Helmut Melzer
Ngenkathi inani lokubulawa kwabantu liqhubeka nokwehla emhlabeni jikelele, izigwebo zokufa zenziwa ngokuqinile noma ngokwandayo kwamanye amazwe. Ngaphandle kwezinselelo ezinkulu lapho kubhekene nobhadane lwe-corona, amazwe ayi-18 aqhubeke nokubulawa kwabantu ngonyaka we-2020. Lokhu kukhonjiswa ngumbiko wonyaka wokusetshenziswa kwesigwebo sentambo, i- Amnesty International okusanda kushicilelwa.
Emhlabeni jikelele, inani lokubulawa kwabantu okuqoshiwe ngonyaka ka-2020 okungenani liyi-483 - okuyinombolo ephansi kunazo zonke yokubulawa kwabantu eqoshwe yi-Amnesty International okungenani eminyakeni eyishumi. Ngokuphambene kakhulu nalesi simo esihle izinombolo zase-Egypt: kwakukhona ukubulawa okuphindwe kathathu ngo-2020 njengangonyaka owedlule. Abaphathi baseMelika abangaphansi kukaMongameli uTrump baqala futhi ukwenza ukubulawa kwabantu ezingeni likahulumeni futhi ngoJulayi 2020 ngemuva kokumiswa iminyaka eyi-17. Abesilisa abayishumi babulawa ezinyangeni eziyisithupha kuphela. I-India, i-Oman, iQatar neTaiwan baphinde baqala ukubulawa ngonyaka owedlule. Okungenani indoda eyodwa igwetshwe intambo futhi yabulawa eChina ngemuva kokuthi iziphathimandla zimemezele ukuthi zizolwisana nobugebengu obubukela phansi izindlela zokulwa ne-COVID-19.
Amazwe ayi-123 manje asesekela isimemezelo se-UN General Assembly sokuthi kumiswe ukubulawa kwabantu - izifundazwe eziningi kunakuqala. Kunengcindezi ekhulayo kwamanye amazwe ukuthi ajoyine le ndlela. Umkhuba wokushiya isigwebo sentambo uyaqhubeka emhlabeni jikelele. “Ngenkathi kusenamazwe abambelela esigwebweni sentambo ngo-2020, isithombe sisonke besisihle. Isibalo sokubulawa kwabantu okuqoshiwe saqhubeka sehla - okusho ukuthi umhlaba uyaqhubeka nokusuka esijezisweni esinonya nesihlazisa kunazo zonke, ”kusho u-Annemarie Schlack.
Emasontweni ambalwa edlule, iVirginia yaba umbuso wokuqala oseningizimu e-United States ukufeza lokhu Isigwebo sentambo kude. Ngo-2020, isigwebo sentambo saphinde sachithwa eChad kwathi izwe laseMelika iColorado, iKazakhstan lazibophezela ekuqedeni ngaphansi komthetho wamazwe omhlaba, futhi iBarbados yaqalisa izinguquko zokuphakamisa ukusetshenziswa okuyimpoqo kwesigwebo sentambo.
Kusukela ngo-Ephreli 2021, amazwe ayi-108 asiqedile isigwebo sentambo kuwo wonke amacala. Amazwe ayi-144 asiqedile isigwebo sentambo ngomthetho noma ngokwenza - umkhuba ongenakubuyiselwa emuva.
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