Amaphoyisa ase-Uganda aphendule ngodlame kubabhikishi, kwashona okungenani abangama-37, kwalimala abanye abangaphezu kuka-65, kwavalelwa nababhikishi abalinganiselwa ku-350 base-Uganda. Ngenhlonipho i-TASSC icela ukuthi i-United States ibambe iqhaza ekuholeni iziphathimandla zase-Uganda ezibhekene nalokhu kwephulwa komthetho okuyisisekelo kwamalungelo abantu.
Ukuboshwa nokuvalelwa kwalowo ozongenela ukhetho lobumengameli, uRobert Kyagulanyi, kuyizimpawu zokucindezela okwandayo kosopolitiki abaphikisayo ngaphambi E-Uganda Ukhetho lukazwelonke oluhlelelwe uJanuwari 2021. Iziphathimandla zase-Uganda kufanele zimdedele ngokushesha uKyagulanyi futhi ngaphandle kwemibandela futhi zihloniphe amalungelo abantu okukhalaza ngokuthula ukuboshwa kwakhe.
Abezokuphepha babopha uKyagulanyi, odume ngelikaBobi Wine, ngoNovemba 18, 2020, esifundeni saseLuuka, e-Eastern Uganda, ngaphambi komhlangano wokukhankasela obekuhleliwe. Okhulumela amaphoyisa, uFred Enanga, uthe isitatimende ukuthi uKyagulanyi, ozongenela ukhetho lobumengameli weNational Unity Platform, uboshelwe izinsolo zokwephula imithetho yeCovid-19 ngokuhlanganisa izixuku ezinkulu emihlanganweni yakhe yomkhankaso. A okhulumela uKyagulanyi uthe ukuthi abameli bakhe banqatshelwe ukufinyelela kuye. Iziphathimandla iphendule nge-teargas nangezinhlamvu ezibukhoma emibhikishweni eyalandela eKampala nakwezinye izindawo, eyaholela ekufeni, nokulimala.
Umuntu wase-Uganda eTurboNews umfundi ubike izindaba eziphuthumayo efingqa isimo esethusayo samalungelo abantu e-Uganda ethi: “Lezi zinsolo ziyiqiniso. Ngempela ngasinda odlameni ngoba ngaya enkabeni yedolobha. ”
UNicholas Opiyo, ongummeli wamalungelo abantu e-Uganda, uthe ubhale kuFacebook wakhe.
“Kuyibhizinisi elejwayelekile ezinhlangothini ezimbili. Okokuqala ukunganakwa, empeleni, ukuvikelwa kwabenzi bobudlova obabangelwa umbuso ngo-2016 eKasese. Okwesibili, ukuchitheka kabusha kwegazi, ukubulawa okungekho emthethweni kombuso kaMuseveni eKasese, amakhulu asaboshiwe ngezinsolo zokuvukela umbuso nobuphekula kanti ababulali bakaKasese banyuselwa kulokho okungasho ukuvunyelwa kwezenzo zabo ezimbi. Emigwaqweni yaseKampala, kuvuselelwe ukubulawa kwabantu kulandela ukuboshwa kukaBobi. Futhi, amakhulu aboshelwe ukubamba iqhaza ekuboniseni ngenkathi ababulali bezakhamizi ezingama-80 bengahlomile emigwaqweni ubukhathazwa yimiphumela yezenzo zabo. ”
I-US isekelwe Ukuqedwa Kokuhlukunyezwa Nokusinda Kwabumbene (TASSC), ihlose ukuqeda umkhuba wokuhlushwa noma kuphi lapho kwenzeka khona futhi isekele abasindile njengoba bezinika amandla, imindeni yabo kanye nemiphakathi noma ngabe ukuphi
Izolo abakwaTASSC baphakamise izinsimbi zokuhlaba umkhosi e-Uganda.
Emigwaqweni yaseKampala, kuvuselelwe ukubulawa kwabantu kulandela ukuboshwa kukaBobi. Nakulokhu, amakhulu aboshelwe ukubamba iqhaza ekuboniseni ngenkathi ababulali bezakhamizi ezingama-80 bengahlomile emigwaqweni ukhathazwe yimiphumela yesenzo sabo
Esitatimendeni esithunyelwe ngabezindaba ngoLwesihlanu i-TASSC icela ngenhlonipho ukuthi i-United States ibambe iqhaza ekuholeni izikhulu zase-Uganda ezibhekene nalokhu kwephula umthetho oyisisekelo wamalungelo abantu.
Ukuhlanganiswa Kwabahlukumezekile Nabasindile Basekela Ukubumbana (TASSC) yasungulwa ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nezidingo zabasinda ekuhlukunyezweni nasekushushisweni kanye nokukhuthaza ukuvinjelwa kokuhlukunyezwa nokusekelwa kwabasindile. I-TASSC inikeza abasindile inqwaba yezinsizakalo, kufaka phakathi izinsizakalo zenhlalakahle, ukwelulekwa ngokomqondo, ukumelwa ngokomthetho, ukuthuthukiswa kwabasebenzi, kanye nommeli wokuqeda ukuhlukunyezwa emhlabeni jikelele.
Uhulumeni wase-Uganda ubhekwe ngamehlo abukhali futhi ekufanele kakhulu ukwephula kwakhe amalungelo abantu okusabalele eminyakeni yamuva. I-TASSC isinake lokhu kuhlukunyezwa ngokugxila kabusha ezinyangeni ezedlule, ifunde kwabasindile kanye nezishoshovu zamaphethini wokuboshwa ngokungenasizathu, ukuhlukunyezwa kwabaphikisi bezepolitiki, amajele angekho emthethweni, izimo zokuboshwa ezingenabuntu, neminye imikhuba emibi yeziphathimandla zase-Uganda.
Kodwa-ke, i-TASSC iyethuka ngokwengeziwe ngezenzo zakamuva kakhulu zeziphathimandla zase-Uganda. Njengoba ukhetho lukazwelonke selusondele futhi nokuphikisana nombuso wamanje kukhula, uhulumeni waseMuseveni manje ususebenzisa ubhadane lwe-COVID-19 njengendlela yokuvala lokho kuphikisa. Ezinyangeni eziyisishiyagalombili ezedlule, lisebenzise imingcele yobhadane njengebhaxa lokubopha nokuhlukumeza izishoshovu ezaziwayo zase-Uganda kanye nokufaka uvalo kubantu abavamile ngokushaya ngonya ngisho nokubulala izakhamizi zalo ngokuzibandakanya kwezentengiselwano emgwaqweni ukuze zisinde e-Uganda Ukuvalwa thaqa kwezwe ngenxa ye-covid19.
Ngokudabukisayo, lokhu kuhlukunyezwa kuye kwaba kubi kakhulu. Ukusetshenziswa kukahulumeni ubhadane njengesizathu sengcindezelo kuqhume emasontweni amabili edlule. Ngomhlaka-3 Novemba, iziphathimandla zabopha abantu ababefuna ukuba ngumengameli, uBobi Wine noPatrick Amuriat, ngesikhathi bezama ukubhalisela ukhetho lwabo, okwakuthiwa abalandeli bakhe ababehlangene ukuzobasekela beqa umkhawulo wobukhulu besixuku sase-Uganda. Ngesikhathi eboshwa, uBobi Wine waphuphuthekiswa isikhashana ngamaphoyisa.
Esontweni eledlule, iziphathimandla zase-Uganda zidalule igagasi elisha lokucindezela nodlame lwezepolitiki, zaphinde zasebenzisa lolu bhubhane njengebhaxa lokwephula amalungelo abantu. Yize umbuso obusayo wawubambe imicimbi yawo emikhulu yomkhankaso, ngoNovemba 18, uBobi Wine waphinde waboshwa waboshwa ngemuva komhlangano wabalandeli, okungenzeka ukuthi wephula imithetho ye-COVID-19 yobukhulu besixuku. Ukuphendula ukuboshwa kukaWine, abalandeli bakhe babambe imibhikisho enhlokodolobha yase-Uganda iKampala nakwamanye amadolobha. Kamuva, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuphepha e-Uganda wasivikela lesi sibhicongo, watshela ababhikishi ukuthi: “Amaphoyisa anelungelo lokukudubula wena futhi uzofela into engekho.”
Ngaphandle kokuthi umphakathi wamazwe omhlaba uthathe isinyathelo sokulahla nokuvimbela ukwephulwa kwamalungelo abantu ngonya kukahulumeni, lolu dlame luyoba lubi kakhulu. I-TASSC izimisele ukunikeza obunye ubufakazi balokhu kuhlukunyezwa nalabo ababelana ngezikhalazo zethu.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Over the last eight months, it has used pandemic restrictions as a pretext to arrest and torture well-known Ugandan activists and to instill fear in the regular population by brutally beating and even killing its own citizens for engaging in simple street commerce to survive the Ugandan COVID-19 lockdown.
- Esitatimendeni esithunyelwe ngabezindaba ngoLwesihlanu i-TASSC icela ngenhlonipho ukuthi i-United States ibambe iqhaza ekuholeni izikhulu zase-Uganda ezibhekene nalokhu kwephula umthetho oyisisekelo wamalungelo abantu.
- The Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition (TASSC) was established to meet the needs of survivors of torture and persecution and to advocate for the prevention of torture and support for its survivors.
