{"id":41797,"date":"2012-01-25T12:08:02","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T12:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2012\/01\/uganda-uganda-police-fire-tear-gas-at-protesters\/"},"modified":"2012-01-25T12:08:02","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T12:08:02","slug":"uganda-uganda-police-fire-tear-gas-at-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2012\/01\/25\/uganda-uganda-police-fire-tear-gas-at-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda: Uganda Police Fire Tear Gas at Protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rnw.nl\/africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/rnw180.png\" alt=\"Radio Netherlands Worldwide (Hilversum)\" title=\"Visit Radio Netherlands Worldwide (Hilversum)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>24 January 2012<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Ugandan police clashed with opposition supporters in Kampala Tuesday after security forces tried to detain opposition leader Kizza Besigye following a protest rally over rising living costs.<\/p>\n<p>Police fired tear gas at protesters after they started throwing stones following an unsuccessful attempt by a plainclothed security agent to drag Besigye into a waiting van, an AFP photographer at the scene said.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition activists are holding a series of daily rallies around Kampala to protest against rising prices, with a major demonstration planned in the capital on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Police on Thursday detained Besigye and other opposition leaders as they headed to a rally before releasing them without charge.<\/p>\n<p>Uganda&#8217;s police chief played down Tuesday&#8217;s incident, saying the rally had passed mainly peacefully.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A small minority of people still appear reluctant to comply with the lawful instruction of police,&#8221; Kale Kayihura said in a statement. &#8220;The (police) will not allow this tiny minority to threaten public safety, security and peace of mind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last year at least 10 people died and hundreds were arrested when security forces clamped down on similar protests. &#8211; <em>ANP\/AFP<\/em><\/p>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 24 January 2012 Ugandan police clashed with opposition supporters in Kampala Tuesday after security forces tried to detain opposition leader Kizza Besigye following a protest rally over rising living costs. Police fired tear gas at protesters after they started throwing stones following an unsuccessful attempt by a plainclothed security agent to drag Besigye into a waiting van, an AFP photographer at the scene said. Opposition activists are holding a series of daily rallies around Kampala to protest against rising prices, with a major demonstration planned in the capital on Saturday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Uganda: Uganda Police Fire Tear Gas at Protesters - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2012\/01\/25\/uganda-uganda-police-fire-tear-gas-at-protesters\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Uganda: Uganda Police Fire Tear Gas at Protesters - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"24 January 2012 Ugandan police clashed with opposition supporters in Kampala Tuesday after security forces tried to detain opposition leader Kizza Besigye following a protest rally over rising living costs. 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