Sudan Forces Suppress New Khartoum March With Live Fire

1 January 2019

Khartoum — Sudanese police and paramilitary forces have once again fired on peaceful demonstrators in the capital using live ammunition and tear gas. A new mass march organised by the Sudan Professionals Association in Khartoum on Monday, with the intent to proceed to the Presidential Palace to deliver a memorandum to President Omar Al Bashir, was prevented from reaching its objective.

A similar march, organised by the Association on December 25, was also violently dispersed, with government sharpshooters allegedly adopting a 'shoot to kill' strategy.

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