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A group of
women have stripped to their bras in protest at the alleged sexual assault by
Ugandan police of a high-profile female opposition politician.
Footage
shows an officer squeezing the breast of Ingrid Turinawe of the Forum for
Democratic Change (FDC) during her arrest ahead of a rally last week.
Deputy
police chief Andrew Kaweesa has apologised, saying the incident will be
investigated.
Uganda's
opposition says police regularly harass them during protests.
Since
President Yoweri Museveni's controversial 2011 re-election, there has been a
wave of opposition demonstrations - many of which have ended in violence and
arrests.
But
correspondents say Ugandans are outraged by the arrest on Friday of Ms
Turinawe, who is the head of the Women's League of the FDC led by Kizza
Besigye.
Ugandan
television footage clearly shows that, as several officers tried to pull her
out of her vehicle, another grabbed and squeezed her breast - and she is heard
shouting out in pain.
The BBC's
Siraj Kalyango in the capital, Kampala, says a group of about 15 women marched
through the town to the main police station waving placards, including one that
read "How would you feel if we squeezed your balls?"
Six
protesters were arrested after they refused to put their tops back on - but
they were released two hours later without charge.
"We
wanted to ask the police if they are there to do their jobs or there to pinch
breasts," event organiser Barbara Allimadi told the AFP news agency.
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