by Brian Terrell, December 15, 2017
NgoDisemba 11, ekuphenduleni ingxaki yobuntu e-Yemen, ngaphezu kwe-50 abantu abachaphazelekayo kuquka nabameli bemibutho eyahlukeneyo yoxolo, ubulungisa kunye namalungelo oluntu kunye noluntu, bahlanganisene kwisixeko saseNew York iRalph Bunche Park, ngaphesheya kwe-First Avenue evela kwiZizwe eziManyeneyo. Umyalezo wethu, owawudluliselwe kwiimpawu kunye neebhanile kunye nezithethi ezithetha kwi-rally, wawulula kwaye uthe ngqo: ukuphelisa ulwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe olwenziwa ngumkhosi wase-United States kunye ne-Saudi Arabia kunye namaqabane ayo ahlangeneyo axhaswa yi-US kwaye aphelise. Ukuvalwa kwezibuko zaseYemeni.
Ngaphezulu kweminyaka emibini, ibhombu yaseSaudi / yase-US ijolise kwiziseko zoluntu: Izibhedlele, izikolo, iifektri, iimarike, imingcwabo, amazibuko olwandle, izikhululo zamandla ombane kunye nezixhobo zokunyanga amanzi. Uhlaselo lwe-drones yase-US kunye nokungena komkhosi okhethekileyo wase-US ukuya eYemen kuye kwabulala nabemi. Ungquzulwano oluxhobileyo luthathe ngqo ubomi babantu abamalunga ne-12,000, kodwa elo nani libuhlungu ligqithile kakhulu ngenani labo bafa ngenxa yendibaniselwano yokungondleki kunye nezigulo ezinokuthintelwa ngokulula kunye nezifo ezifana nosulelo lokuphefumla, imasisi kunye nekholera, kubandakanya nokunye. abantwana abangaphezu kwe-1,000 veki nganye. Izigidi ezingama-20 zabemi baseYemen abantu abazizigidi ezingama-28 abakhuselekanga kukutya kwaye bambalwa abakwazi ukufikelela kumanzi okusela acocekileyo. Ngaphezu kwesiqingatha sezibhedlele zeli lizwe azisebenzi.
Ekuqaleni kukaNovemba, ukuvalwa okusele kunzima kwamazibuko aseYemen kwenziwa ngokupheleleyo, nto leyo eyenza ukuba uNobhala weZizwe eziManyeneyo weMicimbi yoLuntu alumkise ukuba, ngaphandle kokuba ukuvalwa kweYemen kuphakanyiswe ngokupheleleyo, "... kuya kubakho indlala eYemen ... iya kuba yeyona ndlala yakha yankulu emhlabeni wonke kangangamashumi eminyaka, ibe izigidi zamaxhoba azo zihlaselwe.”
Ngomhla wama-27 kaNovemba, kwahluka okulinganiselweyo kuthintelo lwenzelwa ukuthunyelwa koncedo loluntu kuphela. Iziphumo ezilawulwa ngokungqongqo ziye zachazwa njengento engenanto kwaye ingonelanga kakhulu ngamaqela oncedo loluntu, ahlaba ikhwelo lokuba amazibuko avulelwe zonke izinto ezithunyelwa ngoluntu nezorhwebo. Phantsi kolu xinzelelo, uMongameli uTrump ukhuphe ingxelo emfutshane kakhulu ebiza iSaudis ukuba "ivumele ngokupheleleyo ukutya, amafutha, amanzi kunye namayeza ukuba afikelele kubantu baseYemeni abayifunayo." Isicelo sikaTrump esingenasimilo asizange sixhaswe yiyo nantoni na kwaphela, ngakumbi kukukhenkceza ukuthengiswa kwezixhobo zase-US kwi-Saudis, kwaye ayizange ijongane nesenzo soMkhosi woMoya wase-US wokugcwalisa iijethi zokulwa zase-Saudi phakathi emoyeni okanye e-US eyakhe. Ukubetha kwedrone eYemen.
Ngokucacileyo, amaxesha afuna ukuba kwenziwe okungakumbi ukuchasa esi sisongelo sibi kwaye kuphakanyiswa amazwi athile. Kunye nemizamo eyomeleleyo yezozakuzo, kukho iinzame ezisemthethweni zokunciphisa ukuthengiswa kwezixhobo kwiSaudis. Kukwakho ukuzila, imilindo kunye noqhanqalazo olufana nolwenzeka eNew York nakwezinye izixeko nge-11 kaDisemba.
Emva kweentetho, iingoma kunye nomzuzu onamandla wokuthula, i-rally yanyuka i-First Avenue ukuya zombini i-US kunye ne-Saudi Permanent Missions kwiZizwe eziManyeneyo, ekhokelwa yi-banner efundeka "YIMA US-SAUDI WAR CRIMES" kwaye "LIFT THE BLOCKADE", elandelwa ngokusondeleyo ngamagosa eSebe lamaPolisa kwisiXeko saseNew York. Abanye bethu baziva benyanzelekile ukuba bame kumnyango weMishini yase-US kwaye emva kwexesha elifutshane, sabanjwa ngenxa yokwaphula umthetho "okuthintela ukuhamba kwezithuthi okanye abahamba ngeenyawo" kuMthetho wezohlwayo waseNew York malunga nokuziphatha kakubi. I-15 yethu, ephethe iifoto zamaxhoba abantwana base-Yemeni, bathatyathwa bavalelwe kwaye bathunyelwa kwiiseli ze-7th Indawo ekwicala elisezantsi eliseMpuma yesixeko.
Andizange ndikwazi ukuzibamba ngaphandle kokuzibuza njengoko sasibotshwe ngamakhamandela yaye sikhweliswa ezivenini, ukuba loo mapolisa ayekwazi njani ukumamela ngokungakhathali kangako izigxeko zolwaphulo-mthetho olwenziwa eluntwini kunye nokubhengezwa kothintelo olusongela ubomi bezigidi zabantu, olwalusenziwa kwizakhiwo. sema phambi. Angathini ke la magosa emva kokuva izibongozo zethu namabali abantwana ababhuqwa yindlala ngaphandle kokusabela, athabathe amanyathelo angqongqo ukuze asuse umqobo wethu ongenabundlobongela kubaphuli mthetho? Ngaba abazange bazibuze enoba babebamba abantu abangafanelekanga kusini na?
Ukuvalwa kwe-Yemen lulwaphulo-mthetho olubi lolona hlobo luphezulu, ukuphulwa kwe-Charter yeZizwe eziManyeneyo kunye neSibhengezo seHlabathi samaLungelo oLuntu kunye nezinye izivumelwano zamazwe ngamazwe. Ukuthatha inxaxheba kwe-US kwimfazwe yaseYemen kukwaphulwa kwamagunya emfazwe kuMgaqo-siseko wase-United States, ubuncinci. Ukunyanzeliswa "kokuthintelwa" kwethu okuthobekileyo kweMishini yase-United States eSigxina kwiZizwe eziManyeneyo, ngokuchaseneyo, akuzange kugrogrise mntu. Akukho mntu wagulayo okanye wafa ngenxa yokuba sasimi kuloo mnyango. KwiLizwana laseNew York, ukuziphatha kakubi kukwaphula umthetho, akugqalwa njengolwaphulo-mthetho konke konke. Okwangoku, i-NYPD ikhetha ukungahoyi ukubulala okwenziwe kwisibetho sayo kunye nokuchitha izixhobo zayo ezimangalisayo ukubamba kunye nokutshutshisa abemi abathobela umthetho abafuna ukupheliswa kolwaphulo-mthetho oluchasene neYemen.
Uqhankqalazo lwethu lwaqala eRalph Bunche Park, ethiywe ngegama lomnye wabaseki beZizwe eziManyeneyo kunye nomntu wokuqala ontsundu waseMelika owafumana iNobel Peace Prize ngo-1950. Ekrolwe kwipavement yamatye kukho la mazwi aphuma kuMnumzana Bunche athetha nanamhlanje. eYemen nakungquzulwano oluninzi lwehlabathi namhlanje: “Uxolo, ukuze lube nentsingiselo kwabaninzi abazi ukubandezeleka kuphela kokubini uxolo nemfazwe, lumele luguqulelwe ekubeni sisonka okanye irayisi, ikhusi, impilo, nemfundo, kwananjengoko kuthethwa ngako. inkululeko kunye nesidima somntu - ubomi obungcono ngokuthe ngcembe. Ukuba uxolo luya kunqabiseka, ukuzeka kade umsindo nokulamba ixesha elide, abantu behlabathi abalityalwayo, abangathathi ntweni nabangondlekanga, bamele baqalise ukuqonda ngaphandle kokulibazisa idinga lemini entsha nobomi obutsha.”
