Sudan: Student shot dead and more than 100 arrested at Khartoum protest

Headline Title: Sudan: Student shot dead and more than 100 arrested at Khartoum protest 11 March 2014 The Sudanese security forces must immediately stop the use of excessive and unlawful force against protesters, Amnesty International said today, after a student died of gunshot wounds sustained during a demonstration at the University of Khartoum. Ali Abaker Mussa Idris, a third-year economics student, died in hospital after security forces used tear gas and opened fire with live ammunition to disperse a protest he was taking part in at the university this afternoon. Another…

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