Mu majyaruguru ashyira uburengerazuba bwa Uganda, polisi yatangaje ko yafashe abagore babiri bari mu kigero cy’imyaka 20 bashinjwa gusomanira mu ruhame. Ifatwa ryabo ryabaye ku wa 18 Gashyantare nyuma y’uko abaturanyi babo babareze bavuga ko bababonye basomana, bakanafata amafoto bavuga ko ari ibimenyetso by’ibyabaye. Aba bagore bafunzwe hashingiwe ku itegeko rya 2023 rizwi nka Anti-Homosexuality Act, riteganya ibihano bikomeye ku cyitwa ubutinganyi.
Iri tegeko rishobora gutuma uhamwe n’icyaha ahanishwa igifungo cya burundu, ndetse mu byiswe “aggravated homosexuality” agahanishwa igihano cy’urupfu. Nubwo polisi yatangaje ko hari iperereza rikomeje, bivugwa ko nyuma yo gusaka aho batuye nta bimenyetso bifatika byabonetse. Ibi byakuruye impaka ndende mu gihugu no hanze yacyo.
Abaharanira uburenganzira bwa muntu bavuze ko iri fatwa rigaragaza uburyo iryo tegeko rishobora gukoreshwa mu gutera ubwoba no kubangamira abantu bakekwaho kuba mu muryango w’abaryamana bahuje ibitsina (LGBTQ+). Bagaragaza ko rishobora gutiza umurindi ibikorwa byo kubasebya, kubasahura no kubabuza uburenganzira bw’ibanze. Ku rundi ruhande, abayobozi ba Uganda bakomeje kuvuga ko iryo tegeko rigamije kurinda indangagaciro z’umuco n’imyemerere by’igihugu.
Iyi mpaka igaragaza itandukaniro riri hagati y’amategeko n’imyemerere y’imbere mu gihugu n’amahame mpuzamahanga y’uburenganzira bwa muntu. Ibi byabereye muri Uganda bikomeje gukurura amaso y’amahanga, byerekana uburyo amategeko arebana n’imyitwarire y’abantu ku giti cyabo ashobora kuba isoko y’impaka zikomeye ku rwego rw’igihugu no ku rwego mpuzamahanga.
