Oyanjana ndi a Media: World BEYOND War: Rachel Small, Wopanga Canada, canada@worldbeyondwar.org
KUKHALA WOPHUNZITSIDWA
August 9, 2021
Deshkan Ziibii (London, Ontario) - Masiku ano omenyera ufulu adasiya mayendedwe ofiira ofiira kutsogolo kwa nyumba ya a Danny Deep, Purezidenti wa General Dynamics Land Systems ku London, komanso maofesi a MP Liberal Peter Fragiskatos (London North Center) ndi Kate Young (London West), kuti achite chikondwerero chachitatu cha kuphedwa kwa mabasi pasukulu ku Yemen. Kuphulika kwa bomba la Saudi m'basi yasukulu mumsika wambiri kumpoto kwa Yemen pa Ogasiti 9, 2018 idapha ana 44 ndi akulu khumi ndikuvulaza ena ambiri. Canada imapereka Magalimoto Owala (LAVs) ndi zida zina zankhondo zomwe Saudi Arabia imagwiritsa ntchito pomenya nkhondo ku Yemen.
"Kuyanjana kwa Canada ndi kuphedwa kwa nzika za ku Yemen kukuyenda bwino kwambiri" atero a Rachel Small a World BEYOND War. "Udindo pamilandu yankhondoyi imagawidwa pakati pa utsogoleri wamakampani a GDLS, omwe amapindula ndi malonda owopsawa ku Saudi Arabia, komanso akuluakulu aboma la Liberal omwe amalola zotumiza izi."
Tsopano mchaka chake chachisanu ndi chimodzi, nkhondo motsogozedwa ndi Saudi ku Yemen yapha anthu pafupifupi kotala miliyoni, malinga ndi UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Zayambitsanso zomwe bungwe la United Nations lati ndi "vuto lalikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi lothandiza anthu."
Omenyera ufulu akukondwerera tsiku lokumbukira kuphulika kwa mabasi pasukulu yaku Yemen mdziko lonselo. Ku Ontario omenyera ufulu wawo achita ziwonetsero kunja kwa General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada, kampani yaku London yomwe ikupanga magalimoto onyamula zida zankhondo (LAVs) a Kingdom of Saudi Arabia kwanthawi yopitilira chaka. Zoyeserera zamtendere zikuchitikanso panja lero kuofesi ya Unduna wa Zachitetezo Harjit Sajjan ku Vancouver ndiofesi ya MP Liberal Chris Bittle ku St. Catharines.
Sabata yatha, zidawululidwa kuti Canada idavomereza mgwirizano watsopano wogulitsa zophulika za $ 74 miliyoni ku Saudi Arabia mu 2020. Chiyambireni mliriwu, Canada yatumiza zida zoposa $ 1.2 biliyoni ku Saudi Arabia. Mu 2019, Canada idatumiza zida zamtengo wapatali zokwana madola 2.8 biliyoni kupita ku Ufumu — kuposa kasanu ndi kawiri kuposa mtengo wa Canada wothandiza ku Yemen chaka chomwecho. Kutumiza zida ku Saudi Arabia tsopano kuli ndi ndalama zopitilira 77% zankhondo zaku Canada zosakhala US.
"Mwana ku Yemen amafa pamasekondi 75 aliwonse chaka chino chifukwa cha nkhondo yomwe ikuchitika, malinga ndi World Food Program. Monga kholo, sindingangodikira ndikulola Canada ipindule nayo pa nkhondoyi pogulitsa zida ku Saudi Arabia, "atero a Sakura Saunders, membala wa board World BEYOND War. "Ndizomvetsa chisoni kuti Canada ikupitilizabe kuyambitsa nkhondo yomwe yadzetsa mavuto azovuta kwambiri padziko lapansi komanso anthu ovulala kwambiri ku Yemen."
Kugwa komaliza, Canada idadziwika koyamba pagulu ngati amodzi mwa mayiko omwe akuthandizira kuyambitsa nkhondo ku Yemen ndi gulu la akatswiri odziyimira pawokha poyang'anira mkangano wa UN ndikufufuza milandu yomwe ingachitike ndi omenyera nkhondo, kuphatikiza Saudi Arabia. Kuti Trudeau alowe nawo pachisankho chodzinenera kuti ali ndi 'mfundo zakunja kwachikazi' ndizopanda pake chifukwa boma ladzipereka kosagwedezeka potumiza zida zankhaninkhani ku Saudia Arabia, dziko lotchuka chifukwa cholemba ufulu wachibadwidwe komanso kupondereza azimayi. Mgwirizano wamagulu aku Saudi ndiwotsutsana ndendende ndi njira yachikazi yokhudza mfundo zakunja.
Anthu opitilira 4 miliyoni asowa pokhala chifukwa cha nkhondoyi, ndipo 80% ya anthu, kuphatikiza ana mamiliyoni 12.2, akusowa thandizo. Thandizo lomweli lalepheretsedwanso ndi malo achitetezo amgwirizano motsogozedwa ndi Saudi Arabia mdziko muno. Kuyambira 2015, kutsekereza kumeneku kwalepheretsa chakudya, mafuta, malonda ndi thandizo kuti lisalowe ku Yemen. Utoto wofiira wosungunuka ndi madzi womwe watsala ku London, Ontario lero udzakhala utatha ndi mvula yotsatira, koma magazi enieniwo, kupwetekedwa mtima ndi chiwonongeko chomwe chidaperekedwa m'mabanja aku Yemeni ndi nkhondo motsogozedwa ndi Saudi chidzakhala mibadwo yotsiriza.
People for Peace London ndi Labor Against the Arms Trade apempha kusinthana kwa mafakitale ankhondo monga malo a GDLS ku London kuti apange zobiriwira mwamtendere kuti akhalebe ndi ntchito zabwino zothana ndi zosowa za anthu m'malo molimbikitsa nkhondo.
Tsatirani twitter.com/wbwCanada, twitter.com/LAATCanada, ndi twitter.com/hashtag/CanadaStopArmingSaudi pazithunzi, makanema, ndi zosintha kuchokera ku London komanso kudera lonselo.
Zithunzi zina zimapemphedwa.
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