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World BEYOND War: URachel Omncinci, uMququzeleli waseCanada, canada@worldbeyondwar.org
UKUKHULULEKILEYO
Agasti 9, 2021
I-KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) -Amaqhankqalazi abhikisha ngaphandle kweziko laseLartheed Martin eDartmouth ukuphawula isikhumbuzo sesithathu sokubulawa kwebhasi yesikolo e-Yemen. Ibhombu yaseSaudi yebhasi yesikolo kwimakethi enabantu abaninzi kumantla e-Yemen ngo-Agasti 9, 2018 yabulala abantwana be-44 kunye nabantu abadala abalishumi kwaye yenzakalisa abaninzi ngakumbi. Ibhombu esetyenziswe kwi-airstrike yenziwe ngumenzi wezixhobo uLokheed Martin. I-Lockheed Martin Canada yinkampani ephethwe ngokupheleleyo yinkampani yaseMelika iLokheed Martin.
“Kwiminyaka emithathu edlulileyo namhlanje ibhasi yonke yesikolo yabantwana yaxhelwa ngebhombu yeLokheed Martin yeeponti ezingama-500. Ndilapha kwiziko likaLokheed Martin namhlanje ndinomntwana wam omncinci, olingana nabaninzi kubantwana abakuloo bhasi, ukuza kuphendula le nkampani ngokusweleka kwaba bantwana bangama-44 kwaye ndiqinisekise ukuba abalibaleki, ”utshilo uRachel Small World BEYOND War.
Ngoku kungunyaka wesithandathu, umlo okhokelwa yi-Saudi Arabia e-Yemen ubulele phantse ikota yesigidi, ngokwe-Ofisi ye-UN yoLungelelaniso lweMicimbi yoLuntu. Ikwakhokelwe koko umzimba weZizwe eziManyeneyo ukubize ngokuba "yeyona ngxaki imanyumnyezi yoluntu."
Amatshantliziyo oxolo aphawula isikhumbuzo sokuqhushumba iibhasi zesikolo e-Yemen kwilizwe liphela. E-Ontario amatshantliziyo aqhankqalaza ngaphandle kweGeneral Dynamics Land Systems-Canada, inkampani yaseLondon evelisa izithuthi eziluhlaza (LAVs) zobuKumkani baseSaudi Arabia. Iipikethi zoxolo ziyenzeka ngaphandle kweofisi yoMphathiswa Wezokhuseleko uHarjit Sajjan eVancouver nakwilungu lePalamente yeLiberal uChris Bittle e-St. Catharines.
Kwiveki ephelileyo, kutyhilwe ukuba iCanada ivume isivumelwano esitsha sokuthengisa iziqhushumbisi ezixabisa i-74 yezigidi zeedola eSaudi Arabia ngo-2020. Ukusukela oko kwaqala ubhubhane, iCanada ithumele ngaphezulu kwe-1.2 yezigidigidi zeengalo eSaudi Arabia. Kwi-2019, iCanada yathumela ngaphandle iingalo ezixabisa i-2.8 yezigidigidi e-Kingdom - ngaphezulu kwama-77 amaxesha exabiso ledola laseCanada e-Yemen kwakuloo nyaka. Ukuthunyelwa kwezixhobo kuthunyelwe eSaudi Arabia ngoku kungaphezulu kwe-75% yamazwe angaphandle angaphandle komkhosi wase-Canada wase-Canada.
“Umntwana waseYemen uzakufa rhoqo kwimizuzwana engama-75 kulo nyaka ngenxa yemfazwe eqhubekayo, ngokweNkqubo yokutya yeHlabathi. Njengomzali, andinakuma nje ndize ndivumele iCanada iqhubeke nokufumana inzuzo ngale mfazwe ngokuthengisa izixhobo eSaudi Arabia, utshilo uSakura Saunders, ilungu lebhodi World BEYOND War. "Kuyacekiseka ukuba iKhanada iyaqhubeka nokukhuthaza imfazwe ekhokelele kweyona ngxaki inkulu kuluntu kunye nabantu abanzima e-Yemen."
Ukuwa kokugqibela, iCanada yayiqala ukubizwa esidlangalaleni njengelinye lamazwe anceda ekuvuseleleni imfazwe e-Yemen yiphaneli yeengcali ezizimeleyo ezibeka iliso kungquzulwano lwe-UN kunye nokuphanda ulwaphulo-mthetho olunokwenzeka kwimfazwe, kubandakanya ne-Saudi Arabia.
“Ukuze uTrudeau angene kolu lonyulo esithi uqhuba 'umgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle wobufazi' yinto engekho ngqiqweni ngokunikezela ngokuzimisela okungagungqiyo kulo rhulumente ekuthumeleni izixhobo ezixabisa amawaka ezigidi zeedola eSaudia Arabia, ilizwe elidume ngokurekhodwa kwamalungelo oluntu kunye noxinzelelo lwenkqubo abafazi. Isivumelwano seengalo zaseSaudi sichasene ngqo nenkqubo yobufazi kumgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle, utshilo uJoan Smith ovela eNova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace.
Ngaphezulu kwezigidi ezi-4 zabantu abaye bafuduswa ngenxa yemfazwe, kwaye i-80% yabemi, kubandakanya i-12.2 yezigidi zabantwana, bakudinga kakhulu uncedo lwabantu. Olu ncedo lunye luye lwathintelwa ngumhlaba wobumbano okhokelwa yi-Saudi Arabia, umoya, kunye nokuvalwa komkhosi welizwe. Ukusukela ngo-2015, olu thintelo luthintele ukutya, ipetroli, izinto zorhwebo kunye noncedo lokungena eYemen.
Landela i-twitter.com/wbwCanada kunye ne-twitter.com/hashtag/CanadaStopArmingSaudi yeefoto, iividiyo kunye nohlaziyo oluvela kwiHalifax nakwilizwe liphela.
Iifoto ezongezelelweyo ziyafumaneka xa ziceliwe.
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