NEW YORK—27 May 2023— Zigawenga za achi Houthi achita ziwawa pa msonkhano wamtendere ku Baha'is ku Sanaa, Yemen, pa Meyi 25, ndikumanga ndi kupha anthu osachepera 17, kuphatikiza azimayi asanu. Kuukiraku kwachititsa kuti anthu a ku Yemeni Baha'is agwedezeke chifukwa cha vuto laposachedwa kwambiri mpaka gulu lachipembedzo lomwe likuzunzidwa kwambiri mdzikolo. Bungwe la Baha'i International Community (BIC) likufuna kuti omangidwawo amasulidwe msanga.
A kanema Zowukira zaposachedwa zidagwidwa ndi Baha'is akulowa nawo pagulu kudzera pa Zoom.
Bungwe la BIC ladziwitsidwanso za zochitika zina zomwe zikusonyeza kuti kuukiraku kungakhale koyamba kuyesa kowonjezereka kwa chitetezo cha Baha'is kudutsa Yemen yomwe ikulamulidwa ndi Houthi. Tsatanetsatane wa zochitikazi zikubisidwa chifukwa cha chitetezo.
“M’chigawo chonse cha Aarabu tikuwona maboma akuyesetsa kuyesetsa kulimbikitsa mtendere, kuthetsa kusiyana kwa anthu kwachikale, kulimbikitsa kukhalirana mwamtendere, ndi kuyang’ana zam’tsogolo,” anatero Bani Dugal, Woimira Wamkulu wa BIC ku United Nations. "Koma ku Sanaa the de facto akuluakulu aku Houthi akulowera kwina, kuwirikiza kawiri kuzunzidwa kwa azipembedzo zing'onozing'ono, ndikuchita zigawenga zolimbana ndi anthu amtendere komanso opanda zida. A Houthi aphwanya lamulo ufulu waumunthu ya Baha'is ndi ena ambiri, mobwerezabwereza, ndipo iyenera kuyima.
Kuukiraku kudachitika pomwe gulu la Abaha'i lidasonkhana m'nyumba yapayekha kuti lisankhe bungwe lolamulira la anthu ammudzi. Kusunthaku ndikuphwanya koonekeratu ufulu wachipembedzo kapena chikhulupiriro ndi ufulu, pansi pa mapangano a mayiko, kusonkhanitsa ndi kuchita zochitika zachipembedzo ndi zamagulu.
A Baha'i alibe atsogoleri achipembedzo ndipo pachaka amapanga makonsolo oti azitumikira pa zosowa zauzimu ndi zakuthupi za madera awo.
Anthu a mtundu wa Baha'i ku Yemen akhala akuvutika kwa zaka zambiri akumangidwa, kutsekeredwa m'ndende, kufunsidwa mafunso ndi kuzunzidwa, komanso kusonkhezeredwa ndi anthu a chipani cha Houthi kuti agwirenso katundu wa Baha'i. Ma Baha'i angapo aku Yemeni adathamangitsidwa mdzikolo. Boma lakanabe mlandu wakale wotsutsana ndi 24 Baha'is.
"Ngakhale zokambirana zili mkati zothetsa nkhondo ku Yemen, tikuwona akuluakulu a Houthi akupitilizabe kuchita zachiwawa zozunza anthu awo," atero a Dugal. "Magulu apadziko lonse lapansi akuyenera kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zake kukakamiza a Houthis kulemekeza ufulu wa nzika zonse za Yemeni, kuyambira ndikumasulidwa kwa ma Baha'i 17 kapena kupitilira apo omwe adamangidwa pazachiwawazi, zopanda chilungamo. Yemeni Baha'is akufuna kutumikira dziko lawo, kulithandizira kuthana ndi mavuto omwe ali nawo pano, ndikuyesetsa kupititsa patsogolo mtendere ndi chitukuko chake. Zomvetsa chisoni kwambiri, panthawi yomvetsa chisoniyi, akuluakulu a Houthi asankha kuchita zinthu zochititsa manyazi ngati izi. "
