UPope Francis uthandazela izisulu zokuhlaselwa kwamaSulumane eNigeria okwashiya abangu-30 benqunywe amakhanda
UPope Francis uthe ngoLwesithathu ubethandazela iNigeria kulandela isigameko sokubulawa kwabantu abampofu abalinganiselwa ku-110 lapho amasosha amaSulumane anquma khona abantu ababalelwa ku-30.
"Ngifuna ukuqinisekisa imithandazo yami ngeNigeria, lapho ngeshwa igazi seliphinde lachithwa khona ngesikhathi sokubulawa kwamaphekula," kusho uPapa ekupheleni kwezethameli ngomhlaka 2 Disemba.
“NgoMgqibelo odlule, enyakatho-mpumalanga yezwe, abalimi abangaphezu kwekhulu babulawa ngesihluku. Sengathi uNkulunkulu angabamukela ekuthuleni kwakhe futhi aduduze imindeni yabo futhi aguqule izinhliziyo zalabo abenza isihluku esifanayo esilimaza kakhulu igama lakhe “.
Ukuhlaselwa kwangomhlaka-28 Novemba eBorno State wukuhlaselwa okuqondile okunodlame kakhulu kubantu baseNigeria kulo nyaka, ngokusho kuka-Edward Kallon, ongumxhumanisi wezenhlalakahle kanye nongumhlali we-UN eNigeria.
Kubantu abangu-110 ababulewe, babalelwa ku-30 abantu abanqunywa amakhanda ngamasosha, ngokusho kweReuters. I-Amnesty International ibike nokuthi abesifazane abayishumi badukile ngemuva kokuhlaselwa.
Alikho iqembu elathi yilo elenza lokhu kuhlasela, kodwa amasosha endawo alwa ne-jihadist atshele i-AFP ukuthi iBoko Haram isebenza kule ndawo futhi ivame ukuhlasela abalimi. Isifundazwe sase-Islamic State of West Africa (ISWAP) siphinde saqokwa njengomuntu ongahle abangele lesi sibhicongo.
Angaphezu kuka-12.000 2015 amaKristu aseNigeria asebulewe ekuhlaselweni ngamaSulumane kusukela ngoJuni 2020, ngokusho kombiko wango-XNUMX wenhlangano yaseNigeria yamalungelo abantu, i-International Society for Civil Liberties kanye neRule of Law (Intersociety).
Umbiko ofanayo uthole ukuthi amaKrestu angama-600 abulawa eNigeria ezinyangeni ezinhlanu zokuqala zonyaka wezi-2020.
AmaKrestu aseNigeria anqunywa amakhanda athungelwa ngomlilo, kwashiswa amapulazi, kwathi abapristi kanye nezazi zokufundisa baqondiswa ngokuthumba nangesihlengo.
UFata Matthew Dajo, umpristi wesifunda esikhulu sase-Abuja, wathunjwa ngomhlaka 22 Novemba. Akazange akhululwe, ngokusho kokhulumela i-archdiocese.
UDajo wathunjwa oshayasibhamu ngesikhathi kuhlaselwa idolobha laseYangoji, lapho kutholakala khona isifunda sakhe, iSonto LamaKatolika iSt. Umbhishobhi omkhulu u-Ignatius Kaigama wase-Abuja wethule isicelo sokukhulekelwa ukuthi aphume ngokukhululeka.
Ukuthunjwa kwamaKhatholika eNigeria kuyinkinga eqhubekayo engagcini nje ngokuthinta abefundisi kanye nabezemfundo, kodwa futhi nabathembekile, kusho uKaigama.
Kusukela ngo-2011, iqembu lamaSulumane iBoko Haram yilona ebelisusa ekuthunjweni okuningi, okubandakanya nokwabafundi abayi-110 abathunjwa esikoleni ababefunda kuso ngoFebhuwari 2018. Kulabo abathunjwa, intombazane engumKristu, uLeah Sharibu, usagcinwe esitokisini.
Iqembu lendawo ebelihlangene noMbuso wamaSulumane liphinde lahlasela eNigeria. Leli qembu lasungulwa ngemuva kokuthi umholi weBoko Haram, u-Abubakar Shekau, ethembise ukwethembeka kwi-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) ngo-2015.
NgoFebhuwari, Inxusa Lenkululeko Yezenkolo e-US uSam Brownback watshela i-CNA ukuthi isimo saseNigeria siba sibi kakhulu.
"Baningi abantu ababulawa eNigeria futhi siyesaba ukuthi kuzosabalala kakhulu kuleyo ndawo," etshela i-CNA. "Sivele esikrinini sami se-radar - eminyakeni emibili edlule, kodwa ikakhulukazi ngonyaka odlule."
“Ngicabanga ukuthi sidinga ukugqugquzela uhulumeni [kaMengameli waseNigeria uMuhammadu] Buhari. Bangenza okuningi, ”kusho yena. “Abalethi laba bantu enkantolo ababulala abalandeli benkolo. Kubonakala sengathi abanomuzwa wokuphuthuma kokuthatha isinyathelo. "