By World BEYOND War, Lub Xya hli ntuj 10, 2021
CANADA - Cov neeg ua haujlwm thoob plaws tebchaws Canada tau cim hnub thib peb ntawm Yemen kev tua tsheb loj hauv tsev kawm ntawv hnub Monday nrog kev tawm tsam ntawm cov chaw tsim khoom siv riam phom thiab tsoomfwv chaw haujlwm, hu rau Canada kom nres tag nrho cov riam phom xa mus rau Saudi Arabia. Saudi foob pob ntawm lub tsheb npav hauv tsev kawm ntawv uas muaj neeg coob nyob rau sab qaum teb Yemen thaum Lub Yim Hli 9, 2018 tua 44 tus menyuam thiab kaum tus neeg laus thiab raug mob ntau ntxiv.
Hauv Nova Scotia cov neeg tawm tsam tawm tsam sab nraum Lockheed Martin lub chaw Dartmouth. Lub foob pob siv hauv kev tawm tsam huab cua ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv tsheb npav Yemeni tau tsim los ntawm riam phom chaw tsim khoom Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin Canada yog tus tswv lag luam tag nrho ntawm Asmeskas tuam txhab Lockheed Martin.
[Yees duab los ntawm kev tawm tsam: livestream, Cov neeg ntaus nruas ib txwm ua yeeb yaj kiab kho, tus menyuam muaj xov rau Lockheed Martin]
"Peb xyoos dhau los hnub no tag nrho cov tsheb npav hauv tsev kawm ntawv ntawm cov menyuam raug tua los ntawm 500-phaus Lockheed Martin foob pob. Kuv nyob ntawm Lockheed Martin qhov chaw niaj hnub no nrog kuv tus menyuam yaus, muaj hnub nyoog ib yam li ntau tus menyuam ntawm lub tsheb npav ntawd, kom tuav lub tuam txhab no lav ris rau 44 tus menyuam tuag no thiab xyuas kom lawv tsis hnov qab, "Rachel Small hais World BEYOND War.
Hauv London, Ontario cov neeg ua haujlwm pleev xim cov tsheb ciav hlau liab coj mus rau lub tsev ntawm Danny Deep, Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm General Dynamics Land Systems, lub tuam txhab London cheeb tsam tsim cov tsheb tiv thaiv lub teeb (LAVs) rau Lub Tebchaws Saudi Arabia. Cov kab ntawv kuj tau pleev xim rau ntawm cov chaw haujlwm ntawm Cov Neeg Koom Siab ywj pheej hauv cheeb tsam Peter Fragiskatos (London North Center) thiab Kate Young (London West). Cov Neeg rau Kev Thaj Yeeb London thiab Kev Ua Haujlwm Tawm Tsam Kev Lag Luam Kev Lag Luam tau hu kom hloov pauv kev lag luam ua tsov rog zoo li GDLS chaw hauv London kom muaj kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb txhawm rau tswj hwm txoj haujlwm zoo hais txog tib neeg cov kev xav tau ntau dua li txhawb kev ua tsov rog.
Lub lim tiam dhau los, nws tau tshaj tawm tias tsoomfwv Canadian tau pom zoo daim ntawv cog lus tshiab muag $ 74 lab tus nqi ntawm cov khoom tawg mus rau Saudi Arabia xyoo 2020. Txij li thaum pib muaj kev kis thoob qhov txhia chaw, Canada tau xa tawm ntau dua $ 1.2 txhiab daus las ntawm caj npab rau Saudi Arabia. Xyoo 2019, Canada tau xa tawm riam phom muaj txiaj ntsig ntawm $ 2.8 nphom rau Lub Nceeg Vaj - ntau dua 77 npaug ntawm cov nyiaj daus las ntawm Canadian pab rau Yemen hauv tib lub xyoo. Kev xa riam phom mus rau Saudi Arabia tam sim no suav rau ntau dua 75% ntawm Canada tsis yog Asmeskas cov tub rog xa tawm.
Hauv Vancouver, cov tswvcuab ntawm zej zog neeg Yemeni thiab cov phoojywg sib sau ua ke ntawm Minister Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan lub chaw haujlwm xaiv tsa. Kev Tawm Tsam Tawm Tsam Tsov Rog & Kev Ua Haujlwm (MAWO), Yemeni Lub Koom Haum Koom Tes ntawm Canada thiab Hluav Taws Lub Sijhawm no Kev Tawm Tsam rau Kev Ncaj Ncees Kev Ncaj Ncees tau teeb tsa kev tawm tsam kom xaus rau Canada kev muag riam phom tuag rau Saudi-coj kev koom tes. Cov neeg hla hla tau ceeb toom txog cov tsheb ciav hlau liab coj los ntawm txoj kev taug kev mus rau lub qhov rooj ntawm Minister Minister Sajjan lub chaw haujlwm, nrog rau cov chij thiab cov paib thov kom xaus rau Canada txoj kev txhawb nqa Saudi kev ua tsov ua rog hauv Yemen.
"Hnub no peb nco txog 40 tus menyuam yaus thiab 11 tus neeg laus uas raug tua los ntawm Saudi airstrike ntawm lawv lub tsheb npav, peb xyoos dhau los thaum Lub Yim Hli 9, 2018," said Azza Rojbi, Tunisian activist, author and executive member of Mobilization Against War & Occupation (MAWB). "Peb yuav tsum tsis txhob hnov qab tias lub laser coj lub foob pob uas tua cov menyuam no tau tsim hauv Tebchaws Meskas, thiab cov riam phom uas txuas ntxiv tua cov neeg Yemeni txhua hnub tau muag los ntawm Canada thiab Asmeskas rau Saudi-coj kev koom tes."
Nyob hauv St.
Tam sim no hauv nws xyoo thib rau, Saudi-coj ua tsov rog ntawm Yemen tau tua yuav luag ib feem peb ntawm ib lab tus tib neeg, raws li UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Nws kuj tseem coj mus rau qhov UN lub cev tau hu ua "ntiaj teb cov teeb meem tib neeg tsis zoo tshaj plaws."
"Ib tus menyuam hauv Yemen yuav tuag txhua 75 vib nas this xyoo no vim muaj kev ua tsov rog tsis tu ncua, raws li World Food Program. Raws li niam txiv, kuv tsis tuaj yeem sawv ib leeg thiab tso cai rau Canada kom tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm kev ua tsov rog no los ntawm kev muag riam phom rau Saudi Arabia, "hais tias Sakura Saunders, tus tswv cuab ntawm World BEYOND War. "Nws yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg uas Canada txuas ntxiv ua rau muaj kev ua tsov rog uas tau ua rau muaj kev kub ntxhov rau tib neeg tsis zoo nyob hauv ntiaj chaw thiab ua rau cov neeg raug mob hnyav nyob hauv Yemen."
Lub caij nplooj zeeg kawg, Canada yog thawj zaug tau tshaj tawm lub npe tias yog ib lub tebchaws pab txhawb kev ua tsov rog hauv Yemen los ntawm pawg kws tshaj lij ywj pheej saib xyuas kev tsis sib haum xeeb rau UN thiab tshawb xyuas qhov ua txhaum kev ua tsov ua rog los ntawm cov tub rog, suav nrog Saudi Arabia.
"Rau Trudeau nkag mus rau hauv qhov kev xaiv tsa thov kom tau ua 'txoj cai kev nyiam poj niam txawv teb chaws' yog qhov tsis muaj txiaj ntsig muab rau tsoomfwv no txoj kev mob siab rau kom xa nyiaj ntau lab daus las muaj nqis ntawm kev siv riam phom mus rau Saudia Arabia, lub teb chaws tsis zoo rau nws cov ntaub ntawv hais txog tib neeg txoj cai thiab kev nruj kev tsiv ntawm poj niam. Kev xaj riam phom Saudi yog qhov tsis sib xws ntawm txoj kev nyiam poj niam mus rau txoj cai txawv teb chaws, "hais tias Joan Smith los ntawm Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace.
Ntau dua 4 lab tus tib neeg tau raug tshem tawm vim yog kev ua tsov ua rog, thiab 80% ntawm cov pejxeem, suav nrog 12.2 lab tus menyuam yaus, xav tau kev pab tib neeg tas li. Qhov kev pab tib yam no tau raug thwarted los ntawm Saudi-coj kev sib koom ua ke thaj av, huab cua, thiab kev tiv thaiv tub rog ntawm lub tebchaws. Txij li xyoo 2015, qhov kev thaiv no tau tiv thaiv zaub mov, roj av, khoom lag luam, thiab kev pab nkag los ntawm Yemen.
Media Tiv tauj peb:
World BEYOND War: Rachel Me, Tus Koom Tes Canada, canada@worldbeyondwar.org
Kev Tawm Tsam Tawm Tsam Tsov Rog thiab Kev Ua Haujlwm: Azza Rojbi, rojbi.azza@gmail.com
Kev xam phaj muaj ua lus Askiv, Fab Kis, Mev, thiab Arabic.
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Lo lus teb
Zoo kawg uas tau pom cov kev coj ua hauv tebchaws Canada tiv thaiv Lockheed Martin thiab lwm lub tuam txhab kev hla tebchaws (TNCs) khoov txoj kev tuag thiab kev puas tsuaj. Nov ntawm Aotearoa/NZ peb tau pom qee qhov kev tshaj xov xwm tau muab rau qee lub tuam txhab NZ xws li Air NZ uas tau muab kev pab tub rog rau Saudis hauv kev raug ntsia saum ntoo khaub lig ntawm Yemen.
Tab sis tau muaj qhov tsis txaus ntseeg nyob rau ntawm Anglo-American txoj haujlwm lav ris rau kev ua tsov ua rog tua neeg. Thiab tsis yog tsuas yog cov xov xwm hauv cheeb tsam no tau xaiv zoo tab sis TNCs zoo li Lockheed Martin tsis raug cuam tshuam.
Lockheed Martin qhov tseeb muaj qhov nthuav dav nyob ntawm no, pab peb tus kheej ua tub rog. Nws yog tus nqis peev tseem ceeb hauv Asmeskas raws li Rocket Lab, ib feem ntawm qhov hu ua American Space Force.
Tam sim no muaj kev tawm tsam ntau ntxiv los ntawm Rocket Lab ntawm NZ av. Peb yeej sawv ua ke nyob rau hauv kev sib koom ua ke tawm tsam kev sov siab thiab kev tsis ncaj ncees raug ua phem thoob ntiaj teb.