UKUKHULULEKILEYO
January 25, 2021
Abaxhamli beMidiya
World BEYOND War: canada@worldbeyondwar.org
Umsebenzi ochasene noRhwebo lwezixhobo: sblack2@brocku.ca
Kwizixhobo zaseKhanada ezithunyelwa eSaudi Arabia: UAnthony Fenton, umfundi ogqirha kwiYunivesithi yaseYork, fentona@me.com
Landela i-twitter.com/wbwCanada kunye ne-twitter.com/LAATCanada ngeefoto kunye nohlaziyo ngexesha lerali. Iifoto ezinesisombululo esiphezulu ziyafumaneka xa uceliwe.
UKUQHUBEKA: Abaphembeleli bavala iilori kwinkampani ehambisa izixhobo eziya eSaudi Arabia, bafuna ukuba iCanada iyeke ukulwa imfazwe eYemen
Hamilton, Ontario - Amalungu kunye namahlakani emibutho yokulwa nemfazwe World BEYOND War kunye neLabour Against the Arms Trade bavala iilori e-Paddock Transport International, inkampani yezothutho yendawo yase-Hamilton ebandakanyeka ekuthumeleni izithuthi ezenziwe eKhanada, ezikhaphukhaphu ezixhobileyo eziya eSaudi Arabia.
Amatshantliziyo acela uPaddock ukuba aphelise ukubandakanyeka kwimfazwe ekhohlakeleyo ekhokelwa yiSaudi eYemen, ebulale phantse ikota yesigidi sabantu, kwaye icela urhulumente waseCanada ukuba aphelise ukuthunyelwa kwezixhobo eSaudi Arabia.
"Umboniso yinxalenye yosuku lwehlabathi lokulwa nemfazwe yaseYemen enemibutho engaphezu kwama-300 kumazwe e-17," utshilo uRachel Small. World BEYOND War.
"Abantu kulo lonke elaseCanada bafuna urhulumente wobumbano aphelise ukuthunyelwa kwezixhobo ngaphandle kweSaudi Arabia kwaye andise uncedo loluntu kubantu baseYemen."
I-Yemen namhlanje iseyona ngxaki imbi ehlabathini, ngokweZizwe eziManyeneyo. Ngaphezulu kwezigidi ezi-4 zabantu abaye bashiya amakhaya abo ngenxa yemfazwe, kwaye i-80% yabemi, kubandakanya i-12.2 yezigidi zabantwana, bakudinga kakhulu uncedo lwabantu. Ukongeza kwimeko esele imbi, i-Yemen inelinye lawona manqanaba aswelekileyo okufa kukaCovid-19 emhlabeni-ibulala umntu omnye kwabane ovavanyileyo.
Le ngxaki yobuntu sisiphumo esithe ngqo semfazwe exhaswa ngaseNtshona, ekhokelwa yi-Saudi kunye nephulo lokuqhunyiswa kwebhombu elingakhethi cala eliye lahlasela iYemen ukususela ngoMatshi 2015, kunye nomoya, umhlaba kunye nolwandle oluvaliweyo oluthintela iimpahla ezifunwa kakhulu kunye noncedo ekufikeleleni. abantu baseYemen.
Ngaphandle kobhubhani wehlabathi jikelele kunye neminxeba evela kwiZizwe eziManyeneyo ukuba kupheliswe imfazwe, iCanada iqhubekile nokuthumela izixhobo eSaudi Arabia. Ukusukela oko kwaqala ubhubhane, iCanada ithumele izixhobo ezixabisa i-750 yezigidi zeedola eSaudi Arabia, yinxalenye yesivumelwano sezixhobo zeedola ezili-15 leebhiliyoni.
USimon Black, unjingalwazi kwiYunivesithi yaseBrock nelungu leLabour Against the Arms Trade, uSimon Black uthi: “Uninzi lwabantu baseKhanada abaqondi ukuba izixhobo eziveliswa apha zisaqhubeka ziphembelela imfazwe eye yakhokelela ekufeni kwamakhulu amawaka abantu. amatshantliziyo oxolo nabasebenzi asebenzela ukuphelisa ukuthatha inxaxheba kweCanada kurhwebo lwezixhobo lwamazwe ngamazwe.
“Amazwe afana neJamani, iFinland, iNetherlands, iDenmark kunye neSweden onke azirhoxisile izivumelwano zawo neSaudi Arabia,” utshilo. "Akukho sizathu sokuba iCanada ingakwazi ukwenza okufanayo kwaye incede ukuphelisa le mfazwe."
Izithuthi ezikhaphukhaphu ezixhotyisiweyo ezenziwe yiGeneral Dynamics Land Systems, eLondon, eOntario, zithuthwa zisiwe kwizibuko yiPaddock Transport International, apho zilayishwa kwiinqanawa zaseSaudi (bona https://www.facebook.com/chris.hanlon.8626/ izithuba/10157385425186615).
“Umntwana waseYemen uyafa rhoqo ngemizuzu elishumi ngenxa yale mfazwe yoyikekayo. Njengomzali, ndingangayihoyi njani into yokuba iitanki ezenziwe eKhanada ziqengqeleka kum xa zisiya kweyona meko imbi kangaka emhlabeni?” utsho uNcinci.
“Abantu abasebenzayo eKhanada bafuna imisebenzi efak’ isandla kwibutho labantu elilunge ngakumbi, imekobume ecocekileyo nehlabathi elinoxolo, kungekhona abo benza izixhobo zemfazwe baze benzakalise baze babulale amadoda, abafazi nabantwana abamsulwa,” utsho uBlack.
"ICanada kufuneka ijoyine ezinye iidemokhrasi kwihlabathi liphela kwaye iphele kwangoko imveliso kunye nokuthunyelwa kwezixhobo eSaudi Arabia."
INGXELO
Ii-arhente ze-UN kunye nemibutho yokunceda abantu baye babhala ngokuphindaphindiweyo ukuba akukho sisombululo sezempi esinokwenzeka kwingxabano ekhoyo e-Yemen. Ekuphela kwento ekwenziwa rhoqo ukunikezelwa kwezixhobo eYemen kukwandisa ubutshaba, kwaye kwandisa ukubandezeleka kunye namanani abafileyo.
NgoSeptemba ka-2020, ingxelo yeQela leZizwe eziManyeneyo leeNgcali zamazwe ngamazwe kunye neNgingqi yaseYemen yabiza iCanada njengelinye lamazwe "aqhubela phambili ungquzulwano" eYemen ngokuthengisa izixhobo eziqhubekayo kwiSaudi Arabia.
NgoSeptemba 17, isikhumbuzo sonyaka omnye wokungena kweCanada kwiSivumelwano soRhwebo lweArms (ATT), intlangano yemibutho yoluntu emele icandelo elinqamlezayo labasebenzi baseCanada, ulawulo lwezixhobo, amalungelo oluntu, ukhuseleko lwamazwe ngamazwe kunye nemibutho yoxolo yabhala i-open. ileta eya kwiNkulumbuso uTrudeau ephinda inkcaso yabo eqhubekayo kurhulumente weLiberal ukukhutshwa kwemvume yokuthunyelwa kwezixhobo kumazwe angaphandle eSaudi Arabia. Le leta yayiyinxalenye yosuku lwe-pan-Canadian lwesenzo ngokuchasene nokuthunyelwa kwezixhobo eSaudi Arabia, okwesibini kohlobo lwayo ngo-2020.
I-ATT sisivumelwano samazwe ngamazwe esilawula urhwebo lwezixhobo. Ifuna ukuba amazwe avavanye ukuthunyelwa kwezixhobo kumazwe angaphandle kwaye amisele ukuba kukho umngcipheko ezinokuthi zisetyenziswe ukwenza okanye ukuququzelela ukunyhashwa okunzulu komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe woluntu okanye umthetho wamalungelo oluntu wamazwe ngamazwe. Iyakwalela nokuthunyelwa kwezixhobo kumazwe angaphandle apho kukho “umngcipheko omkhulu” ezinokujongela phantsi uxolo nokhuseleko. ICanada ibe yinxalenye yelizwe kwi-ATT unyaka omnye kwaye ibotshelelwe ngokusemthethweni ngumnqophiso.
Ileta ye-17 kaSeptemba eya kwiNkulumbuso uTrudeau yayiyeyesine le leta iphakamisa inkxalabo malunga nokuziphatha okubi, umthetho, amalungelo oluntu kunye nefuthe loluntu lokuthunyelwa kwezixhobo eziqhubekayo zaseCanada eSaudi Arabia. Abatyikityileyo abakafumani mpendulo kwiNkulumbuso okanye kubaphathiswa abafanelekileyo beKhabhinethi ngalo mba.
Izibophelelo ezisemthethweni phantsi kwe-ATT azikhange zithintele urhulumente weLiberal ukuxhasa ukuthunyelwa kwezixhobo ngaphandle kweSaudi Arabia. Kwangalo nyaka apho iCanada ivumile kwi-ATT, izixhobo zayo ezithunyelwa ngaphandle eSaudi Arabia ziphindwe kabini, zinyuka ukusuka phantse kwi-1.3 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngo-2018, ukuya kuthi ga kwi-2.9 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngo-2019. -Ukuthunyelwa kwemikhosi yase-US. Isibambiso saseCanada soncedo loluntu eYemen, i-75 yezigidi zeedola, ayifani xa kuthelekiswa.
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