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Ugandan authorities arrest dozens in clampdown on anti-corruption protests
Protesters marching on the street during the anticorruption protest in Kampala, Uganda, July 23, 2024

UGANDAN security forces arrested dozens of people today as they tried to walk to the parliament building to protest against high-level corruption.

According to the authorities, the demonstrations in the capital Kampala were unlawful.

Some protesters were roughed up while being forced into lorries as police and the military deployed heavily in various parts of the city, where small groups of demonstrators had gathered. 

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