekuwohlokeni komnotho wezi-2008/2009, i-T&T ithokozele elinye lamazinga okukhula komnotho azinzile emhlabeni.
“Ngokumangalisayo,” kusho u-Townsend, “udlame lwenzeka phakathi kwabantu abampofu bezwe, abasemadolobheni, abaNsundu, kunalokho kwenzeka kubantu bakhona abangamaNdiya noma baseCaucasia. Ngokuyinhloko, abamnyama basedolobheni yibona abayizisulu.”
Lo mbiko ubhekise noma ugxile, ezimweni ezimbalwa, ezindaweni ezaziwa endaweni njengezindawo ezishisayo, njengeLaventille neGonzales, futhi ukhuluma ngemizamo yabaholi bomphakathi namasonto asemthethweni yokuletha ukuthula kulezi zindawo.
Nokho, u-Townsend wathi: “Umphakathi we-T&T nakuba umncane ngosayizi uyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu, njengokuthi amandla ahlukahlukene alwa nemizamo yokuthuthukisa.”
Ehlola ubudlelwano okusolwa nokwaziwa phakathi kwabaholi bezombangazwe nabaholi bamaqembu ezigelekeqe, u-Townsend wathi, “Abaholi bamaqembu ezombangazwe abahlakulela umusa namaqembu ezigebengu, noma abacashelwe, bamelane nezingcindezi ezinjalo zokuzinza.”
U-Townsend waphetha: “Amandla angenhla aqhubekayo nahlehlayo asikisela kuphela lokho okwenzekayo mayelana namaqembu ezigebengu nezibhamu ku-T&T. Ezinye izimpawu zezinkinga zingase zivezwe phambili. Ngokulandelayo, ababambiqhaza abathintekayo bangase bakhe isu elisebenzayo lokuthula kuyilapho belawula izici zesimo sodlame esikhona.
“Kunoma yikuphi, izinkinga zesizwe ngezibhamu ngeke ziphele. Izinyathelo zikahulumeni zokuqinisa umthetho nokunqanda ukushushumbiswa zibangelwa ukuwohloka kwezimo zengqondo zomphakathi, okungukuthi izakhamuzi azikholelwa neze ngekhono loMbuso lokulungisa umonakalo obangelwa izibhamu namaqembu ezigebengu.”
I-Small Arms Survey iphrojekthi yocwaningo oluzimele etholakala e-Graduate Institute of International and Developmental Studies e-Geneva, eSwitzerland.
Yasungulwa ngo-1999 futhi isekelwa uMnyango Wezindaba Zangaphandle wase-Swiss ngenkathi isekelwa yiminikelo evela kuhulumeni waseBelgium, Canada, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden kanye ne-UK.
Inhloso yale phrojekthi, phakathi kokunye, ukusebenza njengomthombo oyinhloko wolwazi lomphakathi kuzo zonke izici zezikhali ezincane nodlame oluhlomile, njengesikhungo sezinsiza kohulumeni, abakhi bezinqubomgomo, abacwaningi kanye nezishoshovu, ukuze kuqashwe imizamo kazwelonke neyamazwe ngamazwe (uhulumeni). futhi non) ezingalweni ezincane.
