(Yuni 1, 2007) — Ofishin Shaidun Jehobah/Washington ya aika da wasiƙa zuwa ga shugaba Bush game da tallafin Asusun Kula da Yawan Jama’a na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya (UNFPA). Wasikar mai kwanan wata 20 ga Afrilu Phil Jones ne ya sanya wa hannu a matsayin daraktan ofishin, wanda ma’aikatar Babban Hukumar ce.
Wasikar ta bayyana asusun a matsayin "Hukumar ci gaba ta kasa da kasa da ke inganta 'yancin kowane mace, namiji da yaro don jin dadin rayuwa na lafiya da dama," kuma ya ce asusun yana tallafawa kasashe a "amfani da bayanan yawan jama'a don manufofi da shirye-shirye don a rage radadin talauci da tabbatar da duk wani ciki da ake son ciki, kowace haihuwa ta zauna lafiya, kowane matashi ba ya dauke da cutar kanjamau, kuma mace da mace ana girmama su da mutunci.”
Dangane da matakin da Cocin ’yan’uwa na shekara-shekara na taron shekara-shekara na tallafawa Goals na Ƙarni na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, wasiƙar ta bayyana a wani bangare, “Daya daga cikin abubuwan da ke damun cocinmu a yau shi ne rashin isassun kiwon lafiya da tallafin mata a duniyarmu. Binciken da aka yi ta maimaitawa ya nuna cewa, saboda rashin isassun kiwon lafiya, rashin abinci mai gina jiki, karancin ilimi, da sauran yanayi da yanayi da talauci da yunwa ke haifarwa da miliyoyin mata ke fuskantar barazana ta fuskar lafiyarsu, kuma galibin lafiyar ‘ya’yansu. ”
Manufofin Ci gaban Ƙarni sun fahimci takamaiman manufofin ilimi da ƙarfafawa mata, rage yawan mace-macen yara, da kula da lafiyar mata masu juna biyu.
A wani labari daga Ofishin Brothers Witness/Washington, wani faɗakarwa a ranar 31 ga Mayu ya gayyaci ’yan’uwa su goyi bayan ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce a kan azabtarwa. Ofishin ya bi sahun abokan tarayya da sauran al’ummomin imani da kungiyoyi masu tushen bangaskiya wajen amincewa da wata sanarwa da Ƙungiya ta Addini ta Ƙasa ta Ƙarfafa azabtarwa: “Azaba ta keta mutuncin ɗan adam da dukan addinai suka ɗauka. Yana kaskantar da duk wanda ke da hannu - masu tsara manufofi, masu aikata laifuka da wadanda abin ya shafa. Ya ci karo da kyawawan manufofin al'ummarmu. Duk wasu manufofin da ke ba da izinin azabtarwa da cin zarafi na ɗan adam abin ban tsoro ne kuma ba za a iya jure wa ɗabi'a ba. Babu wani abu da ya rage a cikin rikicin cin zarafi kamar ruhin al'ummarmu. Menene yake nunawa idan an hukunta azabtarwa a cikin magana amma an yarda da aiki? Bari Amurka ta kawar da azabtarwa a yanzu - ba tare da keɓancewa ba. "
“’Yan’uwa sun daɗe da fahimta daga nassi cewa dukan mutane an halicce su cikin surar Allah (Farawa 1:26-27) saboda haka sun cancanci daraja da daraja daga sauran ’yan Adam (1 Yohanna 4:20); da kuma cewa Yesu ya kira mu mu ƙaunaci magabtanmu (Luka 6:27) kuma mu yi wa wasu yadda za mu so su yi mana (Matta 7:12),” in ji faɗakarwar aikin. "Daga maganganun 'yan'uwa na farko mun karanta, 'Ba mu sami 'yanci wajen bayarwa, ko yin, ko taimakawa a cikin wani abu da aka lalata ko cutar da rayukan maza [da mata]' (Pennsylvania Assembly 1775)."
Ofishin yana ƙarfafa halartan ranar 26 ga Yuni "Ranar Ayyukan Maido da Shari'a da Adalci" a Washington, DC, wanda Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyoyin Addini ta Ƙasa ta Ƙarfafa azabtarwa, Ƙungiyar 'Yancin Jama'ar Amirka, Amnesty International, da Majalisar Jagoranci akan 'Yancin Bil'adama. Ana sa ran kimanin mutane 2,000 ne a wani gangamin da za a yi da karfe 11:30 na safe a tsaunin Capitol, kuma da rana za su ja kunnen ‘yan majalisar dokokin da su kawo karshen azabtarwa da gidajen yari na sirri, da maido da tsare-tsare da yin adalci ga wadanda ake tsare da su, da kuma gyara yadda ake cin zarafin kwamitocin soja. Yi aiki ta hanyar kafa Dokar Maido da Tsarin Mulki. Za a gayyaci wakilai biyu ko uku daga kungiyoyin da za su halarci taron tattaunawa na ranar da karfe 5:30 na yamma, kuma ana gayyatar limaman da suka halarci taron su halarci taron manema labarai. Nemo bayani game da taron gangami da ranar shiga a http://action.aclu.org/site/DocServer/flyer-v2_sm_a.pdf?docID=1361. Ya kamata mahalarta suyi rajista a http://www.tortureisamoralissue.org/. ACLU tana ba da jigilar bas kyauta daga wasu wurare kusa da gabar gabas da kuma daga garuruwa da yawa a tsakiyar yamma, duba http://www.juneaction.org/.
Wani taron mai zuwa yana karɓar tallafi shine taron Jubilee Amurka a Chicago akan Yuni 15-17. Jubilee USA Network ƙawance ce ta ƙungiyoyin addinai 75 da al'ummomin bangaskiya, 'yancin ɗan adam, muhalli, ƙwadago, da ƙungiyoyin al'umma, gami da Brethren Witness/Washington Office, wanda ke aiki don soke murƙushe basussuka don yaƙi da talauci da rashin adalci a Asiya, Afirka, da Latin Amurka. Taron zai kasance a harabar jami'ar Loyola da ke tsakiyar gari, kuma zai gabatar da masu jawabi daga Senegal, Haiti, Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo, da Ecuador, tare da karawa juna sani, kade-kade, wake-wake, wasan raye-raye, da abinci. Nunawa na musamman ya ƙunshi “Bamako,” sabon fim ɗin da fitaccen darakta na ƙasar Mali Abderrahmane Sissako ya yi, wanda ke nuna wani gwaji na almara na IMF da Bankin Duniya kan manufofi a Afirka. Taron buɗe taron Grassroots akan Yuni 15 a 7 na yamma yana nuna Amy Goodman na Dimokuradiyya Yanzu! da Godfrey 'Gado' Mwampembwa, ɗan wasan barkwanci na siyasa ɗan ƙasar Tanzaniya, kuma yana da 'yanci kuma yana buɗewa ga jama'a. Akwai iyakataccen adadin tallafin karatu na balaguro, kamar yadda yake da gidaje kyauta tare da magoya bayan Jubilee na gida. Don ƙarin bayani, ziyarci http://www.jubileeusa.org/.
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