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Uganda arrests more than 100 for anti-graft protests in Kampala, police say

Uganda arrests more than 100 for anti-graft protests in Kampala, police say

Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Uganda Monitor
Published on 2024-07-27 05:14:47

Police have confirmed that more than 100 peaceful anti-corruption demonstrators have been detained in less than a week in arrests condemned by observers as a “clampdown on dissent.”

Ugandan authorities accuse detainees of participating in banned anti-graft protests named March to Parliament, which President Museveni claims were “foreign funded to do bad things” in Uganda.

Providing an update on Friday, police spokesperson Kituuma Rusoke said 75 suspects were arrested on the opening day of the youth led March to Parliament protests.

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