Sudanese police fired tear gas and beat women protesting outside a
Sudanese court during the trial of a female journalist accused
of violating the Islamic dress code by wearing trousers in public.Police moved in swiftly and dispersed about 50 protesters, mostly women, who were supporting Lubna Hussein, a former U.N.
worker facing 40 lashes on the charge of ''indecent dressing.'' Some of
the women demonstrators wore trousers in solidarity with Hussein while
others wore more traditional dress.
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