www.amnestyusa.org, September 15th, 2017
Mgwirizano wotsogozedwa ndi US kugwiritsa ntchito zida za phosphorous zoyera kunja kwa al-Raqqa, Syria ndizosaloledwa ndipo zitha kukhala mlandu wankhondo, Amnesty International ingatsimikizire pambuyo potsimikizira mavidiyo asanu a zomwe zinachitika.
Makanemawa, omwe adasindikizidwa pa intaneti pa 8 ndi 9 June, adawonetsa zida zankhondo zamgwirizanowu pogwiritsa ntchito zida zankhondo mdera la Jezra ndi El-Sebahiya. Lamulo lothandiza anthu padziko lonse lapansi limaletsa kugwiritsa ntchito phosphorous yoyera pafupi ndi anthu wamba.
"Kugwiritsa ntchito zida za phosphorous zoyera ndi mgwirizano wotsogozedwa ndi US kuyika pachiwopsezo miyoyo ya anthu masauzande ambiri omwe atsekeredwa mkati ndi kuzungulira mzinda wa al-Raqqa, ndipo zitha kukhala zachiwembu pazifukwa izi. Zitha kuyambitsa kuvulala koopsa powotcha m'thupi ndi fupa ndipo zimatha kuwopseza ngakhale milungu ingapo atatumizidwa ndikuwotcha ndi kutentha kwambiri, "anatero Samah Hadid, Mtsogoleri wa Middle East wa Campaigns ku Amnesty International.
"Asitikali otsogozedwa ndi US akuyenera kufufuza nthawi yomweyo zakuwombera mfuti ku Jezra ndi El-Sebahiya ndikuchita zonse zomwe zingatheke kuteteza anthu wamba. Kugwiritsa ntchito phosphorous yoyera m'madera omwe kuli anthu ambiri kumabweretsa chiopsezo chachikulu kwa anthu wamba ndipo nthawi zonse kumakhala kuukira kopanda tsankho. "
Amnesty International inatsimikizira ndikuyang'ana mavidiyo asanu omwe adawonekera pa 8 ndi 9 June 2017. Mavidiyowa akuwonetsa momveka bwino mbali zosiyana za kuphulika kwa mpweya wa phosphorous woyera komanso madera omwewo akuyang'aniridwa ndi zinthu zoyaka za phosphorous yoyera yomwe ikutera pa nyumba zapansi. Kugwiritsiridwa ntchito mobwerezabwereza kwa phosphorous yoyera pamene zinthu zoyaka zimatha kukumana ndi anthu wamba zikuphwanya malamulo apadziko lonse aumunthu.
Malinga ndi gulu loyang'anira komweko "Raqqa Akuphedwa Mwachete," komanso magwero ena am'deralo, anthu wamba 14 adaphedwa pachiwonetsero chimodzi. Omenyera nkhondo ochokera ku "Raqqa akuphedwa mwakachetechete" adauza Amnesty International kuti, kuwonjezera pa anthu wamba, anthu ambiri othawa kwawo ochokera kumadzulo kwa Raqqa analinso kuthawira kumaderawa panthawi ya chiwembucho.
Phosphorous yoyera yopangidwa ndi US
Malinga ndi kusanthula kwa Amnesty International, zida zankhondo zoyera za phosphorous zomwe zawonedwa m'chithunzichi ndizomwe zimapangidwa ku US za 155mm M825A1's.
Phosphorous yoyera imagwiritsidwa ntchito nthawi zambiri popanga chinsalu chautsi chowundana chomwe chimatha kubisa mayendedwe ankhondo kuchokera kumagulu ankhondo a adani, ndikuyika zomwe akufuna kuti aukirenso. Ngakhale kuti kugwiritsidwa ntchito pazifukwa zotere sikuletsedwa, kusamala kwambiri kumakhala koyenera nthawi iliyonse ikagwiritsidwa ntchito. Siyenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito pafupi ndi anthu wamba.
"Kuteteza mwamphamvu sikuyenera kukhala patsogolo kuposa chitetezo cha anthu wamba. Mgwirizano wotsogozedwa ndi US ndi magulu ankhondo a SDF akuyenera kupeŵa kugwiritsa ntchito zida zamphamvu zophulika komanso zida zosadziwika bwino m'malo okhala anthu ndikuchita zonse zomwe zingatheke kuteteza anthu wamba, "atero a Samah Hadid.
Kutsimikizika kwa kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwa phosphorous yoyera ku Mosul, Iraq
Mgwirizano wotsogozedwa ndi US watsimikizira kugwiritsa ntchito kwake kwaposachedwa kwa phosphorous yoyera mumzinda wa Mosul ku Iraq koma sanatsimikizirebe kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwake ku al-Raqqa. Ku Mosul, mgwirizano wotsogozedwa ndi US adati udagwiritsa ntchito phosphorous yoyera kupanga chinsalu cha utsi kuti chithandizire anthu wamba pakuthawa kwawo kumadera a mzindawo motsogozedwa ndi gulu lankhondo lodzitcha Islamic State (IS).
Background
Ndewu zakulirakulira ku al-Raqqa pomwe Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) mothandizidwa ndi mgwirizano wotsogozedwa ndi US ikukakamira kuti iwulamulire mzindawo kuchokera ku IS. Anthu wamba zikwi mazanamazana atsekeredwa mkati ndi kuzungulira mzindawu.
Amnesty International ikuyang'anira machitidwe a magulu onse omwe ali pa mkangano wa ku Raqqa, motsatira zomwe akuyenera kuchita pansi pa malamulo adziko lonse okhudza ufulu wachibadwidwe ndi malamulo okhudza ufulu wachibadwidwe.
