From Kuratidzira Kupesana neArms Trade.
- Mumiriri anoedza kuisa Saudi General Al-Asserie pasi pevagari vakasungwa pamberi pekutaura kuLondon kufunga tank
- Mauto eSaudi akapomerwa mhosva yekupara mhosva dzehondo muYemen
- UK yakapa mvumo yezvombo zvinokwana mabhiriyoni 3.3 kuSaudi Arabia kubva pakatanga bhomba muna Kurume 2015.
Murwiri weQuaker Sam Walton akaedza kuisa Saudi General Al-Asserie pasi pevagari vakasungwa nemhosva dzehondo muYemen. Asserie anga ari munzira kutaura neEuropean Council on Foreign Relations, uko akasangana nekuratidzira. Sam akamanikidzwa kuenda nevarindi vaAsserie. Mavhidhiyo ekunetsana aripo pano uye pano.
General Asserie mutauriri weSaudi Coalition muYemen uye chipangamazano mukuru kuSaudi Arabian Defense Minister. Asserie anga ari chiso cheveruzhinji chekubhomba kwehutsinye. MunaNovember 2016 Asserie akaudza ITV kuti mauto eSaudi anga asiri kushandisa mabhomba emapoka muYemen, chete kuti mauto eSaudi akazobvuma kuti vaive nawo.
NeChipiri, Asserie akasangana nenhengo dzeMP kuti dzivaudze pamberi pegakava pamusoro pemamiriro ekubatsira vanhu muYemen.
Pave neanopfuura makore maviri kubvira apo bhomba rinotungamirwa neSaudi Yemen rakatanga. Kubva ipapo, vanhu ve10,000 vakaurayiwa uye mamirioni akasiiwa asina ruzivo rwezvivakwa zvakakosha, mvura yakachena kana magetsi. Vanhu vanosvika mamiriyoni gumi nemanomwe havana chikafu uye vanoda rubatsiro rwechimbichimbi.
Kubva bhomba reYemen rakatanga muna Kurume 2015, UK yakapa rezinesi rehondo dzinokosha mabhiriyoni 3.3 kuhurumende yeSaudi, kusanganisira:
- £ 2.2 bhiriyoni inokosha yeML10 marezinesi (Ndege, helikopta, drones)
- £ 1.1 bhiriyoni inokosha yeML4 marezinesi (Grenadhi, mabhomba, makombora, nhanho)
- £430,000 inokosha yemarezinesi eML6 (Mota dzehondo, matangi)
Sam Walton, akaedza kusungwa, akati:
Asserie inomiririra hutongi hwakauraya zviuru muYemen uye kuratidza kuzvidza zvachose mutemo wepasi rose. Ndakaedza kumusunga nekuda kwemhosva dzehondo dzaakaona uye dzaakaparidzira, asi akakombwa nevarindi vakada kundidzinga. Asserie haafanirwe kutambirwa nekubatwa semunhu anoremekedzwa, anofanirwa kusungwa nekuferefetwa pamhosva dzehondo.
Andrew Smith weCampaign Against Arms Trade akati:
General Asserie mutauriri wemushandirapamwe wekubhomba wakauraya zviuru zvevanhu nekuparadza zvivakwa zvakakosha. Haafanirwe kunge achikokwa kuti ataure nenhengo dzeparamende nevemagavhuna kuti vachenese hutsinye huri kuitika. Mazwi anofanirwa kunzwika ndeaya evanhu veYemeni vakawirwa nenjodzi yerubatsiro - kwete avo vari kuunza. Kana iyo UK ichaita basa rakanaka mukuunza runyararo saka inofanirwa kupedzisa kuwirirana uye kugumisa kutengesa kwemaoko.
Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, Director of Advocacy, Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, vanga vari pakuratidzira. Akati:
Hutongi hweSaudi hune rekodhi inotyisa yekodzero dzevanhu mukati nekunze. Inoshungurudza vanhu veSaudi uye yakatsigira kuparara kwese kuMiddle East, kusanganisira Bahrain uko mauto eSaudi akabatsira kudzvanyirira runyararo rwedemocracy. Asserie yanga iri musimboti wehurumende uye nekuchenesa mhosva dzayo dzinotyisa.
Kuve pamutemo kwekutengeswa kwezvombo kuUK parizvino inyaya yeOngororo yeJudicial, zvichitevera chikumbiro chakaitwa neCampaign Against Arms Trade. Chirevo ichi chinodaidzira kuhurumende kuti imise marezinesi ese aripo uye kumira kupa mamwe marezenisi ekutengesa zvombo kuSaudi Arabia kuti ashandiswe muYemen apo iine ongororo yakazara yekuti zvinotengeswa kunze kwenyika zvinoenderana nemutemo weUK neEU. Mutongo uchiri kumirira.
