UKUKHULULWA OKUPHAKATHI
January 25, 2021
Oxhumana nabo beMidiya:
World BEYOND War: canada@worldbeyondwar.org
I-Labour Against the Arms Trade: sblack2@brocku.ca
Ngokuthunyelwa kwezikhali zaseCanada eSaudi Arabia: U-Anthony Fenton, umfundi wezobudokotela eYork University, fentona@me.com
Landela i-twitter.com/wbwCanada kanye ne-twitter.com/LAATCanada ukuze uthole izithombe nezibuyekezo ngesikhathi se-rally. Izithombe ezinesinqumo esiphezulu ziyatholakala uma ziceliwe.
OKUPHUTHUMAYO: Izishoshovu zivimba amaloli enkampanini ethutha izikhali eSaudi Arabia, zifuna iCanada iyeke ukubhebhethekisa impi eYemen
IHamilton, e-Ontario - Amalungu kanye nabalingani bezinhlangano ezilwa nempi World BEYOND War kanye neLabour Against the Arms Trade bavimba amaloli ePaddock Transport International, inkampani yezokuthutha endaweni yaseHamilton ehilelekile ekuthumeleni izimoto zempi ezilula ezenziwe eCanada eSaudi Arabia.
Izishoshovu zicela iPaddock ukuthi iqede ukubandakanyeka kwayo empini enonya eholwa yiSaudi eYemen, ebulale abantu abacishe babe yingxenye yesine yesigidi, futhi zicela uhulumeni waseCanada ukuthi ayeke ukuthunyelwa kwezikhali eSaudi Arabia.
“Lo mbhikisho uyingxenye yosuku lomhlaba wonke lokulwa nempi yaseYemen oluhlanganisa izinhlangano ezingaphezu kuka-300 emazweni angu-17,” kusho uRachel Small wase-United States. World BEYOND War.
"Abantu kulo lonke elaseCanada bafuna uhulumeni wobumbano aqede ngokushesha ukuthunyelwa kwezikhali eSaudi Arabia futhi andise usizo lwabantu baseYemen."
I-Yemen namuhla iseyinkinga embi kakhulu yabantu emhlabeni, ngokusho kweNhlangano Yezizwe. Bangaphezu kwezigidi ezi-4 abantu asebexoshiwe ngenxa yempi, kanti u-80% wabantu, kuhlanganise nezingane eziyizigidi ezingu-12.2, baludinga kakhulu usizo losizo. Ukwengeza kulesi simo esivele sibi kakhulu, iYemen inezinga eliphezulu lokufa kweCovid-19 elibi kakhulu emhlabeni - libulala umuntu oyedwa kwaba-4 abahlolwa ukuthi banalo.
Le nkinga yobuntu iwumphumela oqondile wempi eholwa yiSaudi esekelwa yiNtshonalanga kanye nomkhankaso wamabhomu ongakhethi oye wahlasela iYemen kusukela ngoMashi 2015, kanye nokuvinjelwa komoya, umhlaba kanye nolwandle okuvimbela izimpahla kanye nosizo oludingeka kakhulu ukuthi lufinyelele kubantu baseYemen.
Naphezu kobhubhane lomhlaba wonke kanye nezimemezelo ezivela kwiZizwe Ezihlangene zokuthi kube nokumiswa komlilo emhlabeni wonke, iCanada iqhubekile nokuthumela izikhali eSaudi Arabia. Kusukela ekuqaleni kobhubhane, iCanada ithumele izikhali ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-750 zamaRandi eSaudi Arabia, okuyingxenye yesivumelwano sezikhali samaRandi ayizigidi eziyi-15 zamaRandi.
“Iningi labantu baseCanada aliqapheli ukuthi izikhali ezenziwe lapha ziyaqhubeka nokukhuthaza impi eye yaholela ekufeni kwamakhulu ezinkulungwane zabantu,” kusho uSimon Black, uprofesa eBrock University kanye nelungu leLabour Against the Arms Trade, inhlangano yabalweli bokuthula kanye nezishoshovu zabasebenzi ezisebenzela ukuqeda ukubamba iqhaza kweCanada ekuhwebeni ngezikhali kwamanye amazwe.
“Amazwe afana neJalimane, iFinland, iNetherlands, iDenmark neSweden wonke akhansele izivumelwano zawo zezikhali neSaudi Arabia,” kusho yena. “Akukho nhlobo isizathu sokuthi iCanada ingakwazi ukwenza okufanayo futhi isize ekuqedeni le mpi.”
Izimoto ezihlomile ezilula ezikhiqizwe yi-General Dynamics Land Systems, eLondon, e-Ontario, zithuthwa ziyiswe echwebeni yi-Paddock Transport International, lapho zilayishwa khona emikhunjini yase-Saudi (bheka https://www.facebook.com/chris.hanlon.8626/posts/10157385425186615).
“Ingane eYemen iyafa njalo ngemizuzu eyishumi ngenxa yale mpi eyesabekayo. Njengomzali, ngingakunaki kanjani ukuthi amathangi enziwe eCanada adlula eduze kwami endleleni eya esimweni esibi kakhulu sobuntu emhlabeni?” kusho uSmall.
“Abantu abasebenzayo eCanada bafuna imisebenzi efaka isandla emphakathini ongcono, indawo ehlanzekile kanye nomhlaba onokuthula, hhayi leyo ekhiqiza izikhali zempi futhi ilimaze futhi ibulale amadoda, abesifazane nezingane ezingenacala,” kusho uBlack.
"ICanada kumele ijoyine amanye amazwe entando yeningi emhlabeni wonke futhi iqede ngokushesha ukukhiqizwa kwayo nokuthunyelwa kwezikhali eSaudi Arabia."
UMLANDO
Izinhlangano ze-UN kanye nezinhlangano zosizo ziye zabhala ngokuphindaphindiwe ukuthi ayikho ikhambi lezempi elingenzeka empini yamanje e-Yemen. Okuwukuphela kwento eyenziwa ukunikezwa kwezikhali njalo e-Yemen ukwandisa ubutha, nokwandisa ukuhlupheka kanye nenani labafileyo.
NgoSepthemba 2020, umbiko we-UN Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen wabiza iCanada njengenye yamazwe “aqhubekisela phambili ingxabano” eYemen ngokuthengiswa kwezikhali okuqhubekayo eSaudi Arabia.
Ngomhlaka-17 Septhemba, usuku lokugubha unyaka owodwa iCanada yangena kwi-Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), inhlangano yezinhlangano zomphakathi ezimele ingxenye ehlukahlukene yabasebenzi baseCanada, ukulawulwa kwezikhali, amalungelo abantu, izinhlangano zokuphepha zomhlaba wonke kanye nokuthula zabhalela uNdunankulu uTrudeau incwadi evulekile ephinda iphikisa ukuqhubeka kwazo nokukhishwa kwezimvume zokuthumela izikhali eSaudi Arabia nguhulumeni weLiberal. Le ncwadi yayiyingxenye yosuku lwesenzo saseCanada oluhlanganisa wonke amazwe ngokumelene nokuthunyelwa kwezikhali eSaudi Arabia, okwesibili kohlobo lwayo ngo-2020.
I-ATT iyisivumelwano samazwe ngamazwe esilawula ukuhweba ngezikhali. Sidinga amazwe ukuthi ahlole ukuthunyelwa kwezikhali kwamanye amazwe futhi anqume ukuthi kukhona yini ingozi angasetshenziswa ukwenza noma ukwenza lula ukwephulwa okukhulu komthetho wobuntu wamazwe ngamazwe noma umthetho wamalungelo abantu wamazwe ngamazwe. Siphinde sivimbele ukuthunyelwa kwezikhali emazweni lapho "kunengozi enkulu" ukuthi zingalimaza ukuthula nokuvikeleka. ICanada ibilokhu iyilungu le-ATT unyaka owodwa futhi iboshwe ngokusemthethweni yisivumelwano.
Incwadi yangomhlaka-17 kuMandulo eya kuNdunankulu uTrudeau yayiyincwadi yesine efana nalena eveza ukukhathazeka mayelana nemiphumela emibi yokuziphatha, yezomthetho, yamalungelo abantu kanye neyobuntu yokuthunyelwa kwezikhali eCanada eSaudi Arabia okuqhubekayo. Abasayinile abakatholi impendulo evela kuNdunankulu noma kongqongqoshe beKhabhinethi abafanele ngalolu daba.
Izibopho zomthetho ngaphansi kwe-ATT azizange zivimbele ukusekelwa kukahulumeni weLiberal kokuthunyelwa kwezikhali eSaudi Arabia. Ngonyaka ofanayo lapho iCanada yavuma khona i-ATT, ukuthunyelwa kwayo kwezikhali eSaudi Arabia kuphindwe kabili, kwanda kusuka cishe ku-$1.3 billion ngo-2018, kwaya cishe ku-$2.9 billion ngo-2019. Ukuthunyelwa kwezikhali eSaudi Arabia manje kungaphezu kuka-75% wezimpahla ezithunyelwa ngaphandle kwezempi zaseCanada ezingezona ezase-US. Usizo lobuntu oluthenjiswe yiCanada eYemen, $40 million, alunamsebenzi uma luqhathaniswa.
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