KUKHALA WOPHUNZITSIDWA
January 25, 2021
Amanema:
World BEYOND War: canada@worldbeyondwar.org
Ntchito Yolimbana ndi Malonda a Zida: sblack2@brocku.ca
Pa nkhani yotumiza zida ku Canada ku Saudi Arabia: Anthony Fenton, wophunzira wa udokotala ku York University, fentona@me.com
Tsatirani twitter.com/wbwCanada ndi twitter.com/LAATCanada kuti mupeze zithunzi ndi zosintha panthawi ya msonkhano. Zithunzi zapamwamba kwambiri zimapezeka mukapempha.
ZOCHITIKA: Ochita zachiwawa aletsa magalimoto akuluakulu omwe amanyamula zida kupita ku Saudi Arabia, akupempha Canada kuti asiye kuyambitsa nkhondo ku Yemen
Hamilton, Ontario - Mamembala ndi ogwirizana ndi mabungwe otsutsana ndi nkhondo World BEYOND War ndi Labour Against the Arms Trade akuletsa magalimoto akuluakulu ku Paddock Transport International, kampani yonyamula katundu m'dera la Hamilton yomwe ikutumiza magalimoto opepuka okhala ndi zida zopangidwa ku Canada kupita ku Saudi Arabia.
Anthu olimbikitsa ufulu wa anthu akulimbikitsa Paddock kuti asiye kuchita nawo nkhondo yankhanza yotsogozedwa ndi Saudi Arabia ku Yemen, yomwe yapha anthu pafupifupi kotala miliyoni, ndipo akulimbikitsa boma la Canada kuti lisiye kutumiza zida ku Saudi Arabia.
"Chiwonetserochi ndi gawo la tsiku ladziko lonse lolimbana ndi nkhondo ya ku Yemen lomwe lili ndi mabungwe oposa 300 m'maiko 17," akutero Rachel Small wa World BEYOND War.
"Anthu ku Canada konse akufuna kuti boma la federal lisiye kutumiza zida ku Saudi Arabia nthawi yomweyo ndikuwonjezera thandizo la anthu ku Yemen."
Yemen lero idakali vuto lalikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, malinga ndi United Nations. Anthu oposa 4 miliyoni athawa kwawo chifukwa cha nkhondo, ndipo 80% ya anthu, kuphatikizapo ana 12.2 miliyoni, akusowa thandizo lothandizira. Kuphatikiza pazovuta zomwe zachitika kale, Yemen ili ndi imodzi mwazowopsa kwambiri zakufa kwa Covid-19 padziko lapansi - imapha munthu m'modzi mwa anthu anayi omwe ali ndi kachilomboka.
Vuto la anthu lachitika chifukwa cha nkhondo yotsogozedwa ndi Saudi Arabia yomwe imathandizidwa ndi mayiko a Kumadzulo komanso kampeni yophulitsa mabomba yomwe yakhala ikuchitikira ku Yemen kuyambira mu Marichi 2015, komanso kutsekedwa kwa mlengalenga, pamtunda ndi panyanja komwe kumalepheretsa katundu ndi thandizo lomwe likufunikira kwambiri kuti lisafikire anthu aku Yemen.
Ngakhale kuti mliri wapadziko lonse lapansi wabuka komanso United Nations ikupempha kuti pakhale kuletsa nkhondo padziko lonse lapansi, Canada yapitiriza kutumiza zida ku Saudi Arabia. Kuyambira pomwe mliriwu unayamba, Canada yatumiza zida zoposa $750 miliyoni ku Saudi Arabia, zomwe ndi gawo la mgwirizano wa zida wa $15 biliyoni.
“Anthu ambiri aku Canada sadziwa kuti zida zopangidwa kuno zikupitilira kuyambitsa nkhondo yomwe yapha anthu mazana ambiri,” akutero Simon Black, pulofesa ku Brock University komanso membala wa Labour Against the Arms Trade, mgwirizano wa anthu olimbikitsa mtendere ndi ogwira ntchito omwe akugwira ntchito yothetsa kutenga nawo mbali kwa Canada mu malonda apadziko lonse a zida.
“Mayiko monga Germany, Finland, Netherlands, Denmark ndi Sweden onse athetsa mapangano awo a zida ndi Saudi Arabia,” iye akutero. “Palibe chifukwa chilichonse chomwe Canada singachitire chimodzimodzi ndikuthandizira kuthetsa nkhondoyi.”
Magalimoto opepuka okhala ndi zida zodzitetezera opangidwa ndi General Dynamics Land Systems, ku London, Ontario, akunyamulidwa kupita ku doko ndi Paddock Transport International, komwe amaikidwa m'zombo zaku Saudi Arabia (onani https://www.facebook.com/chris.hanlon.8626/posts/10157385425186615).
"Mwana ku Yemen amafa mphindi khumi zilizonse chifukwa cha nkhondo yoopsayi. Monga kholo, ndinganyalanyaze bwanji kuti matanki opangidwa ku Canada akundiyandikira kwambiri paulendo wawo wopita ku mkhalidwe woipa kwambiri wa anthu padziko lonse lapansi?" akutero Small.
“Anthu ogwira ntchito ku Canada amafuna ntchito zomwe zimathandiza kuti anthu azikhala bwino, malo oyera komanso dziko lamtendere, osati zomwe zimapanga zida zankhondo komanso kuvulaza ndi kupha amuna, akazi ndi ana osalakwa,” akutero Black.
"Canada iyenera kulowa nawo mayiko ena a demokalase padziko lonse lapansi ndikusiya nthawi yomweyo kupanga ndi kutumiza zida ku Saudi Arabia."
MALANGIZO
Mabungwe a UN ndi mabungwe othandiza anthu akhala akulemba mobwerezabwereza kuti palibe njira yothetsera nkhondo yomwe ingatheke pankhondo yomwe ilipo ku Yemen. Chinthu chokhacho chomwe kupereka zida nthawi zonse ku Yemen kumachita ndikuwonjezera udani, ndikuwonjezera kuvutika ndi chiwerengero cha akufa.
Mu Seputembala 2020, lipoti la UN Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen linatchula Canada ngati imodzi mwa mayiko "omwe akupititsa patsogolo mkangano" ku Yemen kudzera mu kugulitsa zida ku Saudi Arabia.
Pa Seputembala 17, chikondwerero cha chaka chimodzi cha mgwirizano wa Canada ndi Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), mgwirizano wa mabungwe a anthu wamba omwe akuyimira magulu osiyanasiyana a ogwira ntchito ku Canada, olamulira zida, ufulu wa anthu, chitetezo chapadziko lonse lapansi ndi mabungwe amtendere adalemba kalata yotseguka kwa Prime Minister Trudeau yobwerezabwereza kutsutsa kwawo kupitilizabe kuvomereza kuti boma la Liberal lipereka zilolezo zotumizira zida ku Saudi Arabia. Kalatayo inali gawo la tsiku lachi Canada lolimbana ndi kutumiza zida ku Saudi Arabia, lachiwiri la mtundu wake mu 2020.
ATT ndi pangano lapadziko lonse lapansi lomwe limayang'anira malonda a zida. Limafuna mayiko kuti ayese kutumiza zida kunja ndikuwona ngati pali chiopsezo chomwe angagwiritsidwe ntchito pochita kapena kuwongolera kuphwanya kwakukulu malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi okhudza anthu kapena malamulo apadziko lonse okhudza ufulu wachibadwidwe. Limaletsanso kutumiza zida kumayiko omwe ali ndi "chiwopsezo chachikulu" kuti zingasokoneze mtendere ndi chitetezo. Canada yakhala boma lomwe lili m'gulu la ATT kwa chaka chimodzi ndipo ili ndi udindo wotsatira panganoli.
Kalata ya pa Seputembala 17 yopita kwa Prime Minister Trudeau inali yachinayi yokhudza nkhawa zokhudzana ndi zotsatira za chikhalidwe, malamulo, ufulu wa anthu komanso zaufulu wa anthu zomwe Canada ikutumiza ku Saudi Arabia. Osaina sanalandirebe yankho kuchokera kwa Prime Minister kapena nduna zoyenera za Cabinet pankhaniyi.
Malamulo omwe ali pansi pa ATT sanalepheretse boma la Liberal kuthandizira kutumiza zida ku Saudi Arabia. M'chaka chomwecho chomwe Canada idalowa mu ATT, kutumiza zida zake ku Saudi Arabia kudakwera kawiri, kuchoka pa pafupifupi $1.3 biliyoni mu 2018, kufika pafupifupi $2.9 biliyoni mu 2019. Kutumiza zida ku Saudi Arabia tsopano kuli ndi zoposa 75% ya ndalama zomwe Canada si yankhondo ku US imatumiza. Thandizo la anthu lomwe Canada idalonjeza ku Yemen, $40 miliyoni, ndi losayerekezeka poyerekeza ndi zimenezo.
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