kuchokera Kampeni Yotsutsa Nkhondo Zankhondo.
- Omenyera ufulu amayesa kuyika Saudi General Al-Asserie m'manja mwa nzika zomangidwa asanalankhule ku London think tank
- Asilikali aku Saudi akhala akuimbidwa mlandu wochita zigawenga ku Yemen
- UK ili ndi chilolezo cha zida zokwana £3.3 biliyoni kupita ku Saudi Arabia kuyambira pomwe bomba lidayamba mu Marichi 2015.
Womenyera ufulu wa Quaker Sam Walton ayesa kuyika Saudi General Al-Asserie m'manja mwa nzika zomangidwa chifukwa cha milandu yankhondo ku Yemen. Asserie anali paulendo wokalankhula ndi European Council on Foreign Relations, komwe adakumana ndi ziwonetsero. Sam anakakamizika kuchoka ndi asilikali a Asserie. Mavidiyo a mkanganowo alipo Pano ndi Pano.
General Asserie ndi wolankhulira bungwe la Saudi Coalition ku Yemen komanso mlangizi wamkulu wa Unduna wa Zachitetezo ku Saudi Arabia. Asserie wakhala akuwonekera pagulu la kuphulitsidwa kwankhanza. Mu Novembala 2016 Asserie adauza ITV kuti asitikali aku Saudi sanagwiritse ntchito bomba lamagulu ku Yemen, koma asitikali aku Saudi adavomereza pambuyo pake.
Lachiwiri, Asserie adakumana ndi a MP kuti awafotokozere asanayambe mtsutso wokhudzana ndi chithandizo cha anthu ku Yemen.
Patha zaka ziwiri kuchokera pamene Saudi idayamba kuphulitsa mabomba ku Yemen. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, anthu a 10,000 aphedwa ndipo mamiliyoni ambiri adasiyidwa opanda zipangizo zofunika, madzi aukhondo kapena magetsi. Anthu pafupifupi 17 miliyoni alibe chakudya ndipo amafunikira thandizo lachangu.
Chiyambireni kuphulitsidwa kwa bomba ku Yemen mu Marichi 2015, UK yapereka zida zokwana £3.3 biliyoni ku boma la Saudi, kuphatikiza:
- Zilolezo za ML2.2 zokwana £10 biliyoni (Ndege, ma helikoputala, ma drones)
- Zilolezo za ML1.1 zokwana £4 biliyoni (ma grenade, mabomba, mizinga, zoyeserera)
- Zilolezo za ML430,000 zokwana £6 (Magalimoto okhala ndi zida, akasinja)
Sam Walton, yemwe anayesa kumangidwa, adati:
Asserie akuyimira boma lomwe lapha anthu masauzande ambiri ku Yemen ndikuwonetsa kunyoza kwathunthu malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi. Ndinayesa kumumanga chifukwa cha zigawenga zankhondo zomwe wakhala akuyang'anira ndikufalitsa, koma adazunguliridwa ndi alonda omwe adandithamangitsa. Asserie sayenera kulandiridwa ndi kuchitidwa ngati wolemekezeka, ayenera kumangidwa ndikufufuzidwa pamilandu yankhondo.
Andrew Smith wa Campaign Against Arms Trade adati:
General Asserie ndiwolankhula pa kampeni yowononga mabomba yomwe yapha anthu masauzande ambiri ndikuwononga zida zofunika kwambiri. Sakuyenera kuyitanidwa kuti akalankhule ndi aphungu ndi aphungu kuti athetse nkhanza zomwe zikuchitika. Mawu omwe akuyenera kumveka ndi a anthu aku Yemeni omwe akukhudzidwa ndi tsoka lothandizira anthu - osati omwe akubweretsa. Ngati dziko la UK liyenera kuchitapo kanthu pobweretsa mtendere ndiye kuti liyenera kuthetsa kusagwirizana kwake ndikuthetsa kugulitsa zida.
Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, Director of Advocacy, Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, anali pachiwonetsero. Iye adati:
Ulamuliro wa Saudi uli ndi mbiri yoyipa yaufulu wachibadwidwe mkati ndi kunja. Imazunza anthu aku Saudi ndipo yathandizira chipwirikiti ku Middle East konse, kuphatikiza Bahrain komwe asitikali aku Saudi athandizira kupondereza gulu lamtendere lolimbikitsa demokalase. Asserie wakhala wofunika kwambiri paulamuliro komanso kuyeretsa milandu yake yoyipa.
Kuvomerezeka kwa malonda a zida ku UK pakali pano ndi nkhani ya Judicial Review, kutsatira pempho la Campaign Against Arms Trade. Izi zikupempha boma kuti liyimitse ziphaso zonse zomwe zatsala ndikusiya kupereka zilolezo zotumizira zida ku Saudi Arabia kuti zigwiritsidwe ntchito ku Yemen pomwe likuwunikanso ngati zogulitsazo zikugwirizana ndi malamulo aku UK ndi EU. Chigamulo chikadalipobe.
