Sababa, semwanasikana: kumiririra kodzero dzevanhu

'Ndichiri mudiki, ndaisava nehanya nenyaya dzekodzero dzevanhu. Zvimwe nemhaka yokuti ndaifunga kuti ndaiva weboka repakati uye kutyorwa kwekodzero dzevanhu kwaiitika pakati pemadzinza maduku, akadai sevanhu vomumakomo nevarimi. Ndakafunga kuti: matambudziko akadai haaitike kwandiri.'

Asi izvi zvakazongoerekana zvapera kuna Pratubjit Neelapaijit (30) makore mapfumbamwe adarika apo baba vake, gweta rine mukurumbira rekodzero dzevanhu, vakatsakatika pasina anoona. Aive mukuru paChulalongkorn University panguva iyoyo. Gore rekutanga mushure mekunyangarika kwake haana kufara zvakanyanya. Haana kutora chikamu mune chero zviitiko. Nekutambudzika ndinoratidza baba vangu ruremekedzo, vakafunga kudaro, uye kuchema ndiyo nzira yekuchengetedza ndangariro dzavo. Pashure pegore iroro, akatanga kufunga nezvenyaya yababa vake nemaonero ezvematongerwo enyika.

'Semudzidzi wesainzi yezvematongerwo enyika, ndakadzidziswa kufunga maererano nekukurudzira zvematongerwo enyika. Ndakaona kuti vapari vemhosva vaida kunyararidza baba uye vaida kuti tigare tichitya tinyarare. Saka ndakasarudza kuramba.” Akaperekedza amai vake, avo vakaramba vachikwevera ngwariro pakushaikwa kwemurume wavo makore ose aya, kumatare, kukamba yemapurisa nemisangano.

Mhedziso yake yaive pamusoro pekutonga kwekururamisira uye kukakavara muchiitiko cheTak Bai muna 2004 (peji rekutanga). Varatidziri vanomwe vekumaodzanyemba vakabva vapfurwa vakafa nemasoja uye 78 vakadzipwa murori umo vakaendeswa kumusasa wemauto. Hapana akamboyedzerwa nazvo.

Baen, sezita rake remadunhurirwa, zvino ava mudzidzisi paInstitution of Human Rights and Peace Studies paMahidol University. “Pane chirevo chekuti haunyatsonzwisisa zvinoreva kodzero dzevanhu kudzamara kodzero dzako dzatyorwa. Ndinofunga kuti ndanzwisisa zvarinoreva iye zvino.'

Gore rapfuura, Baen akaita dhipatimendi rake rekutanga nekujoinha "Sombath Somphone & Beyond," mushandirapamwe wekumanikidza hurumende yeLao kuti iongorore kutsakatika kwaRamon Magsaysay-akahwina Mubairo wemushandi Sombath Somphone. Akapedzisira kuonekwa muna Zvita gore rakapera mushure mekupikisa kuvakwa kwemadhamu paMekong. Baen anonzwa kubatanidzwa munyaya iyi nekuti baba vake, saSombath, vakapedzisira kuonekwa mumota.

Chinonyanya kuvhundutsa Baen kana zvasvika pakunyangarika uye kupambwa maitiro kune vakabatwa. "Nzanga yeThai ichiri kutenda kuti avo vakapambwa vanhu vakaipa uye kuti vachawana zvavanofanirwa." Semuenzaniso, baba vake vakafananidzirwa 'semudziviriri wembavha'. Mushure mezvose, akange adzivirira vekumaodzanyemba uye vaiti vatengesi vezvinodhaka, avo vakati panguva yaThaksin. hondo yezvinodhaka yekupomerwa zvenhema uye/kana kushungurudzwa nemapurisa.

'Vanyajambwa vazhinji vanonzi vanewo zvinetso zvavo. Somuenzaniso, Thaksin akaudza vezvenhau pamusoro pababa vangu kuti vakanga vanetsana naamai vangu ndokusaka vakanga vatiza pamba.'

Baen anoti kumhuri dzevamwe vakawirwa nenjodzi: 'Usatendeutse mwoyo wako kuita gomba remhondi wotaura nyaya yako. Ratidza vapari vemhosva kuti havakwanise kuzadzisa zvinangwa zvavo nekutinyararidza. Vanogona kutora nhengo dzemhuri voita kuti dzitsakatike, asi havagoni kutiita kuti tinyangarike tichifa pamwe chete nevafi.”

(Chinobva: Muse, Bangkok Post, 7 Gunyana 2013)