By World BEYOND War, June 2, 2021
Nkhondo yankhanza yothandizidwa ndi US, Canada, yoyendetsedwa ndi Saudi ku Yemen yapitilira zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi. Nkhondo imeneyi yapha anthu pafupifupi kotala la miliyoni, ndipo Yemen lero idakali vuto lalikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Anthu oposa 4 miliyoni athawa kwawo chifukwa cha nkhondo, ndipo 80% ya anthu, kuphatikizapo ana 12.2 miliyoni, akusowa thandizo lothandizira.
Ngakhale ziwonongeko izi, ngakhale umboni wotsimikizirika wopitirizabe kuphwanya malamulo a nkhondo ndi mgwirizano wotsogoleredwa ndi Saudi, komanso ngakhale zolemba za kugwiritsa ntchito zida za Canada pankhondo, Canada ikupitiriza kulimbikitsa nkhondo yomwe ikuchitika ku Yemen popitiriza kugulitsa zida ku Yemen. Saudi Arabia. Canada idatumiza zida zankhondo pafupifupi $2.9 biliyoni ku Saudi Arabia mu 2019 yokha.
Mabungwe a UN ndi mabungwe othandiza anthu akhala akulemba mobwerezabwereza kuti palibe njira yothetsera nkhondo yomwe ingatheke pankhondo yomwe ilipo ku Yemen. Kupereka zida mosalekeza ku Saudi Arabia kumangowonjezera udani, ndikuwonjezera kuzunzika ndi kuchuluka kwa akufa. Nanga n’chifukwa chiyani dziko la Canada lapitirizabe kutumiza zida ku Saudi Arabia?
Onerani tsamba lathu lapaintaneti kuyambira Loweruka Meyi 29, 2021, kuti mumve kuchokera kwa akatswiri ochokera ku Yemen, Canada ndi US - ophunzira, okonza madera, ndi omwe adakhudzidwa mwachindunji ndi nkhondo ku Yemen, kuphatikiza:
—Dr. Shireen Al Adeimi - pulofesa wa maphunziro ku Michigan State University, amalimbikitsa kugwira ntchito kulimbikitsa ndale kuti athetse thandizo la US ku nkhondo yotsogoleredwa ndi Saudi ku dziko lake lobadwira, Yemen.
-Hamza Shaiban - Wokonza gulu la anthu aku Yemeni ku Canada, komanso membala wa #CanadaStopArmingSaudi kampeni
-Ahmed Jahaf - mtolankhani waku Yemeni komanso wojambula yemwe amakhala ku Sana'a
-Azza Rojbi - North Africa Social Justice, antiwar, and anti-racism activist yemwe amakhala ku Canada, wolemba buku la "US & Saudi War on the People of Yemen", komanso membala wa Editorial Board of the Fire This Time Newspaper kulemba ndi kufufuza za Middle East, Yemen ndi, North Africa ndale.
-Pulofesa Simon Black - wokonza ndi Labor Against the Arms Trade ndi pulofesa wa Labor Studies ku Brock University
Chochitika ichi chinakonzedwa ndi a #CanadaStopArmingSaudi kampeni, ndi kukonzedwa ndi World BEYOND War, Mobilization Against War & Occupation, ndi Moto This Time Movement for Social Justice. Linavomerezedwa ndi: Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War, Labor Against the Arms Trade, Yemeni Community of Canada, Palestinian Youth Movement Toronto, Just Peace Advocates / Mouvement Pour Une Paix Juste, Science for Peace. , Canadian BDS Coalition, Regina Peace Council, Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace, People for Peace London, ndi Pax Christi Toronto.
