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World BEYOND War: Rachel Small, Canada Oganeza, canada@worldbeyondwar.org
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Agusta 9, 2021
KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - Masu fafutuka suna zanga -zanga a wajen ginin Lockheed Martin na Dartmouth don bikin cika shekaru uku na kisan bas na makarantar Yaman. Harin da Saudiyya ta kai kan wata motar makaranta a wata kasuwa mai cunkoson jama'a a arewacin Yemen a ranar 9 ga watan Agusta, 2018 ta kashe yara 44 da manya goma tare da jikkata wasu da dama. Bam din da aka yi amfani da shi a harin ta sama wanda kamfanin kera makamai Lockheed Martin ya yi. Lockheed Martin Kanada reshe ne mallakin kamfanin Amurka Lockheed Martin.
“Shekaru uku da suka gabata a yau an kashe dukan motar bas ta makaranta ta wani bam mai nauyin kilo 500 na Lockheed Martin. Ina nan a cibiyar Lockheed Martin a yau tare da ƙaramin ɗana, shekarun da yawancin yaran da ke cikin wannan motar, don ɗaukar wannan kamfani da alhakin mutuwar waɗannan yara 44 da tabbatar da cewa ba a manta da su ba, ”in ji Rachel Small na World BEYOND War.
Yanzu a cikin shekara ta shida, yakin da Saudiyya ke jagoranta kan Yemen ya kashe kusan kashi daya bisa hudu na mutane miliyan, a cewar ofishin kula da ayyukan jin kai na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya. Hakanan ya haifar da abin da hukumar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta kira "rikicin jin kai mafi muni a duniya."
Masu fafutukar wanzar da zaman lafiya na bikin tunawa da ranar tashin bam din motar bas na makarantar Yaman a duk fadin kasar. A cikin masu fafutukar Ontario suna zanga-zanga a wajen Janar Dynamics Land Systems-Canada, wani kamfani na yankin London da ke kera motocin sulke masu sauƙi (LAVs) don Masarautar Saudi Arabia. Ana kuma gudanar da kwandunan zaman lafiya a wajen ofishin Ministan Tsaro Harjit Sajjan a Vancouver da ofishin dan majalisar Liberal Chris Bittle a St. Catharines.
A makon da ya gabata, an bayyana cewa Kanada ta amince da sabuwar yarjejeniya don sayar wa Saudiyya da bama -bamai na dalar Amurka miliyan 74 a shekarar 2020. Tun farkon barkewar cutar, Kanada ta fitar da makamai sama da dala biliyan 1.2 zuwa Saudi Arabiya. A cikin 2019, Kanada ta fitar da makaman da darajarsu ta kai dala biliyan 2.8 ga Masarautar - fiye da sau 77 darajar dala ta taimakon Kanada zuwa Yemen a cikin wannan shekarar. Ana fitar da makamai zuwa Saudi Arabiya a yanzu ya kai sama da kashi 75% na fitar da sojan da ba na Amurka ba.
"Yaro a Yemen zai mutu kowace sakan 75 a wannan shekara saboda yaƙin da ke gudana, a cewar Shirin Abinci na Duniya. A matsayina na iyaye, ba zan iya tsayawa kawai in kyale Kanada ta ci gaba da cin ribar wannan yakin ba ta hanyar sayar wa Saudiyya makamai, ”in ji Sakura Saunders, memba na kwamitin. World BEYOND War. "Abin ƙyama ne cewa Kanada ta ci gaba da rura wutar yaƙin da ya haifar da mafi munin rikicin jin kai a doron ƙasa da asarar rayuka masu yawa a Yemen."
Karshen faduwar da ta gabata, Kanada a karon farko an ambaci sunan ta a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashen da ke taimakawa rura wutar yakin Yemen ta wani kwamitin kwararru masu zaman kansu da ke sa ido kan rikicin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya da binciken yiwuwar aikata laifukan yaƙi da mayaƙan, ciki har da Saudi Arabiya.
"Don Trudeau ya shiga wannan zaɓen yana ikirarin cewa ya gudanar da 'manufofin ƙetare na mata' abin banza ne ainun ganin yadda wannan gwamnatin ta jajirce wajen aikawa da makamai biliyoyin daloli zuwa Saudia Arabia, ƙasar da ta yi kaurin suna wajen rikodin haƙƙin ɗan adam da zaluntar tsarin mulkin. mata. Yarjejeniyar makamai ta Saudiyya kishiyar tsarin mata ne ga manufofin kasashen waje, ”in ji Joan Smith daga Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace.
Sama da mutane miliyan 4 ne suka rasa muhallansu saboda yakin, kuma kashi 80% na yawan jama'a, gami da yara miliyan 12.2, na matukar bukatar taimakon jin kai. Irin wannan taimakon ya ci tura ta hanyar kawance da kasar da kawancen da Saudiyya ke jagoranta ta yi. Tun daga shekarar 2015, wannan toshewar ya hana abinci, man fetur, kayan kasuwanci, da taimako shiga Yemen.
Bi twitter.com/wbwCanada da twitter.com/hashtag/CanadaStopArmingSaudi don hotuna, bidiyo, da sabuntawa daga Halifax da faɗin ƙasar.
Ana samun ƙarin hotuna akan buƙata.
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