Woman who wore pants gets jail time
Lashes were possible under Sudan law
Posted: September 8, 2009 at 5:12 a.m.
Sudanese journalist and U.N. staffer Lubna Hussein, wearing the same trousers that had sparked her arrest, arrives at the court where she was convicted of violating the public indecency law by wearing trousers outdoors and fined US$ 200, in Khartoum, Sudan Monday.
KHARTOUM, Sudan - A female journalist was convicted Monday of public indecency for wearing trousers but was spared a sentence of flogging. Lubna Hussein said she would not pay a $200 fine and would take a month in prison instead to protest Sudan's draconian morality laws.
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