Kampala

摘要

We're used to protest movements that come in colors-the yellow of people power in the Philippines, Ukraine's orange, the green of Iran's brutalized democrats. We're less accustomed to seeing protests quashed with color. But in Uganda, security forces sprayed opposition leaders and activists with a vivid pink dye-a mark intended both to humiliate dissidents and make it easier except in that case the hue of choice was purple. Weeks of disturbances in I he Ugandan capital over soaring food prices and the perceived corruption of the ruling regime seem to mirror the uprisings in the Arab world. With dozens dead or injured, the real color of protest is not pink but blood red.