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Policemen beat women protesting trouser trial |
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By: Agencies |
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Date:
2009-08-05 |
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Place: KHARTOUM |
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Sudanese police yesterday fired tear gas and beat women protesting at the trial of a female journalist who faces a flogging for wearing trousers in public.
Sudanese journalist Lubna Hussein could receive 40 lashes if found guilty of violating the country's indecency law which follows a strict interpretation of Islam.
The 43-year-old says the law is un-Islamic and "oppressive," and she's trying to use her trial to rally support to change it. "I am not afraid of flogging. ... It's about changing the law," Hussein said. |
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