Media Contacts:
World BEYOND War: Rachel Mudiki, Canada Murongi, canada@worldbeyondwar.org
KUSIMBISA KUDZIDZISA
August 9, 2021
KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - Varatidziri vari kuratidzira kunze kwenzvimbo yeLokheed Martin's Dartmouth kuratidza gore rechitatu rekuurayiwa kwebhasi rechikoro cheYemen. Bhomba reSaudi bhazi rechikoro mumusika wakazara vanhu kuchamhembe kweYemen muna Nyamavhuvhu 9, 2018 yakauraya vana makumi mana nevana nevanhu vakuru gumi ndokukuvadza vamwe vazhinji. Bhomba raishandiswa mudenga rakagadzirwa nemugadziri wezvombo Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin Canada inotsigirwa nekambani yeAmerican Lockheed Martin.
“Makore matatu apfuura nhasi bhazi rese rechikoro revana rakaurayiwa nebhomba re500 Lockheed Martin bhomba. Ndiri pano panzvimbo yaLokheed Martin nhasi nemwana wangu mudiki, zera rakaenzana nevazhinji vevana vari mubhazi iro, kuitira kuti kambani iyi ive nemhosva yekufa kweava vana makumi mana nevana uye kuona kuti havana kukanganikwa, ”akadaro Rachel Small World BEYOND War.
Zvino mugore rayo rechitanhatu, Hondo inotungamirwa neSaudi kuYemen yakauraya vangangoita kota yemiriyoni, maererano neUN Hofisi yeKurongeka kweVanhu. Inotungamirwawo kune zvakanzi neuto reUN "dambudziko rakaipisisa revanhu."
Varwiri verunyararo vari kucherechedza zuva rekucherechedza bhomba rechikoro cheYemen munyika yese. MuOntario vanoita zvematongerwo enyika vari kuratidzira kunze kweGeneral Dynamics Land Systems-Canada, kambani inogara muLondon inogadzira mota dzakareruka dzehondo dzeMambo weSaudi Arabia. Mapiketi erunyararo ari kuitikawo kunze kwehofisi yegurukota rezvekudzivirirwa, VaHarjit Sajjan kuVancouver uye mumiriri weLiberal, mumiriri weChris Catharines.
Vhiki rapfuura, zvakafumurwa kuti Canada yakabvumidza chibvumirano chitsva chekutengesa mabhomba emadhora mazana manomwe nemakumi mapfumbamwe nemana emadhora kuSaudi Arabia muna 74. Kubva pakatanga denda iri, Canada yakatumira zvombo zvinopfuura mabhiriyoni zana nemakumi maviri emadhora kuSaudi Arabia. Mu2020, Canada yakaburitsa maoko anokosha emadhora 1.2 mabhiriyoni kuhumambo - kanopfuura makumi manomwe nekanomwe kukosha kwedhora rekuCanada rubatsiro kuYemen mugore rimwe chete. Zvombo zvinotumirwa kunze kwenyika kuSaudi Arabia izvozvi zvinoita pamusoro pe2019% yeCanada isiri yeUS mauto kunze kwenyika.
"Mwana muYemen anofa masekondi makumi manomwe neshanu gore rino nekuda kwehondo iri kuenderera mberi, sekutaura kweWorld Food Program. Semubereki, handigoni kungomira nekubvumira Canada kuti irambe ichibatsirana nehondo iyi nekutengesa zvombo kuSaudi Arabia, "akadaro Sakura Saunders, nhengo yebhodhi World BEYOND War. "Zvinoshoreka kuti Canada iri kuenderera mberi nekukurudzira hondo iyo yakonzera njodzi huru dzevanhu pasi pano uye vanhu vazhinji varikufa muYemen."
Kudonha kwekupedzisira, Canada yaive kekutanga kutumidzwa pachena seimwe yenyika dzinobatsira kukonzeresa hondo muYemen neboka revanozvimirira vanoongorora kukakavara kweUN uye kuongorora mhosva dzinogona kuitika dzevarwi, kusanganisira Saudi Arabia.
"Kuti Trudeau apinde musarudzo idzi achiti anomhanya 'nevakadzi vekunze mutemo' hazvina musoro zvakapa kuzvipira kusingazungunuke kwehurumende iyi kutumira zvombo zvemabhiriyoni emadhora kuSaudia Arabia, nyika ine mukurumbira rekodhi rekodzero dzevanhu uye kudzvanyirirwa kwakarongeka vakadzi. Chibvumirano chemaSaudi chakapesana chaicho nemaitiro echikadzi kune mutemo wezvekunze, "akadaro Joan Smith anobva kuNova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace.
Vanopfuura mamirioni mana vanhu vakatamiswa nekuda kwehondo, uye makumi masere muzana yevagari, kusanganisira vana mamirioni gumi nemaviri, vari kushaiwa rubatsiro rwevanhu. Rubatsiro irworwo rwakakanganiswa nenyika yemhepo inotungamirwa neSaudi, mhepo, uye kuvharirwa kwenyika. Kubva 4, kuvharirwa uku kwakadzivirira chikafu, mafuta, zvinhu zvekutengesa, uye rubatsiro kubva pakupinda Yemen.
Tevera twitter.com/wbwCanada uye twitter.com/hashtag/CanadaStopArmingSaudi yemifananidzo, mavhidhiyo, uye kugadzirisa kubva kuHalifax uye nenyika dzese.
Mamwe mapikicha anowanikwa pakukumbira.
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