KUSIMBISA KUDZIDZISA
January 25, 2021
Media Contacts:
World BEYOND War: canada@worldbeyondwar.org
Basa Rakanangana neArms Trade: sblack2@brocku.ca
PaCanada zvombo zvinotumirwa kunze kwenyika kuSaudi Arabia: Anthony Fenton, chiremba wechiremba kuYunivhesiti yeYork, fentona@me.com
Tevera twitter.com/wbwCanada uye twitter.com/LAATCanada yemifananidzo uye yekuvandudza panguva yerally. Yakakwirira resolution mapikicha anowanikwa pakukumbira.
BREAKING: Vashandi vanodzivirira marori kukambani inotakura zvombo kuenda kuSaudi Arabia, inodaidzira Canada kuti imise kupisa hondo muYemen
Hamilton, Ontario - Nhengo uye vanobatana nemasangano anopokana nehondo World BEYOND War uye Labor Against the Arms Trade vari kuvharira marori kuPaddock Transport International, kambani yekufambisa yeHamilton inobatanidzwa mukutakura mota dzakagadzirwa neCanada, dzakareruka kuenda kuSaudi Arabia.
Vamiriri ava vari kudaidzira Paddock kuti apedze kuita kwayo muhondo ine hutsinye inotungamirwa neSaudi muYemen, iyo yakauraya vanhu vangangosvika kota yemiriyoni, uye vachidana hurumende yeCanada kuti ipedze kutumira zvombo kuSaudi Arabia.
"Kuratidzira uku chikamu chezuva repasi rose rekurwisa hondo yekuYemen ine zvinopfuura masangano mazana matatu munyika gumi neshanu," anodaro Rachel Small we World BEYOND War.
"Vanhu muCanada vese vari kuda kuti hurumende yemubatanidzwa igumise zvombo zvekutengesa kunze kwenyika neSaudi Arabia nekuwedzera rubatsiro kuvanhu veYemen."
Yemen nhasi inoramba iri dambudziko rakaipisisa revanhu munyika, sekureva kweUnited Nations. Vanopfuura mamirioni mana vanhu vakatamiswa nekuda kwehondo, uye makumi masere muzana yevagari, kusanganisira vana mamirioni gumi nemaviri, vari kushaiwa rubatsiro rwevanhu. Kuwedzera kune yatove mamiriro ezvinhu akaipisisa, Yemen ine imwe yeakaipisisa Covid-4 kufa kwehuwandu mupasi - inouraya 80 muvanhu vana vanoyedza vaine chokwadi.
Dambudziko revanhu iri mhedzisiro yakanangana neWestern-yakatsigirwa, hondo inotungamirwa neSaudi uye musaruro wemabhomba wakasarudzika wakanangana neYemen kubva munaKurume 2015, pamwe nemhepo, ivhu uye gungwa rakavharirwa iro rinodzivirira zvinhu zvinodikanwa zvakanyanya uye rubatsiro kubva vanhu veYemen.
Zvisinei nedenda repasirese uye kudana kubva kuUnited Nations nezvekumisa mhirizhonga pasi rose, Canada yakaramba ichiendesa zvombo kuSaudi Arabia. Kubva pakatanga denda iri, Canada yakatumira kunze kwenyika mazana manomwe emadhora mazana manomwe emamiriyoni emadhora kuSaudi Arabia, chikamu chemari inosvika mabhiriyoni gumi nemashanu emadhora.
"Vazhinji veCanada havazive kuti zvombo zvakagadzirwa pano zvinoramba zvichikonzera hondo yakonzera kufa kwemazana ezviuru zvevanhu," anodaro Simon Black, purofesa weBrock University uye nhengo yeLabour Against the Arms Trade, mubatanidzwa yerunyararo nevashandi vevashandi vanoshanda kupedzisa kutora chikamu kweCanada mukutengeserana kwemaoko kwenyika.
"Nyika dzakaita seGerman, Finland, Netherlands, Denmark neSweden dzese dzakanzura chibvumirano chavo chezvombo neSaudi Arabia," anodaro. "Hapana zvachose chikonzero nei Canada isingakwanise kuita zvakafanana uye kubatsira kupedza hondo iyi."
Mota dzakareruka dzakagadzirwa neGeneral Dynamics Land Systems, muLondon, Ontario, dziri kuendeswa kuchiteshi nePaddock Transport International, uko kwavanotakurwa mungarava dzeSaudi (ona https://www.facebook.com/chris.hanlon.8626/ zvinyorwa / 10157385425186615).
“Mwana muYemen anofa maminetsi gumi ega ega nekuda kwehondo inotyisa iyi. Semubereki, ndingaite sei kuti matangi akagadzirwa muCanada ari kutenderera neni achienda kumamiriro ezvinhu akaipisisa pasi pano? ” anodaro Mudiki.
"Vanhu vanoshanda muCanada vanoda mabasa anobatsira munharaunda iri nani, nharaunda yakachena uye nyika ine runyararo, kwete iyo inogadzira zvombo zvehondo nekukuvadza nekuuraya varume vasina mhosva, vakadzi nevana," anodaro Black.
"Canada inofanira kujoina mamwe mademokrasi pasirese uye nekukurumidza igumise kugadzirwa kwayo nekutumira zvombo kuSaudi Arabia."
MARARAMIRO
Masangano eUN nemasangano erubatsiro akadzokorora kakawanda kuti hapana mhinduro yehondo inogoneka mukukonana kuri kuitika muYemen. Chinhu chega chinogara chichiunzwa nemaoko kuYemen ndechekuwedzera hushamwari, uye kuwedzera kutambura uye huwandu hwevakafa.
MunaGunyana 2020, mushumo weUN Boka reEminent International neZvenyanzvi Nyanzvi paYemen yakatumidza Canada seimwe yenyika "dzichienderera mberi nekukonana" muYemen kuburikidza nekuenderera mberi kwekutengesa zvombo kuSaudi Arabia.
Musi waGunyana 17, gore rimwe chete rekucherechedzwa kweCanada kuArms Trade Chibvumirano (ATT), mubatanidzwa wemasangano anomiririra chikamu chevashandi veCanada, kudzora kwemaoko, kodzero dzevanhu, kuchengetedzeka kwenyika uye masangano erunyararo akanyora pachena tsamba kuna Prime Minister Trudeau ichidzokorora kuramba kwavo kupokana nehurumende yeRiberal kupihwa mvumo yekutengesa zvombo kuSaudi Arabia. Tsamba iyi yaive chikamu chezuva repan-Canada rekuita kurwisa kutengeswa kwemaoko kuenda kuSaudi Arabia, yechipiri yerudzi rwayo mu2020.
Iyo ATT chibvumirano chepasi rose chinotonga kutengeserana kwemaoko. Zvinoda nyika kuongorora zvombo zvinotumirwa kunze kwenyika uye kuona kana paine njodzi yavanogona kushandisa kuita kana kufambisa zvakakomba kutyorwa kwemutemo wepasi rose wevanhu kana mutemo wepasi rose wekodzero dzevanhu. Izvo zvinorambidza zvakare kutengeswa kwezvombo kuenda kunyika uko kune "njodzi yakakura" yavanokanganisa rugare nekuchengeteka. Canada yanga iri bato rehurumende kuATT kwegore rimwe uye yakasungwa zviri pamutemo nechibvumirano.
Tsamba yaGunyana 17th kuna Prime Minister Trudeau yaive yechina tsamba yakadai ichimutsa kunetseka pamusoro pehunhu hwakakomba, zviri pamutemo, kodzero dzevanhu uye zvinangwa zvevanhu zvekuendesa kunze kweCanada zvombo kuSaudi Arabia. Vakasaina vacho havasati vagamuchira mhinduro kubva kumutungamiri wenyika kana makurukota ehurumende akakodzera nezvenyaya iyi.
Zvinosungirwa zviri pamutemo pasi peATT hazvina kudzosera rutsigiro rwehurumende yeRiberal yezvombo zvinotumirwa kunze kwenyika kuSaudi Arabia. Mugore rimwe chete iro Canada yakakwidziridzwa kuATT, kutengeswa kwemaoko kuSaudi Arabia kwakapetwa kaviri, kuchikwira kubva pamadhora mabhiriyoni 1.3 mu2018, kusvika pamadhora mazana maviri nemazana mapfumbamwe emadhora muna2.9.Zvombo zvinotumirwa kuSaudi Arabia izvozvi zvinopfuura 2019% yeCanada isiri iyo. -US mauto kunze kwenyika. Canada yakavimbisa rubatsiro rwekubatsira Yemen, $ 75 mamirioni, pales mukuenzanisa.
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