Benjamin Freeth, MBE (an haife shi a ranar 23 ga watan Agusta 1971) farin fata manomi ɗan Zimbabwe ne kuma mai fafutukar kare hakkin ɗan Adam daga gundumar Chegutu a lardin Mashonaland ta Yamma, Zimbabwe. Tare da surukinsa, Mike Campbell, ya yi fice a duniya bayan shekara ta 2008 saboda tuhumar gwamnatin shugaba Robert Mugabe na Zimbabwe saboda keta doka da hakkin ɗan Adam a Zimbabwe. Shari'ar Freeth da Campbell a kan gwamnatin Mugabe shari'ar Mike Campbell (Pvt) Ltd da Sauransu da Jamhuriyar Zimbabwe ta kasance cikin tarihin fim ɗin 2009 wanda ya lashe kyautar Mugabe and the White African.

Ben Freeth
Rayuwa
Haihuwa Sittingbourne (en) Fassara, 1971 (52/53 shekaru)
ƙasa Zimbabwe
Karatu
Makaranta Aiglon College (en) Fassara
Sana'a
Sana'a Mai kare ƴancin ɗan'adam da Manoma
Kyaututtuka

An haifi Freeth a Sittingbourne, Ingila, United Kingdom, ɗan dangin sojan Burtaniya. Bayan da Jamhuriyar Zimbabwe ta samu 'yancin kai a shekarar 1980, dangin sun koma ƙasar da gwamnatin Zimbabwe ta ɗauki hayar mahaifin Freeth don kafa sabuwar kwalejin horar da ma'aikata ga sabbin sojojin ƙasa da aka kafa. Freeth ya halarci Kwalejin Aiglon kuma ya ci gaba da karatu a Royal Agricultural College a Gloucestershire, Ingila, UK.[1][2] Daga nan ya koma Zimbabwe ya auri Laura Campbell, ɗiyar manomi dan ƙasar Rhodesia Mike Campbell da matarsa Angela. Freeths sun gina gida akan 30,000 acres (12,000 ha) Gidan Dutsen Karmel a Chegutu da Freeth a ƙarshe ya zama jami'in ƙungiyar manoman Kasuwanci. Ma'auratan suna da 'ya'ya uku. [3]

A farkon shekarun 1970, Campbell, wani kyaftin na Sojojin Afirka ta Kudu, ya shiga yakin Bush na Rhodesian wanda ya haɗa gwamnatin tsirarun fararen fata ta Rhodesia da 'yan daba masu kishin ƙasa baki ɗaya. Ya koma gonar Dutsen Karmel a shekarar 1974. Ya kara da wani fili da ke makwabtaka da shi a shekarar 1980, bayan samun ‘yancin kai na Zimbabwe. Kazalika aikin noma, Campbell ya kafa wani yanki mai faɗin yanayi akan kadarorin, wanda ya cika da raƙuman ruwa, impala da sauran dabbobin asali. Ya kuma samar da masaukin Safari na Biri River, wanda ya zama sanannen wurin yawon buɗe ido. [4]

Campbell ya sayi Dutsen Karmel daga kansa bayan samun 'yancin kai (an ba da cikakken lakaɓin a cikin shekara ta 1999 lokacin da gwamnatin Zimbabwe ta bayyana cewa ba ta da sha'awar ƙasar).[5] Tare, Freeth da Mike Campbell sun gudanar da ayyukan gona kuma sun ɗauki ɗimbin ma'aikatan gona na gida yayin da Laura ta kula da masana'antar lilin a cikin ƙasa wanda ke ɗaukar yawancin matan ma'aikatan gona aiki. [6]

An siffanta kaddarar Dutsen Karmel a matsayin ma'aikacin samfuri. A ƙarshen shekarun 1990s, ya zama mafi girma da ke samar da mango a Zimbabwe.[6] Har ila yau, ta samar da masara, taɓa da furannin sunflower kuma ta ci gaba da rayuwa fiye da mutane 500 na ƙasar Zimbabwe.[6] A cikin shekara ta 1999, an mayar da mallakar gonar zuwa wani kamfani na iyali ta hanyar "takardar rashin ruwa" daga gwamnatin Mugabe. Duk gonar da aka saya bayan samun ‘yancin kai a shekarar 1980 sai an fara baiwa gwamnati domin a sake raba fili sannan a buga takardan “Babu Ribar Gwamnati” idan gwamnati ba ta son siyan ta.[4]

Ana tuhumar Robert Mugabe

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A shekara ta 2001, duk da haka, an ba da sanarwar korar 'yan Freeths da Campbells daga gwamnatin Zimbabwe a wani ɓangare na shirin sake fasalin ƙasa na Mugabe. A ƙarƙashin wannan shirin, an kwace gonaki dubu da dama mallakar fararen fata ba tare da biyan diyya daga gwamnatin Zimbabwe ba. Yayin da aka bayyana aniyar shirin ita ce sake raba filaye ga ‘yan Zimbabwe marasa galihu, an ba da dama daga cikin filayen da aka kwace ga jami’an gwamnati da wasu masu biyayya ga gwamnatin Mugabe. Bayan haka, yawancin gonakin nan sun lalace kuma ba sa aiki. [7]

Freeth da Campbell sun zaɓi yin jayayya da umarnin korar a kotu. Bayan sun sha kaye a kotun kolin Zimbabwe, sun kai ƙararsu gaban kotun SADC, wata kotun yanki ta kungiyar raya ƙasashen kudancin Afirka. A yayin shari'ar, Freeth, tare da Mike da Angela Campbell, magoya bayan Mugabe sun yi awon gaba da su tare da yi musu duka. [8] Daga karshe dai kotun ta yanke hukunci a kan Freeth da Campbell, inda ta gano cewa mallakar filaye da gwamnatin Zimbabwe ta yi gaba ɗaya ya danganci ƙabilanci ne, don haka ya sabawa ka'idojin kungiyar SADC na kare hakkin ɗan Adam. An umurci gwamnatin Zimbabwe da ta mutunta Freeth da Campbell 'yancin mallakar da sarrafa gonakinsu. [4]

Gwamnatin Mugabe ta yi biris da hukuncin inda daga bisani ta janye ƙasar Zimbabwe daga jam'iyyar SADC. A watan Agustan 2009, magoya bayan Mugabe sun mamaye yankin Dutsen Carmel, an kuma kona gidajen Freeth da Campbell, da kuma gidajen ma'aikatan gonar da iyalansu. An kori Freeths da Campbells, da ma'aikatansu, daga kadarorin. Tun daga shekarun 2011, kaddarar Dutsen Karmel ta zama maras kyau kuma ta cika girma. Mike Campbell ya mutu a watan Afrilun 2011, kodayake Freeth ya bayyana aniyarsa ta ci gaba da fafutukar ganin an dawo da mallakar kadarorin. [6]

Girmamawa

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A cikin watan Yunin 2010, Sarauniya Elizabeth ta biyu ta naɗa Freeth a matsayin memba na Order of the British Empire, saboda yabo da fafutukar kare hakkin ɗan Adam a Zimbabwe. [9]

Manazarta

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  1. "Whites huddle and pray as mob closes in – The Times Online". Archived from the original on 2016-05-15. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  2. Zimbabwe – White farms being torched – Meat Trade News Daily Archived 12 Oktoba 2013 at the Wayback Machine"They built a house at Mount Carmel, the 12,000-hectare estate bought by her father, Mike, for a commercial farming and safari enterprise."
  3. "Whites huddle and pray as mob closes in – The Times Online". Archived from the original on 2016-05-15. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Mike Campbell Obituary – The Telegraph
  5. "Mike Campbell". The Economist. London: Economist Group. 20 April 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Mike Campbell Obituary – The Guardian
  7. Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson, directors. Mugabe and the White African, (documentary film) 2009.
  8. Freeth Abducted in Zimbabwe – The Telegraph
  9. Zimbabwean Farmer Awarded MBE – The Zimbabwean