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| Sudan 'trousers woman' on trial | |
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| The trial of a Sudanese woman charged with wearing "indecent" clothing is due to resume in the capital, Khartoum. | The trial of a Sudanese woman charged with wearing "indecent" clothing is due to resume in the capital, Khartoum. |
| After an initial hearing last week journalist Lubna Ahmed Hussein left her job at the UN which would have given her immunity from prosecution. | After an initial hearing last week journalist Lubna Ahmed Hussein left her job at the UN which would have given her immunity from prosecution. |
| Ms Hussein, who claims she was arrested for wearing trousers, said she wanted to carry on with the trial because she wanted to get the law changed. | Ms Hussein, who claims she was arrested for wearing trousers, said she wanted to carry on with the trial because she wanted to get the law changed. |
| Under Sudanese law she could face 40 lashes if she is found guilty. | Under Sudanese law she could face 40 lashes if she is found guilty. |
| Ms Hussein invited more than 500 people to the initial hearing on 29 July. | Ms Hussein invited more than 500 people to the initial hearing on 29 July. |
| "I wish to resign from the UN, I wish this court case to continue," she told a packed courtroom. | "I wish to resign from the UN, I wish this court case to continue," she told a packed courtroom. |
| Generating publicity | Generating publicity |
| She was arrested in a restaurant in the capital with other women earlier this month for wearing "indecent" clothing. | She was arrested in a restaurant in the capital with other women earlier this month for wearing "indecent" clothing. |
| She said 10 of the women arrested with her, including non-Muslims, each received 10 lashes and a fine. | She said 10 of the women arrested with her, including non-Muslims, each received 10 lashes and a fine. |
| Ms Hussein and two other women asked for a lawyer, delaying their trials. | Ms Hussein and two other women asked for a lawyer, delaying their trials. |
| Under a 2005 peace deal between the mainly Muslim north and the largely Christian and animist south, Sharia law is not supposed to be applied to non-Muslims living in the capital. | |
| Ms Hussein says she has done nothing wrong under Sharia law, but could fall foul of a paragraph in Sudanese criminal law which forbids indecent clothing. | |
| "I want to change this law, because hitting is not human, and also it does not match with Sharia law," she told the BBC. | "I want to change this law, because hitting is not human, and also it does not match with Sharia law," she told the BBC. |
| The BBC's James Copnall in Khartoum says Ms Hussein is intent on attracting the most attention possible to her case. | The BBC's James Copnall in Khartoum says Ms Hussein is intent on attracting the most attention possible to her case. |