UKUQHUBA: Amatshantliziyo aVimba i-Rail Rail Route yeZithuthi eziDibeneyo zoMbane eziBoshwe eSaudi Arabia, zifuna iCanada ziyeke iMfazwe e-Yemen

By World BEYOND War, Matshi 26, 2021

ILondon, e-Ontario-Amalungu emibutho elwa imfazwe World BEYOND War, Abasebenzi abachasene noRhwebo lweArms, kunye naBantu boXolo baseLondon bathintela iindlela zikaloliwe kufutshane neGeneral Dynamics Land Systems-Canada, inkampani yaseLondon evelisa izithuthi ezikhaphukhaphu (LAVs) zoBukumkani baseSaudi Arabia.

Amatshantliziyo abiza iGeneral Dynamics ukuba iphelise ukungenelela komkhosi okhokelwa ngu-Saudi Arabia e-Yemen kwaye bacela urhulumente wase-Canada ukuba aphelise ukuthunyelwa kweengalo eSaudi Arabia nokwandisa uncedo lwabantu base Yemen.

Namhlanje kuphawula isikhumbuzo sesithandathu sokukhokelwa yi-Saudi, ukungenelela komdibaniso oxhaswe yiNtshona kwimfazwe yamakhaya yase-Yemen, ekhokelela kwintlekele enkulu yoluntu.

Kuqikelelwa ukuba i-24 yezigidi ze-Yemenis zifuna uncedo lwabantu-ezinye iipesenti ezingama-80 zabemi-ezithintelwa ngumhlaba wobumbano okhokelwa yi-Saudi Arabia, umoya, kunye nokuvalwa komkhosi welizwe. Ukusukela ngo-2015, olu thintelo luthintele ukutya, ipetroli, iimpahla zorhwebo kunye noncedo lokungena eYemen. NgokweNkqubo yokutya yeHlabathi, phantse abantu abangama-50,000 5 e-Yemen sele behlala kwimeko-efana nendlala kunye nezigidi ezi-19 inyathelo nje elinye. Ukongeza kwimeko esele imbi, i-Yemen inelinye lawona mazinga mabi okufa kwe-COVID-1 emhlabeni, ibulala umntu om-4 kwaba-XNUMX ovavanyileyo.

Ngaphandle kwesibetho se-COVID-19 sehlabathi kunye neefowuni ezivela kwiZizwe eziManyeneyo zokupheliswa komlilo kwihlabathi liphela, iCanada iqhubekile nokuthumela izixhobo eSaudi Arabia. Kwi-2019, iCanada yathumela ngaphandle iingalo ezixabisa i-2.8 yezigidigidi eBukumkanini-ngaphezulu kwama-77 ixabiso leedola laseCanada ukuya e-Yemen kwakuloo nyaka.

Ukusukela oko kwaqala ubhubhane, iCanada ithumele ngaphandle iingalo ezixabisa i-1.2 yezigidigidi zeedola eSaudi Arabia, uninzi lwazo zizithuthi eziluhlobo ezilula ezenziwe yiGeneral Dynamics, eyinxalenye yesivumelwano seengalo ezixabisa i-15 lezigidi zeerandi. Izixhobo zaseCanada ziyaqhubeka nokuqhubela phambili imfazwe ekhokelele kwingxaki enkulu yoluntu e-Yemen kunye nengozi enkulu yoluntu.

Izithuthi ezikhaphukhaphu ezenziwe nguGeneral Dynamics eLondon, e-Ontario zithuthwa ngololiwe nangelori ukuya kwizibuko apho zilayishwa khona kwiinqanawa zaseSaudi.

Ukusukela oko isivumelwano sezigidi ngezigidi zeedola nesaudi Arabia satyikitywa okokuqala, uluntu lwaseCanada lupapashe iingxelo, lwangenisa uxwebhu lwezikhalazo, lwenza uqhankqalazo kwiiofisi zikarhulumente nakwivenzi yezixhobo kwilizwe liphela, lahambisa iileta ezininzi eTrudeau apho amaqela amaninzi amele izigidi ziye zanyanzelisa ukuba iCanada iyeke ukuxhobisa iSaudi Arabia ”utshilo uRachel Small World BEYOND War. Sishiyeke singenandlela yimbi ngaphandle kokuvimba ngokwethu iitanki zaseCanada eziya eSaudi Arabia. ”

“Abasebenzi bafuna imisebenzi eluhlaza, enoxolo, hayi imisebenzi yokwenza izixhobo zemfazwe. Sizakuqhubeka ukufaka uxinzelelo kurhulumente wenkululeko ukuba aphelise ukuthunyelwa kwezixhobo eSaudi Arabia kwaye sisebenze nemibutho yabasebenzi ukufumana ezinye iindlela zabasebenzi kushishino lwezixhobo, ”utshilo uSimon Black weLabour Against the Arms Trade, umanyano loxolo kunye nabaphembeleli bezabasebenzi abasebenzela ukuphela. Ukuthatha inxaxheba kweCanada kurhwebo lweengalo lwamanye amazwe.

"Into efunwa luluntu lwethu yimali karhulumente yokuguqula ngokukhawuleza ukusuka kwimikhosi yasemkhosini ibuyele kwimveliso yeemfuno zabantu, njengoko bezisenza njalo ezi zityalo," utshilo uDavid Heap waBantu woXolo eLondon. "Simemelela utyalomali lukarhulumente kwangoko kwimizi-mveliso ehambisa uthutho efuneka kakhulu eza kuqinisekisa ngemisebenzi elungileyo yabantu baseLondon ngelixa ikhusela uxolo namalungelo oluntu emhlabeni."

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