Ugandan Police Arrests 45 Protesters Demanding for the Release of Lawmakers

More Protesters Arrested on the Second Day of the Protest.

Political tensions have been running high in Uganda since police arrested scores of people, including five opposition lawmakers, on suspicion of taking part in stoning a presidential convoy on August 13. Ugandan police said it had arrested 45 people as protests against the beating of detained lawmakers continued for a second day in the capital, Kampala. Ugandan police fired tear gas to disperse a demonstration on Monday Demonstrators were setting up bonfires and barricades on Kampala streets and police and military personnel were trying to remove the roadblocks.