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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 08 > Sudanese woman won’t be lashed for wearing pants

Sudanese woman won’t be lashed for wearing pants

By New York Times News Service / The Bulletin
September 8, 2009

NAIROBI, Kenya " A Sudanese woman who wore pants in public was fined the equivalent of $200 but spared a whipping Monday when a court found her guilty of violating Sudan's decency laws.

The woman, Lubna Hussein, an outspoken journalist who had recently worked for the U.N., faced up to 40....

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