Shirley Gunn

**Shirley Gunn** (an haife ta a ranar 9 ga watan Mayu 1955) ƴar ƙasar Afirka ta Kudu tsohuwar mai fafutukar yaƙi da nuna wariyar launin fata ce kuma memba Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) wacce aka zarge ta da laifin tada bam a gidan Khotso  a shekarar 1998. 

## Rayuwar farko da gwagwarmayar siyasa
An haifi Gunn a matsayin ƙarama a cikin yara biyar a unguwar Cape Town na Kenilworth. Mahaifinta likita ne mahaifiyarta kuma ma'aikaciyar jinya. Ta halarci makarantar zuhudu daga shekara 5 zuwa 18. A cikin shekarar 1966 da 1967, Gunn ta raka mahaifiyarta zuwa al'ummomin matalauta daban-daban a Cape Town. Daga shekara 17, Gunn ta taimaka wa ɗan'uwanta wanda likita ne a wani asibiti a Hermanus. Cikin rashin gamsuwa da wariyar launin fata, ta bar aikin jinya a shekarar 1976 kuma ta shiga Jami'ar Cape Town (UCT) don yin digiri a aikin zamantakewa.

Don digirinta na girmamawa, an sanya Gunn a Hout Bay don yin aikin al'umma. A nan ta shiga jam’iyyar ANC a shekarar 1980. An ɗauke ta a cikin harkokin siyasa na ANC na ƙarƙashin ƙasa inda ta taimaka wajen bunƙasa dabarun tsageru. Daga nan aka sanya Gunn don daidaita ayyukan Ofishin Ba da Shawarwari a Yammacin Cape. Yayin da Gunn ke ci gaba da aiki tare da Ofishin Ba da Shawarwari, yajin aikin ma'aikatan tufafi na farko ya faru. Gunn ta tattara Ofisoshin Shawarwari don tallafawa yajin aikin, yayin da take karɓar horon soji a lokaci guda.

## Kamawa
A cikin shekarar 1984, Leon Meyer ya ɗauki Gunn aiki a cikin MK. Sakamakon ayyukanta na yaki da nuna wariyar launin fata, 'yan sandan tsaro sun kama ta a shekarar 1985 kuma aka tsare ta a gidan yarin Pollsmoor sama da watanni uku. An samu nasarar sakin Gunn ne a lokacin da Dullah Omar ya tsaya mata a shari’ar da ake yi mata, amma an sanya mata ido kuma ‘yan sandan tsaro sun ci gaba da tursasa ta.  Daga baya aka yi mata gudun hijira zuwa Botswana. 

A shekarar 1988, Gunn ta koma Afirka ta Kudu.  Ita da mijinta na lokacin, Aneez Salie, sun taimaka wajen kafa sashen Ashley Kriel, kuma sun kai wani hari da ba a bayyana adadinsu na zagon ƙasa na cibiyoyi na alama ba a yammacin Cape.  A cikin watan Agusta na wannan shekarar, an kai harin bam a gidan Khotso, hedkwatar Majalisar Cocin Afirka ta Kudu, kuma mutane 21 sun jikkata.  A cikin shirin kama ta, an zargi wata mai juna biyu Gunn da kai harin bam a wata sanarwa da ministan shari'a da oda Adriaan Vlok ya fitar a ranar 10 ga watan Janairun 1989. Bayan haihuwar ɗanta, Haroon Gunn-Salie, an kama Gunn a watan Yuni 1990 kuma an tsare shi tare da ɗanta. An tsare Gunn a cikin dtakunan da ke da mummunan yanayi, wanda ya sa ta kai kara ga 'yan sanda.  A matsayin ladabtar da karar, 'yan sanda a kotu sun ɗauke ɗanta. An yi amfani da faifan kuka na ɗan nata a lokacin da Gunn ke yi masa tambayoyi a matsayin hanyar tilasta mata yin ikirari. Daga baya an kai ta gidan yarin mata na Caledon inda aka tsare ta tsawon kwanaki 68.

A cikin watan Yuni 1990, Gunn da ɗanta mai watanni 16 sun yi tafiya tare da mahaifiyarta da 'yar uwarta zuwa gonar baƙo a wajen Victoria West a cikin Karoo.  Anan ne jami'an tsaro da dama suka kama ta. An kai ta da ɗanta zuwa Cape Town inda aka sake tsare su. An azabtar da Gunn tsawon kwanaki 64.

Shekaru biyu bayan haka, lokacin da aka gano cewa jami'an tsaro ne ke da alhakin tayar da bam, Gunn ta gabatar da tuhumar bata masa suna a shari'ar farar hula da ministocin Vlok, Rina Venter da Kobie Coetsee.  Ta samu sulhu a wajen kotu na R70 000 saboda raunin da ita da ɗanta suka sha da kuma yadda aka tsare su.  Daga baya Gunn ta ba da shaidar abubuwan da ta faru ga hukumar gaskiya da sulhu (TRC), yayin da Vlok, tsohon kwamishinan 'yan sanda Johan van der Merwe da wasu 17 aka yi musu afuwa kan tashin bam.

## Na yanzu
Gunn ta ci gaba da aiki don ciyar da haƙƙin ɗan adam gaba. A halin yanzu ita ce Babbar Darakta na Cibiyar Watsa Labarai ta Human Rights (HRMC) a Kenilworth, Cape Town  kuma mamba a kwamitin Tallafi na Khulumani.

## Manazarta