Thulani Maseko
Thulani Rudolf Maseko (1 Machị 1970 - 21 Jenụwarị 2023) [1] bụ onye ọka iwu Swazi na-ahụ maka Ihe ndị ruuru mmadụ [2] onye jere ozi dị ka odeakwụkwọ ukwu nke People's United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO). [3] A tụrụ ya mkpọrọ site na 2014 ruo 2015, Amnesty International kpọkwara ya onye mkpọrọ akọnuche. Ọ gbara Eze Mswati nke Atọ nke Eswatini ikpe n'ụlọ ikpe na 2018 ma gbuo ya n'afọ 2023.
Mbido ndụ na agụmakwụkwọ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]A mụrụ Maseko na Luhleko, dị nso na Bhunya na Manzini Region nke Swaziland na Machị 1, 1970. Ọ gara Mahadum Swaziland, gụchaa akwụkwọ na Bachelor of Arts na Law na 1994 ma nweta Bachelor of Law na 1997. [4] N'afọ 2011, ọ nwetara nzere masta na International Legal Studies na Mahadum Washington College of Law nke Mahadum America.[4]
Mgbalị na ịtụ mkpọrọ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Maseko bụ onye na-akwado ọchịchị onye kwuo uche ya, na onye ọka Iwu na-ahụ maka ihe ndị ruuru mmadụ nke a ma ama maka mbọ ọ na-agba iji chebe ndị otu na ndị a chụpụrụ n'ụlọ ha.[5] Na 2009, ọ nọchitere anya otu ndị ọrụ Swaziland National Ex-Minerers Workers Group n'ikpe ha gara nke ọma megide gọọmentị maka ịda iwu nke Iwu na ụmụaka Swazi niile ga-enweta agụmakwụkwọ praịmarị n'efu n'ime afọ atọ nke itinye ya n'ọrụ.[6]
N'abalị iri na asatọ n'ọnwa Maachị n'afọ 2014, a tụrụ Maseko mkpọrọ maka ileghara ụlọ ikpe anya mgbe ọ katọrọ usoro ikpe Swaziland. [7] [8][9] N'ọnwa Eprel afọ 2014, e jidere odeakwụkwọ ukwu nke People's United Democratic Movement Mlungisi Makhanya maka iyi T-shirt nke otu iji mee mkpesa maka ịtụ Maseko na onye nta akụkọ Bheki Makhubu mkpọrọ. [10][11]
N'ọnwa Ọgọstụ n'afọ 2014, Maseko degaara Onye isi ala United States bụ Barack Obama akwụkwọ ozi site n'ụlọ mkpọrọ, na-achọ itinye aka ya n'ihu 2014 United States-Africa Leaders Summit.[9] A tọhapụrụ Maseko n'ụlọ mkpọrọ na ụbọchị iri atọ nke ọnwa Julaị afọ 2015. Amnesty International kpọrọ ya onye mkpọrọ n'ihi akọnuche ya.[12]
N'afọ 2018, Maseko malitere ikpe n'ụlọikpe megide mgbanwe aha mba ahụ site na Swaziland gaa Eswatini nke Mswati nke Atọ. [13]
Ọnwụ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]E gburu Maseko n'ime ụlọ nke ya, [5] n'ihu ezinụlọ ya na 21 Jenụwarị 2023 na Luhleko. [14] Nke a sochiri mgbalị siri ike iji mechie ndị na-akwado ọchịchị onye kwuo uche ya na ndị na-ahụ maka ihe ndị ruuru mmadụ na Eswatini.[15] N'okwu mbụ n'ụbọchị e gburu ya, Eze Mswati nke Atọ kwuru n'ihu ọha na "Ndị mmadụ ekwesịghị ịkwa ákwá ma mee mkpesa maka ndị agha na-egbu ha. Ndị a bu ụzọ malite ime ihe ike ahụ.[16]
E liri Maseko na 29 Jenụwarị 2023. [17]
Mmeghachi omume
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Mgbe Maseko nwụsịrị, onye nta akụkọ Zimbabwe bụ Hopewell Chin'ono dere na Twitter na ogbugbu ahụ bụ "ihe na-eme ka ndị isi ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị rụrụ arụ dị njikere ime ihe ọ bụla iji mechie olu ndị na-akwado ọchịchị onye kwuo uche ya".[5] Ọtụtụ òtù na-ahụ maka ihe ndị ruuru mmadụ, yana National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, South African Federation of Trade Unions, [18] Law Society of South Africa', [19] United Nations, [20] na ọtụtụ òtù ndị ọzọ, katọrọ ogbugbu ahụ.[21]
Gọọmentị Eswatini wepụtara nkwupụta na-ekwu na "ọnwụ Maseko bụ mfu nye mba ahụ na akara ụkwụ ya dị ka onye ọka iwu na-ahụ maka ihe ndị ruuru mmadụ dị ka ihe akaebe nke enyemaka ya na mba ahụ" ma kwuo na a ga-eme nyocha iji mee ka ndị gburu ya bụrụ ndị ikpe ziri ezi.[22]
Onye isi ala Pudemo Mlungisi Makhanya kwuru na "O nweghị obi abụọ ọ bụla na e mere ogbugbu ahụ n'iwu Eze ... Ogbugbu Thulani site n'aka Eze Mswati na-anọchite anya otu ihe na otu ihe naanị - ogbugbu udo. Comrade Thulani bụ nwoke udo. Ọ bụ onye ndú nwere ụkpụrụ nke nyere ihe niile ya n'ọgụ maka ikike mmadụ na ọchịchị onye kwuo uche ya, mana ọ na-eji usoro udo eme ihe mgbe niile. "[16]
Na 23 Jenụwarị 2023, osote onye nduzi Amnesty International maka Ọwụwa Anyanwụ na Ndịda Afrịka, Flavia Mwangovya, kwuru na ogbugbu Maseko bụ "ihe ncheta na-atụ ụjọ" na ndị na-akpọ maka mgbanwe ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na Eswatini adịghị mma. Amnesty chọrọ "nnyocha zuru oke, nke na-adịghị ele mmadụ anya n'ihu na nke doro anya" banyere ogbugbu Maseko iji hụ na a kpere ndị gburu ya ikpe. Nzukọ ahụ kwuru na ụlọ ọrụ na-anọghị na gọọmentị kwesịrị ime nchọpụta ahụ.[23]
Mgbe ọ nwụsịrị, nwunye Maseko, Tanele Maseko, duru mkpọsa na-akpọ oku ka e nyochaa ọnwụ ya n'onwe ya. [24]
Hụkwa
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- Ihe ndị ruuru mmadụ na Eswatini
- Gọọmentị nke Eswatini
Edemsibia
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ Eswatini: Centre for Human Rights Expresses Shock and Sadness at the Death of Human Rights Defender and Graduate Thulani Maseko. allAfrica (25 January 2023). Retrieved on 30 January 2023.
- ↑ Top rights lawyer arrested. News24 (24 June 2009). Retrieved on 19 October 2014.
- ↑ Fabricius. "Leading Swazi activist Thulani Maseko shot dead at his home", Daily Maverick, 22 January 2023. Retrieved on 30 January 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Centre for Human Rights expresses shock and sadness at the death of human rights defender and graduate Thulani Maseko. up.ac.za. University of Pretoria (23 January 2023). Retrieved on 24 January 2023.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 York. "Human-rights lawyer gunned down amid turmoil in Africa's last absolute monarchy", The Globe and Mail, 22 January 2023. Retrieved on 23 January 2023.York, Geoffrey (22 January 2023). "Human-rights lawyer gunned down amid turmoil in Africa's last absolute monarchy". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ↑ Nxumalo (17 March 2009). Govt loses free education case. Times of Swaziland. Retrieved on 12 August 2023.
- ↑ James (14 April 2014). Thulani Maseko and Bheki Makhubu Contempt of Court Case: Timeline of Proceedings. southernafricalitigationcentre.org. Southern Africa Litigation Centre. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved on 19 October 2014.
- ↑ Rex v Nation Magazine & 3 Others. swazilii.org. Swaziland Legal Information Institute (2014). Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved on 19 October 2014.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Maseko. "Letter to Barack Obama from a Swaziland jail cell", The Guardian, 3 August 2014. Retrieved on 19 October 2014.Maseko, Thulani (3 August 2014). "Letter to Barack Obama from a Swaziland jail cell". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ↑ Sandner (14 July 2014). Swaziland: Africa's last absolute monarchy. dw.de. Deutsche Welle. Retrieved on 19 October 2014.
- ↑ MISA condemns arrest of human rights lawyer. IFEX (10 June 2009). Retrieved on 19 October 2014.
- ↑ "I'm dreaming" – how it feels when your husband comes home. amnesty.org. Amnesty International (7 July 2015). Retrieved on 26 May 2019.
- ↑ Nkosi. "King Mswati III faces court challenge over Swaziland name change", City Press, 9 July 2018. Retrieved on 23 January 2023.
- ↑ Mthethwa (22 January 2023). Human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko shot dead outside home in eSwatini. News24. Retrieved on 23 January 2023.
- ↑ Dlamini. "EXCLUSIVE: Human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko shot dead", The Swaziland News, 21 January 2023. Retrieved on 23 January 2023.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Kulkarni (27 January 2023). Assassination of Thulani Maseko has killed prospects of peaceful struggle in Swaziland. Peoples Dispatch. Retrieved on 30 January 2023.Kulkarni, Pavan (27 January 2023). "Assassination of Thulani Maseko has killed prospects of peaceful struggle in Swaziland". Peoples Dispatch. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ↑ Eswatini: 52-year old human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko laid to rest (en). Africanews (30 January 2023). Retrieved on 28 March 2024.
- ↑ NUMSA condemns the Mswati regime for the assassination of human rights lawyer Adv Thulani Maseko. Polity (25 January 2023). Retrieved on 30 January 2023.
- ↑ Mafisa. "Saftu condemns assassination of eSwatini political activist and human rights lawyer", The Star, 23 January 2023. Retrieved on 30 January 2023.
- ↑ Burke. "Eswatini: murder of pro-democracy activist prompts outrage", The Guardian, 24 January 2023. Retrieved on 30 January 2023.
- ↑ Motsoere (24 January 2023). Law Society of SA condemns murder of eSwatini human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko. Eyewitness News. Retrieved on 30 January 2023.
- ↑ Eswatini: Activist, Rights Lawyer Brutally Killed (en). Human Rights Watch (25 January 2023). Retrieved on 12 August 2023.
- ↑ Eswatini: Leave no stone unturned in ensuring justice for Thulani Maseko's unlawful killing. Amnesty International (23 January 2023). Retrieved on 23 January 2023.
- ↑ Masiko-Mpaka (28 March 2024). Eswatini Authorities Target Activist's Widow (en). Human Rights Watch. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved on 29 March 2024.
External links
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Templeeti:U.S. State Department's Human Rights Award (2024)
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