Women flogged for wearing trousers

KHARTOUM – A Sudanese politician yesterday called for an inquiry into reports young women from Sudan’s Christian south had been…

KHARTOUM – A Sudanese politician yesterday called for an inquiry into reports young women from Sudan’s Christian south had been flogged for defying Islamic law by wearing trousers in Khartoum.

Police arrested 13 young women earlier this month, accusing them of wearing indecent clothes in a Khartoum cafe, and later flogged 10 of them, one of the arrested women told journalists. – (Reuters)

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