A week after they have started protesting, demonstrators in Sudan demanding President Omar Al Bashir to step down have been met with live ammunition, rubber bullets and tear gas. Civilians have also spotted snippers across of the capital Khartoum. According to Amnesty International, 37 people during the protests, at least four of the victims were students under the age of 18. While the government has denied the use of live bullets and repetitively “asked” its police forces to not fire, many have lost their lives and hundreds were injured due to gun shots. #Sudan: gunfire can clearly be heard in the capital #Khartoum. regime forces are shooting, gassing, beating and taking away protesters, all in desperate attempt to crush the ongoing uprising. #مدن_السودان_تنتفض pic.twitter.com/6R5o9WlSIb — Thomas van Linge (@ThomasVLinge) December 25, 2018 The Sudanese Professionals Association prepared a memorandum, demanding the resignation of Basheer and called people from across Khartoum to march to the presidential palace to deliver the letter on 25 December. However, news of this reached the government who soon retaliated by sending Rapid Security Forces (RSF) to all the announced meet up locations, as well as…
