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Ghana: Ropab DEMO ENDS ON THE ROPESRawlings no show, but frenzied scuffles, tear gas mar protest
[The Ghanian Chronicle: 2006-02-22]
VIOLENCE AND confusion erupted when hundreds of protesters of the Representation of People (Amendment) Bill (ROPAB) currently before Parliament clashed with the police yesterday at the entrance of the Castle Osu. The demonstration, which otherwise would have ended peacefully, was marred when some of the demonstrators started throwing stones at the police, who were at post preventing them from entering the Castle. The police responded by firing tear gas to disperse the crowd. As the police were marshalling forces. . .
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