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Police Beat Women Opposing Sudan Dress Code Trial

• AP
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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Comment by Powell Gammill
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Her was the Obama Administration's thoughts on the matter five days ago:

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/07/30/world/international-uk-sudan-darfur-sanctions.html

 



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