Sudan protests: Amnesty decries government attack on hospital

Rights groups accuse the Sudanese government of using excessive force against demonstrators.

Sudanese security forces have used tear gas to disperse hundreds of people taking part in anti-government protests in the capital Khartoum and other parts of the country.

Rights groups have accused Sudan’s government of resorting to using excessive force against demonstrators, including some who were receiving medical treatment at a hospital in Omdurman.

 

Al Jazeera’s Priyanka Gupta reports