ndi Kathy Kelly, January 1, 2018, Nkhondo ndi Chiwawa.
Anthu omwe akukhala tsopano mumzinda waukulu wachitatu wa Yemen, Ta'iz, akhala akukumana ndi zovuta kwambiri zaka zitatu zapitazi. Anthu amitundu amaopa kuti apite panja kuti asawomberedwe ndi mfuti kapena minda. Zonse ziwiri za nkhondo yapachiŵeniŵeni yowonongeka zimagwiritsa ntchito Howitzers, ma Kayitushas, matope ndi zida zina kuti agwirizane ndi mzindawo. Nzika zimati palibe malo abwino kuposa ena, ndipo magulu a ufulu wa anthu amafotokoza kuphwanya koopsa, kuphatikizapo kuzunzidwa kwa anthu ogwidwa. Masiku awiri apitawo, bungwe loyendetsa gulu la Saudi lotsogolera linapha anthu 54 m'misika yambiri.
Nkhondo yapachiweniweni isanayambe, mzindawo unkaonedwa ngati chikhalidwe chachikulu cha Yemen, malo omwe olemba ndi ophunzira, ojambula ndi olemba ndakatulo anasankha kukhala ndi moyo. Ta'iz anali kunyumba kwa gulu la achinyamata lomwe analenga zachilengedwe panthawi ya kuuka kwa 2011 ku Spring Spring. Amuna ndi anyamata adakonza zochitika zazikulu pofuna kutsutsa kulemera kwa anthu omwe ali ochepa kwambiri monga anthu wamba omwe amavutika kuti athe kukhala ndi moyo.
Achinyamatawo anali kuwonetsa mizu ya mavuto ena opambana kwambiri padziko lapansi lerolino.
Iwo anali kuchenjeza za matebulo omwe adakwera m'madzi omwe anapanga zitsime zovuta kukumba ndikuwononga chuma chaulimi. Iwo ankadandaula chimodzimodzi chifukwa cha kusowa ntchito. Pamene alimi akusowa njala ndi abusa anasamukira ku mizinda, achinyamatawo amatha kuona momwe kuchuluka kwa chiwerengero cha anthu chidzaponderezeka kale kachitidwe ka madzi osamba, kusungirako zowonongeka ndi kulandira chithandizo chamankhwala. Iwo adatsutsa kuti boma likutsutsa zopereka zamtengo wapatali komanso mitengo yamtengo wapatali. Iwo adafuula kuti abwezeretse pulojekiti kuchoka kwa anthu olemera omwe ali olemera komanso kuti apange ntchito ku sukulu ya sekondale ndi ophunzira ku yunivesite.
Ngakhale kuti anali ndi chisoni, iwo adasankha mosasunthika nkhondo yosawongolera, yosagwirizana.
Dr. Sheila Carapico, wolemba mbiri wina yemwe wakhala akutsatira mbiri yakale ya Yemen, adalemba malemba ovomerezedwa ndi owonetsera ku Ta'iz ndi Sana'a, ku 2011: "Timasankha Kukhala Mwamtendere," ndi "Mtendere, Mtendere, Ayi Ku Nkhondo Yachibadwidwe."
Carapico anawonjezera kuti ena otchedwa Ta'iz, omwe ndi epicenter wa anthu ambiri owukira. "Thupi la ophunzira lodziwika bwino lomwe mumzindawu, lomwe limaphunzitsa anthu ambiri, linapangitsa anthu kuwonetsa ophunzira omwe ali ndi nyimbo, masewera, ma caricatures, graffiti, mabanki ndi zina zojambulajambula. Anthu ambiri anajambula zithunzi: amuna ndi akazi pamodzi; amuna ndi akazi okhaokha, onse osapulumuka. "
Mu December wa 2011, anthu a 150,000 adayenda makilomita pafupifupi 200 kuchokera ku Ta'iz kupita ku Sanaa, akulimbikitsa kuitanitsa mtendere. Ena mwa iwo anali mafuko omwe ankagwira ntchito m'minda ndi minda. Nthawi zambiri ankasiya nyumba popanda mfuti zawo, koma anasankha kusiya zida zawo ndikulowa nawo pamtendere.
Komabe, omwe adagonjetsa Yemen kwa zaka zoposa makumi atatu, akuphatikizana ndi ufumu wa Saudi Arabia womwe uli moyandikana nawo womwe unatsutsana kwambiri ndi kayendetsedwe ka demokarasi paliponse pafupi ndi malire ake, analumikizana ndi ndale kuti athetse chisankho pamene sanakane kuti ambiri a Yemenis asakhudzidwe ndi ndondomeko . Iwo adanyalanyaza zofuna kusintha zomwe zikhoza kumvekedwa ndi Yemenis wamba ndikuwongolera m'malo mwachitukuko, Pulezidenti Ali Abdullah Saleh ndi Abdrbbuh Mansour Hadi, vulezidenti wake, ngati pulezidenti wosasankhidwa wa Yemen.
A US ndi apolisi-monarchies oyandikana nawo adathandizira olamulira amphamvu. Pa nthawi imene Yemenis ankafuna kwambiri ndalama kuti athetse njala ya mamiliyoni ambiri, iwo sananyalanyaze pempho la achinyamata amtendere lomwe likuyitanitsa kusintha kwachitukuko, ndipo adatsanulira ndalama ku "ndalama zogwiritsira ntchito chitetezo" - lingaliro losocheretsa limene linatanthawuza kuwonjezera zomangamanga za nkhondo, kuphatikizapo nkhondo a olamulira achinyengo pa anthu awo.
Kenaka zosankha zosagwirizana ndi zipolopolo zinathera, ndipo nkhondo yapachiweniweni inayamba.
Tsopano mantha a njala ndi matenda omwe achinyamata amtendere anali atayang'ana akhala chodabwitsa kwambiri, ndipo mzinda wawo wa Ta'iz umasandulika kukhala nkhondo.
Kodi tingafune chiyani kwa Ta'iz? Ndithudi, sitingafune kuti mliri woopsya wa mabomba a mlengalenga uwononge imfa, kuphulika, kuwonongeka ndi mavuto ambiri. Sitikufuna kuti mizere ya nkhondo ikusunthika kudutsa mumzindawu ndi ziphuphu m'misewu yake yodziwika ndi magazi. Ndikuganiza kuti anthu ambiri ku America sangafune kuopseza kotere kumudzi uliwonse ndipo sakufuna kuti anthu a Ta'iz azisankhira. Tikhoza kumanga mapulogalamu akuluakulu omwe akufuna kuitanitsa dziko la United States kuti liwonongeke kosatha komanso kutha kwa zida zonse zogulitsa zida zankhondo. Koma, ngati US akupitiriza kukonzekeretsa mgwirizano wotsogolera Saudi, kugulitsa mabomba ku Saudi Arabia ndi UAE ndi kupititsa patsogolo mabomba a Saudi pamtunda kuti athe kupitirizabe kuwononga kwawo, anthu a ku Taiz ndi ku Yemen adzapitiriza kuvutika.
Anthu osokonezeka ku Ta'iz adzayembekezera, tsiku lililonse, thud yovulaza, kupasuka kwa makutu kapena kupasuka kwa mabingu komwe kungathetsere thupi la wokondedwa, kapena mnzako, kapena mwana woyandikana naye; kapena kutembenuzira nyumba zawo ku zida zambiri, ndikusintha moyo wawo kwamuyaya kapena kutha moyo wawo usanafike.
Kathy Kelly (kathy@vcnv.org) amagwirizanitsa mau a Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org)
