{"id":12790,"date":"2014-02-27T04:09:47","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T04:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/uganda-miniskirt-ban-police-stop-protest-march\/"},"modified":"2014-02-27T04:09:10","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T04:09:10","slug":"uganda-miniskirt-ban-police-stop-protest-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/uganda-miniskirt-ban-police-stop-protest-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda Miniskirt ban: Police Stop Protest March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{{Police in Uganda have prevented women from marching through the streets of the capital, Kampala, in protest at new laws banning the wearing of miniskirts.}}<\/p>\n<p>Instead about 200 women, some dressed in short skirts, gathered outside the national theatre to voice their anger.<\/p>\n<p>There have been several incidents over the past week of women in short skirts being publicly harassed and assaulted.<\/p>\n<p>This follows the signing by the president of the anti-pornography bill, which bans &#8220;indecent&#8221; dressing.<\/p>\n<p>Proposing the legislation last year, Uganda&#8217;s Ethics and Integrity Minister Simon Lokodo said that women who wore &#8220;anything above the knee&#8221; should be arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Uganda is a socially conservative country &#8211; and this week President Yoweri Museveni enacted a bill toughening penalties for gay people in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Dubbed &#8220;the miniskirt law&#8221; by Uganda&#8217;s media, the anti-pornography legislation was raised in parliament on Tuesday after the cases of harassment &#8211; some women have been publicly undressed for wearing miniskirts.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister and attorney general told MPs that the cabinet would recall the law to review it.<\/p>\n<p>The police have issued a statement condemning those who engaged in &#8220;mob&#8230; undressing&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-4347 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/tgf.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{{Police in Uganda have prevented women from marching through the streets of the capital, Kampala, in protest at new laws banning the wearing of miniskirts.}} Instead about 200 women, some dressed in short skirts, gathered outside the national theatre to voice their anger. 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