nguKathy Kelly, uJanuwari 1, 2018, Impi yicala lobugebengu.
Abantu abahlala manje edolobheni lesithathu ngobukhulu e-Yemen, i-Ta'iz, babekezelele izimo ezingacabangeki eminyakeni emithathu edlule. Izakhamuzi zesaba ukuphumela ngaphandle funa zidutshulwe umuntu odubulayo noma zinyathele ibhomu eligqitshwayo. Zombili izinhlangothi zempi yombango eya ziba zimbi zisebenzisa i-Howitzers, amaKaytushas, ama-mortars neminye imicibisholo ukugoqa idolobha. Izakhamuzi zithi ayikho indawo ephephile njengenye, futhi izinhlangano ezilwela amalungelo abantu zibika ukwephulwa okushaqisayo, okuhlanganisa nokuhlukunyezwa kwezithunjwa. Ezinsukwini ezimbili ezedlule, ibhomu lomfelandawonye eliholwa yiSaudi labulala abantu abangu-54 endaweni yemakethe egcwele abantu.
Ngaphambi kokuthi kuqale impi yombango, leli dolobha belithathwa njengenhloko-dolobha yamasiko esemthethweni yaseYemen, indawo lapho ababhali nezifundiswa, abaculi nezimbongi bakhetha ukuhlala khona. U-Ta'iz wayeyikhaya lenhlangano yentsha ephilayo, enobuhlakani ngesikhathi sokuvukela kwe-Arab Spring ka-2011. Izinsizwa nezintombi zihlele imibhikisho emikhulu zikhononda ngokucebisa abantu abasezingeni eliphezulu njengoba abantu abajwayelekile bezabalaza ukuze baphile.
Intsha yayidalula izimpande zezinkinga zobuntu ezimbi kakhulu emhlabeni namuhla.
Bebehlaba umkhosi ngokuwohloka kwamatafula amanzi okwenza kube nzima ukumba imithombo futhi kukhubaza umnotho wezolimo. Babecindezeleke ngokufanayo ngenxa yokuntuleka kwemisebenzi. Lapho abalimi nabelusi ababulawa indlala bethuthela emadolobheni, abantu abasha bangabona ukuthi ukwanda kwenani labantu kwakuzocindezela kanjani kakade izinhlelo ezinganele zokukhucululwa kwendle, ukukhucululwa kwendle nokulethwa kwezempilo. Bakhalale ukwesulwa kukahulumende wabo imali yokuthenga amafutha ezimota kanye lokuqonga kwentengo okubangele ukuthi. Bakhala ngokuthi kumele kuphinde kugxilwe kumgomo wokuyeka abantu abacebile futhi kudalwe amathuba emisebenzi kwabathweswe iziqu ezikoleni zamabanga aphezulu kanye nabasenyuvesi.
Naphezu kosizi lwabo, bakhetha ngokuzimisela emzabalazweni ongahlomile, ongenabudlova.
UDkt. Sheila Carapico, isazi-mlando esiwulandele eduze umlando wanamuhla waseYemen, saphawula iziqubulo ezamukelwa ababhikishi eTa’iz naseSana’a, ngo-2011: “Ukuhlala Sinokuthula Kuwukuzikhethela Kwethu,” nesithi “Ukuthula, Ukuthula, Cha Empini Yombango.”
UCarapico wengeza ngokuthi abanye babize uTa'iz ngesizinda sokuvukela umbuso. “Inhlangano yabafundi yakuleli dolobha efundele ezindaweni ezahlukene ithokozise abahlanganyeli bemibukiso ngomculo, iziketi, ama-caricature, imidwebo, amabhanela neminye imihlobiso yobuciko. Kwathwetshulwa izixuku: amadoda nabesifazane ndawonye; amadoda nabesifazane ngokwehlukana, bonke bengahlomile.”
NgoZibandlela wezi-2011, abantu abangu-150,000 bahamba amakhilomitha acishe abe ngu-200 besuka e-Ta'iz beya e-Sana'a, bekhuthaza ikhwelo labo loshintsho olunokuthula. Phakathi kwabo kwakukhona aboHlanga ababesebenza emapulazini nasemapulazini. Akuvamile ukuba bahambe ekhaya bengenazo izibhamu zabo, kodwa babekhethe ukubeka eceleni izikhali zabo bajoyine imashi enokuthula.
Kodwa-ke, labo ababusa iYemen iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amathathu, ngokubambisana nobukhosi obungomakhelwane baseSaudi Arabia obuphikisana kakhulu nokunyakaza kwentando yeningi noma kuphi eduze nemingcele yayo, baxoxisana ngohlelo lwezepolitiki olwaluhloselwe ukuhlanganisa ukungezwani ngenkathi libala ngaphandle iningi labantu baseYemeni ethonyeni lenqubomgomo. . Bazishaya indiva izimfuno zezinguquko ezingase zizwakale kubantu baseYemenis abajwayelekile futhi esikhundleni salokho bavumela ukushintshana kobuholi, esikhundleni sikaMengameli ongundlovukayiphikiswa u-Ali Abdullah Saleh wafaka u-Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, iphini lakhe likamongameli, njengomongameli ongakhethiwe waseYemen.
I-US kanye nama-petro-monarchies angomakhelwane asekela ama-elite anamandla. Ngesikhathi lapho amaYemenis ayedinga kakhulu uxhaso ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nezidingo zezigidi ezibulawa indlala, azishayanga mkhuba izicelo zentsha enokuthula efuna ushintsho olungaholwanga, futhi bathululela uxhaso “ekusetshenzisweni kwezokuphepha” - umbono odukisayo owawubhekisele ekuqhubekeni phambili kwezempi, okuhlanganisa nokuhlomisa izikhali. yomashiqela bamakhasimende ngokumelene nemiphakathi yabo.
Futhi-ke izinketho ezingenalo ubudlova zase ziphelile, futhi kwaqala impi yombango.
Manje iphupho elibi lendlala nezifo lezo ntsha enokuthula eyayizilindele selibe ngokoqobo elihlasimulisa umzimba, futhi idolobha labo laseTa'iz liguqulwa laba inkundla yempi.
Yini esingayifisela uTa'iz? Impela, besingeke sifise ukuthi inhlupho esabekayo yokuqhuma kwamabhomu asemoyeni ibangele ukufa, ukucwiywa kwezitho, ukucekelwa phansi kanye nokuhlukumezeka okuningi. Ngeke sifise ukuthi imigqa yempi igudluke idlule idolobha lonke kanye nemfucumfucu emigwaqweni ephawulwe ngegazi. Ngicabanga ukuthi abantu abaningi e-US ngeke bafisele ukwethuka okungaka kunoma yimuphi umphakathi futhi ngeke bafune ukuthi abantu base-Ta'iz bakhethelwe ukuhlupheka okwengeziwe. Esikhundleni salokho singakha imikhankaso emikhulu efuna isimemezelo saseMelika sokuthi kumiswe umlilo unomphela kanye nokuphela kwakho konke ukuthengiswa kwezikhali kunoma yimaphi amaqembu alwayo. Kodwa, uma i-US iqhubeka nokuhlomisa umfelandawonye oholwa yiSaudi, ukuthengisa amabhomu eSaudi Arabia kanye ne-UAE futhi ifake amabhomu aseSaudi aphakathi nendawo ukuze bakwazi ukuqhubeka nezenzo zabo ezibulalayo, abantu baseTaiz nakuyo yonke iYemen bazoqhubeka nokuhlupheka.
Abantu abakhungathekile e-Ta'iz bazolindela, nsuku zonke, ukuduma okugulayo, ukuqhuma okuhlukanisa izindlebe noma ukuqhuma okuduma okungase kudabule isidumbu sothandekayo, noma umakhelwane, noma ingane yomakhelwane; noma baguqule amakhaya abo abe yimfucumfucu, baguqule ukuphila kwabo kuze kube phakade noma babulale ukuphila kwabo ngaphambi kokuba usuku ludlule.
Kathy Kelly (kathy@vcnv.org) Ukubambisana kwamazwi e-Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org)
