Sudan: Security forces must stop using live rounds against demonstrators

Headline Title: Sudan: Security forces must stop using live rounds against demonstrators 02 August 2012 Sudanese security forces must stop shooting protesters with live ammunition, Amnesty International said after confirming that at least eight demonstrators killed on Tuesday had bullet wounds in their chests, some inflicted at close range.At least 10 people, many of them high school students, were killed on July 31 when Security services and paramilitary police opened fire in Nyala, South Darfur, during a demonstration against fuel prices and the cost of living. Dozens more were…

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