July 14, 2009 - War on Women News - Responsible for Equality And Liberty

Sudanese women flogged in public by Islamic supremacists for wearing trousers
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/sudanese-women-flogged/
- Sudanese women flogged for wearing trousers
-- AP reports: "Sudanese police arrested 13 women in a raid on a cafe and flogged 10 of them in public for
wearing trousers in violation of the country's strict Islamic law, one of those arrested said Monday"
-- "The 13 women were at a cafe in the capital, Khartoum, when they were detained Friday by officers from the
public order police, which enforces the implementation of Sharia law in public places."
-- "Islamic Sharia law has been strictly implemented in Sudan since the ruling party came to power in a 1989 military coup."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hRD66e7D6mHUZJECYSQeJLNFhanAD99DPCN80
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/sudan/5821019/Sudanese-women-flogged-for-wearing-trousers.html

 

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