London - Isithombe somhwebi wezigqila wangekhulunyaka le-17 edolobheni eliseningizimu neBrithani iBristol sihoxiswe ababhikishi be-"Black Lives Matter" ngeSonto.

Izithombe ezinkundleni zokuxhumana zikhombise ababhikishi bedabula isibalo sika-Edward Colston esiqongweni saso ngesikhathi kuqhubeka imibhikisho enkabeni yedolobha. Kwividiyo eyakamuva, ababhikishi babonakale beyilahla emfuleni i-Avon.

Umfanekiso wethusi kaColston, obesebenzela iRoyal African Company futhi kamuva wasebenza njengelungu lePhalamende laseBristol, ubukade umaphakathi nedolobha kusukela ngo-1895, futhi ube yindaba egudwini eminyakeni yamuva nje ngemuva kokuthi abakhankasi bethi akufanele aphumele obala. eyaziwa yidolobha.

Umbhikishi uJohn McAllister, 71, utshele abezindaba ukuthi: “Le ndoda ibidayisa ngezigqila. Wayephana kuBristol kodwa kwakuphuma emuva kobugqila futhi kuyanyanyeka ngokuphelele. Kuyinhlamba kubantu baseBristol.”

Unsumpa wamaphoyisa endawo u-Andy Bennett uthe babalelwa ku-10,000 abantu abebehambele umbhikisho weBlack Lives Matter eBristol kanti iningi likwenze lokho “ngokuthula”. Kodwa-ke, "kwakuneqembu elincane labantu elenza isenzo sobugebengu ngokusobala ngokudiliza isifanekiso eduze kwaseBristol Harbourside," esho.

UBennett uthe kuzokwenziwa uphenyo ukuze kutholakale abathintekayo.

NgeSonto, amashumi ezinkulungwane zabantu ajoyine usuku lwesibili lwemibhikisho yokulwa nokucwasa emadolobheni aseBrithani, okuhlanganisa iLondon, iManchester, iCardiff, iLeicester neSheffield.

Izinkulungwane zabantu zibuthene eLondon, iningi labo ligqoke izembozo zobuso kanti abaningi begqoke amagilavu, kubika iBBC.

Kweminye yemibhikisho ebingaphandle kwehhovisi lenxusa laseMelika enkabeni yeLondon, ababhikishi baguqe ngamadolo baphakamisa izibhakela emoyeni phakathi kwezingoma ezithi “ukuthula udlame” futhi “umbala awulona icala,” kusho umbiko.

Kweminye imibhikisho, abanye ababhikishi babephethe izimpawu ezikhuluma nge-coronavirus, okuhlanganisa nenye efundeka kanje: "Kunegciwane elikhulu kune-COVID-19 futhi libizwa ngokuthi ubandlululo." Ababhikishi baguqe umzuzu owodwa ngaphambi kokucula bethi “abukho ubulungiswa, abukho ukuthula” kanye nokuthi “kubalulekile ukuphila kwabantu abamnyama,” kusho i-BBC.

Imibhikisho yaseBritain ibiyingxenye yemibhikisho emikhulu emhlabeni wonke eyadalwa wukubulawa kwamaphoyisa kukaGeorge Floyd, umMelika waseMelika ongahlomile.

U-Floyd, 46, washona ngoMeyi 25 edolobheni laseMinneapolis e-United States ngemuva kokuba iphoyisa elimhlophe liguqe entanyeni cishe imizuzu eyisishiyagalolunye ngesikhathi liboshwe ozankosi libheke phansi laphinde lathi alikwazi ukuphefumula.