A photograph appear on the Internet Lilliane Mugabekazi
Social media was set ablaze on Thursday after news surfaced that a woman could be sentenced to 2 years in prison for ‘indecent dressing’ in Kigali, Rwanda.
Lilliane who is Rwandan was arrested by the country’s police force on 7th August for wearing what has been described as ‘shameful’ clothing. “She faces up to two years in jail for public indecency”, prosecutors said Thursday, 18th August 2022.
Lilliane Mugabekazi, the 24-year-old defendant, attended Tayc’s music concert in a sheer net dress on July 30. However, she was not arrested till August 7 after a picture of her surfaced on social media and caught the attention of the authorities.
Mugabekazi is being tried on grounds of ‘public indecency’, and could face six months to two years in prison if convicted.
The arrest has sparked outrage among across social media but Rwandan government officials including former justice minister Johnston Busingye backed the move.
”The current issue of our young men and women who drink and drug themselves unconscious, appear in public literally naked is objectionable,” tweeted Busingye, who is now Rwanda’s ambassador to Britain.