{"id":825,"date":"2026-03-16T21:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T21:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edf-kivu.org\/?p=825"},"modified":"2026-03-16T21:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T21:08:11","slug":"ouganda-lactiviste-des-droits-humains-machanga-hemedi-agressee-par-des-policiers-dans-le-camp-de-refugies-de-nakivale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edf-kivu.org\/en\/ouganda-lactiviste-des-droits-humains-machanga-hemedi-agressee-par-des-policiers-dans-le-camp-de-refugies-de-nakivale\/825\/https:\/www.edf-kivu.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Ouganda : l\u2019activiste des droits humains Machanga Hemedi agress\u00e9e par des policiers dans le camp de r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s de Nakivale"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.edf-kivu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-3-683x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-826\" style=\"width:414px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edf-kivu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-3-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/www.edf-kivu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-3-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/www.edf-kivu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-3-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/www.edf-kivu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-3-8x12.png 8w, https:\/\/www.edf-kivu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-3.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup><strong>Nakivale, Ouganda<\/strong> \u2013 La d\u00e9fenseure des droits humains <strong>Machanga Hemedi<\/strong> a \u00e9t\u00e9 agress\u00e9e par des agents de police alors qu\u2019elle menait une s\u00e9ance de sensibilisation aupr\u00e8s de femmes r\u00e9fugi\u00e9es dans le camp de <strong>Nakivale Refugee Settlement<\/strong>.<\/sup><\/em><strong><em><sup>( Photo Kelvin)<\/sup><\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>T\u00e9moignage \u2013 Par Machanga Hemedi, d\u00e9fenseure des droits humains<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Je m\u2019appelle <strong>Machanga Hemedi<\/strong>, d\u00e9fenseure des droits humains engag\u00e9e dans la protection des femmes r\u00e9fugi\u00e9es dans le camp de Nakivale Refugee Settlement. Depuis plusieurs ann\u00e9es, je travaille aupr\u00e8s des femmes pour les informer sur leurs <strong>droits fondamentaux<\/strong>, la dignit\u00e9 humaine et la lutte contre les abus et la corruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le jour de l\u2019incident, je me trouvais pr\u00e8s d\u2019un point d\u2019eau du camp o\u00f9 <strong>37 femmes<\/strong> \u00e9taient r\u00e9unies pour puiser de l\u2019eau. Comme je le fais souvent, j\u2019ai profit\u00e9 de ce moment pour \u00e9changer avec elles sur leurs droits. Nous parlions notamment de la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de <strong>refuser la corruption et les demandes d\u2019argent ill\u00e9gales<\/strong> qui peuvent parfois \u00eatre impos\u00e9es aux r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s par certains agents charg\u00e9s de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pendant que nous discutions, <strong>deux policiers et une polici\u00e8re en uniforme de service<\/strong> sont arriv\u00e9s sur place. Ils m\u2019ont accus\u00e9e de <strong>trouble \u00e0 l\u2019ordre public<\/strong>. J\u2019ai essay\u00e9 d\u2019expliquer que je ne faisais que sensibiliser les femmes sur leurs droits, mais ils n\u2019ont pas voulu \u00e9couter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sans avertissement, ils ont commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 m\u2019<strong>agresser physiquement<\/strong>. J\u2019ai \u00e9t\u00e9 <strong>gifl\u00e9e \u00e0 plusieurs reprises<\/strong> devant les femmes qui \u00e9taient pr\u00e9sentes. Cette violence m\u2019a profond\u00e9ment choqu\u00e9e et humili\u00e9e, d\u2019autant plus que mon seul objectif \u00e9tait d\u2019aider ces femmes \u00e0 comprendre leurs droits et \u00e0 vivre dans la dignit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apr\u00e8s cette agression, j\u2019ai d\u00fb <strong>recevoir des soins m\u00e9dicaux<\/strong> pour les blessures subies. Aujourd\u2019hui encore, je ressens les douleurs physiques et le traumatisme de cet \u00e9v\u00e9nement. Mais malgr\u00e9 cela, je reste convaincue que <strong>la d\u00e9fense des droits humains est essentielle<\/strong>, surtout pour les femmes r\u00e9fugi\u00e9es qui vivent d\u00e9j\u00e0 dans des conditions tr\u00e8s difficiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Je refuse que la peur et l\u2019intimidation nous r\u00e9duisent au silence. Les femmes du camp ont le droit de conna\u00eetre leurs droits, de vivre sans corruption et sans violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>J\u2019appelle les autorit\u00e9s comp\u00e9tentes \u00e0 <strong>ouvrir une enqu\u00eate sur cette agression<\/strong> et \u00e0 garantir la protection des d\u00e9fenseurs et d\u00e9fenseures des droits humains dans les camps de r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notre combat est un combat pour <strong>la justice, la dignit\u00e9 et la libert\u00e9<\/strong>. Et malgr\u00e9 les violences, je continuerai \u00e0 me tenir aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s des femmes pour d\u00e9fendre ces valeurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>En swahili<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ushuhuda \u2013 Na Machanga Hemedi, mtetezi wa haki za binadamu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ninaitwa <strong>Machanga Hemedi<\/strong>, mtetezi wa haki za binadamu ninayejitolea kulinda haki za wanawake wakimbizi wanaoishi katika kambi ya Nakivale Refugee Settlement. Kwa miaka kadhaa sasa nimekuwa nikifanya kazi na wanawake ili kuwafundisha kuhusu <strong>haki zao za msingi<\/strong>, heshima ya kibinadamu, na mapambano dhidi ya unyanyasaji na rushwa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Siku ya tukio, nilikuwa karibu na sehemu ya kuchotea maji ndani ya kambi ambapo <strong>wanawake 37<\/strong> walikuwa wamekusanyika kuchota maji. Kama ninavyofanya mara nyingi, nilitumia fursa hiyo kuzungumza nao kuhusu haki zao. Tulikuwa tukijadili hasa umuhimu wa <strong>kukataa rushwa na malipo yasiyo halali<\/strong> ambayo wakati mwingine huombwa kutoka kwa wakimbizi na baadhi ya maafisa wa usalama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tulipokuwa bado tunaendelea na mazungumzo, <strong>polisi wawili wanaume na polisi mmoja mwanamke waliokuwa wamevaa sare za kazi<\/strong> walifika mahali hapo. Walinilaumu kwamba nilikuwa nikifanya <strong>vurugu au kuleta usumbufu kwa utulivu wa umma<\/strong>. Nilijaribu kuwaeleza kwamba nilikuwa tu nikielimisha wanawake kuhusu haki zao, lakini hawakutaka kusikiliza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bila onyo lolote, walianza <strong>kunishambulia kimwili<\/strong>. <strong>Nilipigwa makofi mara kadhaa<\/strong> mbele ya wanawake waliokuwepo pale. Kitendo hiki kilinishtua na kunidhalilisha sana, hasa kwa sababu lengo langu lilikuwa kusaidia wanawake hawa kuelewa haki zao na kuishi kwa heshima.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baada ya tukio hilo, nililazimika <strong>kupata matibabu<\/strong> kwa majeraha niliyopata. Hadi sasa bado ninahisi maumivu ya mwili na pia mshtuko wa kisaikolojia uliosababishwa na tukio hilo. Hata hivyo, bado ninaamini kuwa <strong>kulinda na kutetea haki za binadamu ni muhimu sana<\/strong>, hasa kwa wanawake wakimbizi wanaoishi katika mazingira magumu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ninakataa kuruhusu <strong>hofu na vitisho<\/strong> vitunyamazishe. Wanawake wa kambi wana haki ya kujua haki zao na kuishi bila <strong>rushwa wala unyanyasaji<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ninatoa wito kwa mamlaka husika <strong>kufungua uchunguzi kuhusu shambulizi hili<\/strong> na kuhakikisha ulinzi wa watetezi wa haki za binadamu katika kambi za wakimbizi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mapambano yetu ni mapambano ya <strong>haki, heshima na uhuru<\/strong>. Na licha ya vitisho na vurugu, nitaendelea kusimama pamoja na wanawake kutetea maadili haya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>T\u00e9moignage \u2013 Par Machanga Hemedi, d\u00e9fenseure des droits humains Je m\u2019appelle Machanga Hemedi, d\u00e9fenseure des droits humains engag\u00e9e dans la [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edf-kivu.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edf-kivu.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edf-kivu.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edf-kivu.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edf-kivu.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edf-kivu.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":827,"href":"https:\/\/www.edf-kivu.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions\/827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edf-kivu.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edf-kivu.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edf-kivu.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}