UKUKHULULWA OKUPHAKATHI
January 25, 2021
Oxhumana nabo beMidiya:
World BEYOND War: canada@worldbeyondwar.org
Umsebenzi Wezokuhweba Ngezikhali: sblack2@brocku.ca
Ukuthunyelwa kwezingalo zaseCanada eSaudi Arabia: U-Anthony Fenton, umfundi wobudokotela eYunivesithi yaseYork, fentona@me.com
Landela i-twitter.com/wbwCanada ne-twitter.com/LAATCanada ngezithombe nezibuyekezo phakathi ne-rally. Izithombe ezinokucaciswa okuphezulu ziyatholakala uma uceliwe.
UKUQHUBEKA: Izishoshovu zivimba amaloli enkampanini ethutha izikhali eSaudi Arabia, zifuna iCanada iyeke ukubhebhethekisa impi eYemen
IHamilton, Ontario - Amalungu nabasizi bezinhlangano ezilwa impi World BEYOND War kanti iLabour Against the Arms Trade ivimba amaloli ePaddock Transport International, okuyinkampani yezokuthutha yasendaweni yaseHamilton ebambe iqhaza ekuthumeleni izimoto ezenziwe eCanada, ezihlome ngezikhali ezilula ziye eSaudi Arabia.
Izishoshovu zibiza uPaddock ukuba aqede ukubandakanyeka kwakhe empini ebiholwa iSaudi e-Yemen, ebulale abantu abacishe babe yikota yesigidi, futhi bacela uhulumeni waseCanada ukuthi aqede ukuthunyelwa kwezikhali eSaudi Arabia.
"Lo mbukiso uyingxenye yosuku lomhlaba wonke lokulwa nempi yase-Yemen enezinhlangano ezingaphezu kuka-300 emazweni ayi-17," kusho uRachel Small World BEYOND War.
"Abantu kulo lonke elaseCanada bafuna uhulumeni wesifundazwe aqede ngokushesha ukuthunyelwa kwezikhali eSaudi Arabia futhi andise usizo lwabantu baseYemen."
I-Yemen namuhla isalokhu iyinkinga ebucayi yobuntu emhlabeni, ngokusho kweNhlangano Yezizwe. Bangaphezu kwezigidi ezine abantu abasele dengwane ngenxa yempi, kanti abantu abangama-4%, kubandakanya nezingane eziyizigidi eziyi-80, badinga usizo losizo. Ukwengeza kulesi simo esivele sibucayi, iYemen inesibalo esibi kunazo zonke sokufa kukaCovid-12.2 emhlabeni - ibulala umuntu oyedwa kwabane ohlolelwa ukuthi unegciwane.
Le nkinga yokusizakala ingumphumela oqondile womkhankaso osekelwa iWestern, oholwa yiSaudi kanye nomkhankaso wokuqhuma kwamabhomu ongakhethi oye wahlasela iYemen kusukela ngoMashi 2015, kanye nokuvinjelwa komoya, umhlaba nolwandle okuvimba izimpahla nezidingo ezidingeka kakhulu ekufinyeleleni abantu baseYemen.
Ngaphandle kobhadane lomhlaba wonke kanye nezincingo ezivela kwiZizwe Ezihlangene zokuthi kumiswe ukulwa emhlabeni jikelele, iCanada iqhubekile nokuthumela izikhali eSaudi Arabia. Kusukela kwaqala ubhadane, iCanada ithumele izikhali ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingama- $ 750 eSaudi Arabia, okuyingxenye yesivumelwano sezikhali ezingama- $ 15 billion.
“Abantu abaningi baseCanada abaqapheli ukuthi izikhali ezenziwe lapha ziyaqhubeka nokubhebhethekisa impi eholele ekufeni kwamakhulu ezinkulungwane zabantu,” kusho uSimon Black, uprofesa waseBrock University futhi oyilungu leLabour Against the Arms Trade, umfelandawonye yezishoshovu zokuthula nezabasebenzi ezisebenza ukuqeda ukubamba iqhaza kweCanada ekuhwebeni ngezikhali emhlabeni jikelele.
"Amazwe anjengeJalimane, iFinland, iNetherlands, iDenmark neSweden onke asesulile isivumelwano sawo sezikhali neSaudi Arabia," esho. "Asikho neze isizathu esenza iCanada ingakwazi ukwenza okufanayo futhi isize ukuqeda le mpi."
Izimoto ezilula ezikhishwe yiGeneral Dynamics Land Systems, eLondon, e-Ontario, ziyiswa ethekwini yiPaddock Transport International, lapho zilayishwa khona emikhunjini yaseSaudi (bona https://www.facebook.com/chris.hanlon.8626/ okuthunyelwe / 10157385425186615).
“Ingane eYemen ifa njalo ngemizuzu eyishumi ngenxa yale mpi enyantisayo. Njengomzali, ngingakushaya indiva kanjani ukuthi amathangi enziwe eCanada aginqika kimi esendleleni eya esimweni esibi kunazo zonke emhlabeni? ” Kusho uSmall.
“Abantu abasebenza eCanada bafuna imisebenzi enikela emphakathini ongcono, indawo ehlanzekile nezwe elinokuthula, hhayi labo abenza izikhali zempi futhi balimaze futhi babulale abesilisa, abesifazane nezingane abangenacala,” kusho uBlack.
"ICanada kumele ijoyine amanye amademokhrasi emhlabeni wonke futhi iqede ngokushesha ukukhiqizwa kwayo nokuthunyelwa kwezikhali eSaudi Arabia."
UMLANDO
Izinhlangano ze-UN nezinhlangano zosizo zikubhalile kaninginingi ukuthi asikho isixazululo samasosha empini ekhona manje e-Yemen. Ukuphela kwokunikezwa kwezingalo njalo e-Yemen kukhulisa ubutha, futhi kukhulisa ukuhlupheka kanye nenani labafileyo.
NgoSepthemba 2020, umbiko we-UN Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen wabiza iCanada njengelinye lamazwe “aqhubekisa ukungqubuzana” e-Yemen ngokuthengisela izikhali okuqhubekayo eSaudi Arabia.
NgoSepthemba 17, isikhumbuzo sonyaka owodwa sokungena kweCanada ku-Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), umfelandawonye wezinhlangano zomphakathi ezimele isigaba esiphambene sabasebenzi baseCanada, ezokulawulwa kwezingalo, amalungelo abantu, ezokuphepha zomhlaba wonke nezinhlangano zokuthula zabhala evulekile incwadi eya kuNdunankulu uTrudeau iphinda ukuphikisana kwabo okuqhubekayo nokukhishwa kukahulumeni waseLiberal izimvume zokuthumela ngaphandle izikhali eSaudi Arabia. Le ncwadi ibiyingxenye yosuku lwaseCanada lokulwa nokuthunyelwa kwezikhali eSaudi Arabia, okwesibili kwalolu hlobo ngo-2020.
I-ATT yisivumelwano samazwe omhlaba esilawula ukuhweba ngezikhali. Kudinga amazwe ukuthi ahlole ukuthunyelwa kwezikhali futhi anqume ukuthi ngabe kukhona yini ubungozi angasetshenziselwa ukwenza noma ukwenza lula ukwephulwa okunamandla komthetho wobuntu wamazwe omhlaba noma umthetho wamazwe omhlaba wamalungelo abantu. Iphinde ivimbele ukuthunyelwa kwezikhali emazweni lapho kukhona "ingozi enkulu" engacekela phansi ukuthula nokuphepha. ICanada ibililungu lombuso ku-ATT unyaka owodwa futhi iboshwe ngokusemthethweni yisivumelwano.
Incwadi kaSepthemba 17 eya kuNdunankulu uTrudeau yayiyincwadi yesine enjalo ephakamisa ukukhathazeka mayelana nokuziphatha okunamandla, kwezomthetho, kwamalungelo abantu kanye nemithelela yokusiza kwezimpahla eziqhubekayo zaseCanada ezithunyelwa eSaudi Arabia. Abasayinile abakayitholi impendulo evela kuNdunankulu noma ongqongqoshe beKhabhinethi abafanele ngalolu daba.
Izibopho zomthetho ngaphansi kwe-ATT azikuthikazisanga ukuxhaswa kukahulumeni waseLiberal ngokuthunyelwa kwezikhali eSaudi Arabia. Ngonyaka ofanayo lapho iCanada yavuma khona i-ATT, ukuthunyelwa kwezingalo zayo eSaudi Arabia kwaphindeka ngaphezu kokuphindwe kabili, kwanda kusuka cishe ku- $ 1.3 billion ngo-2018, kuya cishe ku- $ 2.9 billion ngo-2019. -US ezithunyelwa ngaphandle kwezempi. Usizo lwaseCanada lokuzibophezela ekusizeni iYemen, amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-75, amapheya uma kuqhathaniswa.
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