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World BEYOND War: Rachel Small, Canada Mohlophisi, canada@worldbeyondwar.org
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August 9, 2021
KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - Baitseki ba ipelaetsa ka ntle ho setsi sa Lockheed Martin se Dartmouth ho tšoaea sehopotso sa boraro sa polao ea libese tsa sekolo sa Yemen. Ho phatloha ha bomo ea Saudi ea bese ea sekolo 'marakeng o tletseng batho ka leboea ho Yemen ka la 9 Phato 2018 ho bolaile bana ba 44 le batho ba baholo ba leshome mme ea lematsa ba bang ba bangata. Bomo e sebelisitsoeng lebaleng la lifofane e entsoe ke moetsi oa libetsa Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin Canada ke ts'ehetso e nang le thepa e felletseng ea k'hamphani ea Amerika Lockheed Martin.
“Lilemong tse tharo tse fetileng kajeno bese eohle ea sekolo ea bana e ile ea bolaoa ke bomo ea Lockheed Martin ea likilo tse 500. Ke mona setsing sa Lockheed Martin kajeno le ngoana oa ka e monyane, ea lekanang le bana ba bangata ka beseng eo, ho etsa hore k'hamphani ena e ikarabelle bakeng sa lefu la bana bana ba 44 le ho netefatsa hore ha ba lebalehe, ”ho boletse Rachel Small oa World BEYOND War.
Hona joale selemong sa eona sa botšelela, ntoa e etelletsoeng pele ke Saudi Arabia ho Yemen e bolaile batho ba ka bang kotara ea milione, ho latela Ofisi ea UN bakeng sa Khokahano ea Litaba tsa Botho. E boetse e lebisitsoe ho seo mokhatlo oa Machaba a Kopaneng o se bitsitseng "koluoa e mpe ka ho fetisisa lefatšeng ea liphallelo."
Baitseki ba khotso ba tšoaea sehopotso sa bomo ea libese ea sekolo sa Yemen ho pholletsa le naha. Ho baitseki ba Ontario ba ipelaetsa kantle ho General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada, k'hamphani e sebakeng sa London e etsang likoloi tse bobebe tsa 'muso oa Saudi Arabia. Li-picket tsa khotso li ntse li etsahala kantle ho ofisi ea Letona la Ts'ireletso Harjit Sajjan e Vancouver le ofising ea MP ea Liberal Chris Bittle e St. Catharines.
Bekeng e fetileng, ho ile ha utulloa hore Canada e amohetse tumellano e ncha ea ho rekisa liqhomane tsa boleng ba $ 74-milione ho Saudi Arabia ka 2020. Ho tloha qalong ea lefu la seoa, Canada e romelletse kaholimo ho libetsa tse fetang $ 1.2 billion ho Saudi Arabia. Ho 2019, Canada e romelletse ntle lihlomo tsa boleng ba $ 2.8 billion ho 'Muso - makhetlo a fetang a 77 boleng ba dolara ea lithuso tsa Canada ho Yemen selemong sona seo. Ho romelloa ha lihlomo ho Saudi Arabia joale ho ikarabella ho feta 75% ea kantle ho naha ea sesole sa Canada se seng US.
“Ngoana Yemen o tla shoa metsotsoana e meng le e meng e 75 selemong sena ka lebaka la ntoa e tsoelang pele, ho latela World Food Program. Joaloka motsoali, nke ke ka emela feela hore Canada e tsoele pele ho etsa phaello ntoeng ena ka ho rekisetsa Saudi Arabia libetsa, ”ho boletse Sakura Saunders, setho sa boto ea World BEYOND War. "Ke ntho e soabisang hore Canada e ntse e tsoela pele ho hlohlelletsa ntoa e lebisitseng tlokotsing e mpe ka ho fetesisa ea batho lefatšeng le mahlatsipa a maholo a baahi Yemen."
Hoetla hoa ho qetela, Canada e bile lekhetlo la pele ho phatlalatsoa phatlalatsa e le e 'ngoe ea linaha tse thusang ho hlohlelletsa ntoa Yemen ke sehlopha sa litsebi tse ikemetseng tse shebileng ntoa ea UN le ho fuputsa litlolo tsa molao tsa ntoa tse ka bang teng ho bahlabani, ho kenyeletsoa Saudi Arabia.
"Hore Trudeau a kene likhethong tsena a ipolela hore o tsamaisitse 'leano la basali la kantle ho naha' ke ntho e sa utloahaleng ho latela boitlamo ba mmuso ona ba ho romela lihlomo tse libilione ho Saudia Arabia, naha e tummeng hampe ka rekoto ea eona ea litokelo tsa botho le khatello e hlophisehileng ea basali. Ts'ebetso ea lihlomo tsa Saudi e khahlanong hantle le mokhoa oa basali ho latela leano la kantle ho naha, "ho boletse Joan Smith oa Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace.
Batho ba fetang limilione tse 4 ba tlohile mahaeng a bona ka lebaka la ntoa, mme 80% ea baahi, ho kenyeletsoa le bana ba limilione tse 12.2, ba hloka thuso e kholo. Thuso eona ena e nyopisitsoe ke moeli oa moea oa kopano e etelletsoeng pele ke Saudi le naha. Ho tloha 2015, thibelo ena e thibetse lijo, mafura, thepa ea khoebo le thuso ho kena Yemen.
Latela twitter.com/wbwCanada le twitter.com/hashtag/CanadaStopArmingSaudi bakeng sa linepe, livideo le lintlafatso tse tsoang Halifax le naha ka bophara.
Linepe tse ling li fumaneha ka kopo.
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