Al Jazeera English - Africa - Sudanese woman jailed over trousers: "A Sudanese woman arrested for wearing trousers has been found guilty of flouting Sudan's decency laws, but spared the expected punishment of 40 lashes.
Sudanese officials on Monday instead ordered Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein to pay a fine of about $200 following a court hearing in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital.
But al-Hussein refused to pay the fine, saying she would 'rather go to prison'.
The court later jailed her for a month after she failed to pay, her lawyer Kamal Omar told reporters.
As al-Hussein made her way to the courtroom, scores of female supporters, some of them wearing trousers, had rallied around her, some shouting: 'Freedom, freedom!'
Police rounded many of them up and marched them away."
Sudanese officials on Monday instead ordered Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein to pay a fine of about $200 following a court hearing in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital.
But al-Hussein refused to pay the fine, saying she would 'rather go to prison'.
The court later jailed her for a month after she failed to pay, her lawyer Kamal Omar told reporters.
As al-Hussein made her way to the courtroom, scores of female supporters, some of them wearing trousers, had rallied around her, some shouting: 'Freedom, freedom!'
Police rounded many of them up and marched them away."
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