Rita O'Hare

**Rita O'Hare** ( née **McCulloch** ; 13 Janairu 1943  – 3 Maris 2023) ita ce sakatare janar na Sinn Féin, kuma daga 1998 zuwa 2023 wakilin jam'iyyar a Amurka.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Rita McCulloch a ranar 13 ga Janairu 1943 a Belfast ga mahaifin wani Furotesta, Billy daga Gabashin Belfast da matarsa Maureen, ’yar Katolika daga yankin Nationalist Short Strand . Mahaifinta yana aiki a masana’antar lilin kuma shi ma memba ne na Jam’iyyar Kwaminis . 

Ta auri Gerry O'Hare a shekarar 1960 tana da shekaru 17 bayan ta kammala karatunta a Makarantar St Dominic's Grammar School da ke kan titin Falls. Sun haifi 'ya'ya uku kuma sun sake su a farkon shekarun 1990. Mijinta na biyu shine Brendan Brownlee, ɗan jam'iyyar Republican daga Belfast wanda ta haifi ɗa na huɗu da shi. 

## Aikin IRA na wucin gadi
A kusan shekarar 1970, Rita O'Hare ta zama memba na ƙungiyar IRA ta wucin gadi . 

A shekarar 1971, ta yi aiki na tsawon watanni shida a Armagh Gaol saboda sanye da rigar yaƙi da kuma riƙe da sandar jifa a wani zanga-zanga. Bayan an sake ta a watan Yuli, an tsare mijinta Gerry a watan Agusta. 

A watan Oktoba na wannan shekarar, a lokacin wani fada da aka yi tsakanin 'yan jam'iyyar Republican da jami'an tsaro a Andersonstown ; an harbe ta sau uku da bindiga kirar sojojin Birtaniya da wani makami. Ta samu rauni a kanta, sannan wani sojan Birtaniya shi ma ya ji rauni.  An kama O'Hare a Arewacin Ireland a shekarar 1972 saboda yunkurin kashe Jami'ar Warrant ta Sojojin Birtaniya Frazer Paton a Belfast a watan Oktoban 1971. Ta kuma fuskanci tuhumar rauni da mallakar makamai. Bayan an sake ta a kan beli, ta gudu zuwa Dublin a Jamhuriyar Ireland inda take zaune tare da iyalinta. Ba ta iya komawa Birtaniya ba saboda sammacin kama ta da aka yi.  Ta bayyana cewa ta gudu daga Kudu saboda ita da iyalinta sun sami barazanar kisa daga wani sojan Birtaniya.  Sinn Féin ta gabatar da kararta ga Gwamnatin Birtaniya a matsayin daya daga cikin IRA 'a kan gudu' (OTRs) da ake la'akari da su a ba ta izinin komawa Arewacin Ireland. 

An saki mijinta Gerry daga sansanin tsare mutane na Long Kesh, ya haɗu da ita a kudu, inda aka daure shi bisa zargin jami'an tsaro.  A watan Fabrairun 1975, an kama Rita O'Hare a gidanta da ke Dublin, kuma an yi mata shari'a aka kuma yanke mata hukuncin shekaru uku saboda miƙa abubuwan fashewa ga wani fursuna a Portlaoise Gaol . An yi mata shari'a aka kuma yanke mata hukuncin shekaru uku a gidan yarin Limerick . Bayan an sake ta a shekarar 1979, nan take aka sake kama ta bisa sammacin miƙa mata fursunoni.  

An hana mayar da ita daga Jamhuriyar Ireland yayin da Babbar Kotun Ireland ta yanke hukunci a watan Maris na 1978 cewa bai kamata a mayar da O'Hare zuwa Arewacin Ireland ba, saboda laifukan da ake zargin ta aikata sun fada cikin banda laifukan siyasa .  

## Ayyukan Sinn Fein da kuma rayuwar daga baya
Ta kasance editan jaridar jamhuriyar Ireland mai *suna An Phoblacht* ("Republican News") daga 1985 zuwa 1990 kuma ta zama darektan talla na Sinn Féin a 1990. 

Da take zaune a Dublin, an hana ta shiga Amurka na ɗan lokaci bayan ta yi tafiya zuwa Florida don wani taro (sharuɗɗan takardar izinin shiga ta musamman sun buƙaci ta fara sanar da hukumomi kafin irin wannan tafiya). Ba ta cancanci samun takardar izinin shiga ta yau da kullun ba saboda sammacin da aka bayar. 

Rita O'Hare ta zama abokiyar kud da kud da Jean Kennedy Smith wadda ta yi aiki a matsayin jakadar Amurka a Ireland daga 1993 zuwa 1998 kuma ta taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin shirin zaman lafiya. Bayan kin amincewa da damar yin magana a wani taro a New York a 1998 saboda "gudun hijira", Jean Kennedy Smith ya taimaka mata wajen samun biza. 

Daga baya Gerry Adams ya nemi ta zama wakiliyar Sinn Féin a Amurka na tsawon shekaru biyu. Wannan matsayi ya ɗauki shekaru 21 kuma Rita O'Hare ta yi tafiya tsakanin Ireland, Amurka da Kanada a wannan lokacin. Ta haɗu da mutane daban-daban a Capitol Hill da Fadar White House kuma an ɗauki hotonta tare da shugabannin Amurka Barack Obama da Joe Biden da kuma Nelson Mandela a lokacin ziyarar da suka kai Afirka ta Kudu a shekarar 1995. [1]

O'Hare ta mutu a ranar 3 ga Maris 2023, tana da shekaru 80.   Ta mutu a gidanta da ke Dublin bayan ta yi fama da rashin lafiya na dogon lokaci. 

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