13:59 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nUganda’s opposition leader has vowed to continue peaceful protests in the country, days after an attack that left him in hospital.<\/p>\n
Kizza Besigye’s car was attacked during a demonstration in Kampala on Thursday and he was doused in pepper spray.<\/p>\n
The UN meanwhile urged Ugandan authorities to stop using “excessive force” against peaceful protesters.<\/p>\n
Demonstrations over the last three weeks have left eight people dead and more than 250 others wounded.<\/p>\n
At least two people were killed and 90 injured in Kampala on Friday after police fired bullets and tear gas at crowds protesting against Mr Besigye’s arrest.<\/p>\n
‘National crisis’<\/span><\/p>\nMr Besigye, who has flown to Kenya for medical treatment, told a local TV station there: “I know that my life is in danger, without any doubt.”<\/p>\n
“The [Ugandan] population is largely marginalised and is now protesting their marginalisation,” he added from hospital in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.<\/p>\n
He is being treated for damage to his eyes from chemicals in the pepper spray and soft tissue injuries.<\/p>\n
Mr Besigye said he would continue mobilising what he described as “peaceful demonstrations” and walk-to-work protests.<\/p>\n
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said that Mr Besigye had provoked his assailants by attacking first, a charge he denies.<\/p>\n
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay said on Sunday that the way Mr Besigye had been treated during his latest arrest was “shocking”.<\/p>\n
After being attacked with pepper spray, he was bundled into the back of a truck and arrested, before being released for medical treatment.<\/p>\n
She said in a statement: “The Ugandan authorities must realise that their own actions have been the major factor in turning what were originally peaceful protests about escalating food and fuel prices into a national crisis.”<\/p>\n
Among the eight people killed in the recent unrest, she added, was a two-year-old girl allegedly shot by a member of the security forces.<\/p>\n
Citing the Uganda Human Rights Commission, Ms Pillay said that tear gas had also been fired into schools, health centres and homes.<\/p>\n
There have been a number of clashes between protesters and the police and arrests of opposition politicians during recent walk-to-work protests staged over rising fuel and food prices.<\/p>\n
Mr Besigye has lost three disputed elections to President Museveni – the most recent in February.<\/p>\n
According to the BBC’s Will Ross, in Kampala, the two men have not spoken to each other for 10 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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