By World BEYOND War, March 26, 2021
London, Ontario - Nhengo dzemasangano anopokana nehondo World BEYOND War, Labor Against the Arms Trade, uye People for Peace London vari kuvharira njanji padhuze neGeneral Dynamics Land Systems-Canada, kambani yeLondon inogadzira mota dzakareruka (LAVs) yeHumambo hweSaudi Arabia.
Vamiririri vacho vari kudaidzira General Dynamics kuti ipedze kushanda kwayo muchiuto chinotungamirwa neveSaudi muYemen uye vachidaidzira hurumende yeCanada kuti ipedze kutumira nhumbi kuSaudi Arabia nekuwedzera rubatsiro kuvanhu veYemen.
Nhasi uno mucherechedzo wechitanhatu wekutungamirwa kweSaudi-kwakatungamira, kupindira kwemubatanidzwa wakatsigirwa neWestern muhondo yevagari vemuYemen, zvichitungamira kumatambudziko epasi rose evanhu.
Inofungidzirwa kuti mamirioni makumi maviri nemana Yemenis vanoda rubatsiro rwevanhu - vamwe makumi masere muzana yevagari - iri kuvhiringidzwa nenyika yemhepo inotungamirwa neSaudi, mhepo, uye kuvharirwa kwenyika. Kubva 24, kuvharirwa uku kwakadzivirira chikafu, mafuta, zvigadzirwa zvebhizimusi uye rubatsiro kubva pakupinda Yemen. Sekureva kweWorld Food Program, vangangoita vanhu zviuru makumi mashanu muYemen vatove kugara munzvimbo dzakaita senzara vane mamirioni mashanu nhanho chete. Kuwedzera kune yatove mamiriro ezvinhu akaipisisa, Yemen ine imwe yeakaipisisa COVID-80 mwero wekufa munyika, ichiuraya 2015 muvanhu vana vanoyedza vaine hutachiona.
Kunyangwe hazvo pasi rose COVID-19 denda nekufona kubva kuUnited Nations kuti kumiswa kwepasirese, Canada yaenderera mberi nekutumira zvombo kuSaudi Arabia. Mu2019, Canada yakaburitsa maoko anokosha emadhora 2.8 mabhiriyoni kuhumambo - zvakapetwa ka77 kukosha kwedhora rekuCanada rubatsiro kuYemen mugore rimwe chete.
Kubva pakatanga denda iri, Canada yakatumira kunze kwenyika madhora anodarika mabhiriyoni 1.2 emadhora kuSaudi Arabia, huwandu hwayo idzo mota dzakareruka dzakagadzirwa neGeneral Dynamics, chikamu chemari inosvika mabhiriyoni gumi nemashanu emadhora yakatorwa neHurumende yeCanada. Zvombo zveCanada zvinoramba zvichimutsa hondo yakatungamira kumatambudziko epasi rose muYemen nekukuvara kwevanhu vazhinji.
Idzo mota dzakareruka dzakashongedzwa neGeneral Dynamics muLondon, Ontario dziri kuendeswa nechitima netiraki kuenda kuchiteshi uko dzinoiswa mungarava dzeSaudi.
"Kubvira chibvumirano chemabhiriyoni emadhora chakatangwa neSaudi Arabia chakatanga kusainwa, veruzhinji veCanada vakaburitsa mishumo, vakapa zvikumbiro, vakaratidzira pamahofisi ehurumende nevagadziri vezvombo munyika yese, ndokutumira tsamba dzinoverengeka kuTrudeau mune mapoka mazhinji anomiririra. mamirioni akaramba achikumbira kuti Canada imise zvombo Saudi Arabia ”akadaro Rachel Small we World BEYOND War. "Tasara tisina sarudzo kunze kwekuvharira matangi eCanada akananga kuSaudi Arabia isu pachedu."
“Vashandi vanoda mabasa egirini, nerunyararo, kwete mabasa ekugadzira zvombo zvehondo. Tichaenderera mberi nekumanikidza hurumende yeRiberal kuti ipedze kutengeswa kwezvombo kuSaudi Arabia uye tishande nemasangano evashandi kuti tiwane dzimwe nzira dzevashandi vemuzvombo, ”akadaro Simon Black weLabour Against the Arms Trade, mubatanidzwa werunyararo nevamiriri vevashandi vari kushanda kupedza Kubatanidzwa kweCanada mukutengeserana kwemaoko kwenyika.
"Chatinoda nharaunda yedu ndeyekubhadhara mari kwehurumende kuti ikurumidze kutendeuka kubva kumauto anotumira kunze kuenda mukugadzirwa kwezvinodiwa nevanhu, sezvaiwanzoitwa nemiti iyi," anodaro David Heap we People for Peace London. "Tinodaidzira kuti veruzhinji vange vachiisa mari mumaindasitiri ekufambisa akasvibira anodikanwa ayo anozopa mabasa akanaka kune veLondon vachichengetedza runyararo nekodzero dzevanhu pasi rose."
tevera twitter.com/wbwCanada uye twitter.com/LAATCanada yemifananidzo, mavhidhiyo, uye inogadziridza panguva yechitima blockade.
Yakakwirira resolution mapikicha anowanikwa pakukumbira.
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Imwe Mhinduro
Kuendesa zvombo zverudzi rupi zvarwo kuSaudi Arabia zvounzenza uye humhondi.