NaKathy Kelly, Ndira 30, 2018
From Hondo Ndiyo Mhosva
Musi wa23 Ndira chikepe chainge chakazara vanhu chakapidiguka pamhenderekedzo yeAden kuSouthern Yemen. vatengesi vakatakura vanhu 152 kubva kuSomalia neEthiopia muchikepe uye ipapo, vari mugungwa, vanonzi vakadhonza pfuti kune vaitama kuti vatore imwe mari kubva kwavari. Igwa capsized, maererano neThe Guardian, mushure mekupfura kwakakonzera kutya. Huwandu hwevanhu vafa, pari zvino makumi matatu, huri kutarisirwa kukwira. Vana vakawanda vaiva muchikepe.
Vafambi vanga vatoisa panjodzi rwendo rwekubva kumahombekombe eAfrica kuenda kuYemen, kuyambuka kune njodzi kunosiya vanhu vari panjodzi yezvipikirwa zvenhema, vatapi, kuvharirwa zvisiri pamutemo uye kutyorwa kwekodzero dzevanhu. Kusuwa kwezvido zvekutanga kwaendesa mazana ezviuru zvevatorwa vemuAfrica kuenda kuYemen. Vazhinji vanokarira, pakusvika, ivo vanogona pakupedzisira kuenda kunyika dzakabudirira dzeGulf kure kuchamhembe uko vangawana basa uye mwero wakati wechengeteko. Asi kupererwa uye kurwa kumaodzanyemba kweYemen kwaityisa zvekuti vazhinji vanotama vakakwira chikepe chinotakura vanhu musi wa23 Ndira kuyedza kudzokera kuAfrica.
Ichitaura nezveavo vakanyura pakapidiguka chikepe, Amnesty International's Lynn Maalouf akati: “Njodzi iyi inoshungurudza mwoyo inosimbisa, zvakare, kuti kurwisana kweYemen kuri kuramba kuchiparadza sei kuvanhuwo zvavo. Mukati mekurwisana kunoramba kuchienderera mberi uye zvirambidzo zvinoparadza zvakatemerwa nemubatanidzwa unotungamirwa neSaudi Arabia, vanhu vazhinji vakauya kuYemen kutiza kurwisana nekudzvinyirirwa kune dzimwe nzvimbo vave kumanikidzwa zvekare kutiza vachitsvaga kuchengeteka. Vamwe vari kufa muchirongwa ichi.”
Muna 2017, kupfuura 55,000 veAfrica vanobva kune dzimwe nyika vakasvika muYemen, vazhinji vavo vechidiki vanobva kuSomalia neEthiopia uko kune mabasa mashoma uye kusanaya kwemvura kwakanyanya kuri kusundira vanhu kumucheto kwenzara. Zvakaoma kuronga kana kutenga chekufambisa kupfuura Yemen. Vanoenda kune dzimwe nyika vanovharirwa munyika ine urombo zvakanyanya muArabia peninsula, iyo zvino, pamwe nenyika dzinoverengeka dzakatarisana nekusanaya kwemvura kuNorth Africa, dzakatarisana nenjodzi yakaipisisa kubva Hondo Yenyika II. MuYemen, vanhu vanosvika mamiriyoni masere vakatarisana nenzara sezvo mamiriro enzara ari kukonzerwa nekunetsana achisiya mamirioni asina chikafu nemvura yekunwa isina njodzi. Vanhu vanopfuura miriyoni imwe vakabatwa nekorera mugore rapfuura uye mishumo ichangoburwa inowedzera kubuda kwe diphtheria kunotyisa. Hondo yevagari vemo yakawedzera nekurebesa nhamo apo, kubva munaKurume we2015, mubatanidzwa unotungamirwa neSaudi, wakabatana uye wakatsigirwa neUS, wagara uchibhomba vagari vemo uye zvivakwa muYemen ukuwo vachichengetedza kuvharika kwaidzivirira kutakurwa kwechikafu chaidiwa, mafuta. nemishonga.
Maalouf akadana nharaunda dzepasirese kuti "dzimise kutamiswa kwezvombo zvinogona kushandiswa mukukonana." Kuteerera kufona kwaMaalouf, nharaunda dzepasirese dzinofanirwa kumisa makaro evanoshandira nyika dzemauto vanowana purofiti nekutengesa mabhiriyoni emadhora ezvombo kuSaudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain nedzimwe nyika dziri mumubatanidzwa unotungamirwa neSaudi. Semuenzaniso, yaNovember, 2017 Reuters chirevo chakataura izvozvo Saudhi Arabhiya yakabvuma kutenga mari inosvika mabhiriyoni manomwe emadhora emunisheni inotungamirwa kubva kumakondirakiti ekudzivirira eUS. Iyo UAE yakatengawo mabhiriyoni ezvombo zveAmerica.
Raytheon neBoeing ndiwo makambani achanyanya kubatsirwa kubva muchibvumirano chaive chikamu chechibvumirano chezvombo chemadhora mabhiriyoni zana negumi chinopindirana nekushanya kwaPresident Donald Trump kuSaudi Arabia muna Chivabvu.
Kumwe kuyambuka kune njodzi kwakaitika mudunhu iri svondo rapfuura. Mutauriri weImba yeUS, Paul Ryan (R-WI) akasvika muSaudi Arabia, pamwe nenhumwa yekongiresi, kuzosangana naMambo Salman wehumambo uyezve naSaudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman uyo akaronga hondo yemubatanidzwa inotungamirwa neSaudi muYemen. . Kutevera kushanya ikoko, Ryan nenhumwa vakasangana nenhengo dzemhuri yehumambo kubva kuUAE.
"Saka iva nechokwadi," akadaro Ryan, vachitaura kumusangano wevamiriri vechidiki muUAE, "hatisi kuzomira kusvikira ISIS, al-Qaeda, uye vanobatana navo vakundwa uye vasisatyi kuUnited States nevatidyidzani vedu.
"Chechipiri, uye pamwe zvakanyanya kukosha, isu takatarisana nekutyisidzira kweIran kugadzikana kwedunhu."
Kupfuura chokwadi chakareruka chakanyorwa cherutsigiro rwemari yeSaudi kune hugandanga hwechiIslam, kutaura kwaRyan kunotarisisa kurwiswa kwemauto anotungamirwa nemubatanidzwa weSaudi uye "maitiro akasarudzika" muYemen, ayo US inotsigira uye inojoinha. Hondo yeikoko iri kukanganisa zvakanyanya kuedza kurwisa mapoka ejihadist, ayo akabudirira mumhirizhonga yehondo, kunyanya kumaodzanyemba iyo iri pasi pehurumende yakabatana neSaudi Arabia.
Hurumende yeIran Ryan yakashoropodza kuti ine mubatanidzwa muYemen uye inogona kunge ichipinza zvombo muIran, asi hapana akavapomera mhosva yekupa vapanduki veHouthi mabhomba emapoka, mabhomba anotungamirwa nelaser uye ngarava dzekurwisa (pedyo nemahombekombe) kuti dzivhare zviteshi zvakakosha. pakuyamura nzara. Iran haina kupa mu-air refueling kune ndege dzehondo dzinoshandiswa mukubhomba zuva nezuva pamusoro peYemen. US yakatengesa zvese izvi kunyika dziri mumubatanidzwa unotungamirwa neSaudi idzo dzakashandisawo zvombo izvi kuparadza zvivakwa zveYemen pamwe nekugadzira mhirizhonga uye kuwedzera kutambura pakati pevagari vemuYemen.
Ryan akasiya chero kutaura nezvenzara, chirwere, uye kutamiswa kuri kutambudza vanhu muYemen. Haana hanya kutaura nezvekutyorwa kwekodzero dzevanhu mune network yemajeri epachivande anoshandiswa neUAE kumaodzanyemba kweYemen. Ryan nenhumwa vakanyatsogadzira chifukidziro chekufunganya kwehupenyu hwevanhu chinovanza kutyisa chaiko uko mitemo yeUS yakasunda vanhu veYemen nenharaunda yakapoteredza.
Nzara inogona kuitika yevana vavo inotyisa vanhu vasingakwanisi kuwana zvokudya zvemhuri dzavo. Avo vasingakwanisi kuwana mvura yokunwa yakachena vanotarisana netarisiro inotyisa yokupererwa nemvura mumuviri kana kuti zvirwere. Vanhu vari kutiza mabhomba, vapfuri, uye mauto ane pfuti anogona kuvavharira pasina chikonzero vanodedera nekutya pavanenge vachiedza kuronga nzira dzekutizira nadzo.
Paul Ryan, nenhumwa dzekongiresi dzaifamba naye, vakava nemukana unoshamisa wekutsigira zvikumbiro zverubatsiro zvakaitwa nevakuru veUN nevarongi vekodzero dzevanhu.
Pane kudaro, Ryan aireva kuti nyaya dzekuchengetedza chete dzinofanirwa kutaurwa ndedziya dzinotyisidzira vanhu muUS Akavimbisa kushandira pamwe nevadzvanyiriri vane hutsinye vanozivikanwa nekutyorwa kwekodzero dzevanhu munyika dzavo, uye muYemen yakaremerwa. Akapomera hurumende yeIran kupindira munyaya dzedzimwe nyika uye kupa mauto mari nezvombo. Sangano rekunze reUS rakaderedzwa neupenzi ku "vakomana vakanaka," iyo US nevabatsiri vayo, vachipesana ne "munhu akaipa," - Iran.
"Vakomana vakanaka" vanoumba nekutengesa mutemo weUS wekunze kwenyika uye kutengesa zvombo zvinoratidza kusakendenga kwevapambi vanobhejera hupenyu hwevanhu munzira dzine njodzi.
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Kathy Kelly (kathy@vcnv.org) Co-coordinates Voices for Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org)
