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Sudan Police Beat Protesters As Woman Goes On Trial For Wearing Trousers
From The Guardian.
Police fired teargas and beat supporters of a Sudanese woman facing 40 lashes for wearing trousers in public shortly before her trial was adjourned this morning.
Police in Khartoum moved in swiftly and dispersed about 50 protesters, mostly women, who were supporting Lubna Hussein, a former UN worker charged with “indecent dressing” in violation of the country’s Islamic laws.
Some of the women demonstrators wore trousers in solidarity with Hussein. “We are here to protest against this law that oppresses women and debases them,” said Amal Habani, a female columnist for the daily newspaper Ajraa al-Hurria (Bells of Freedom).
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