Sudanese human rights activists have posted a video online of a public whipping of a woman conducted by Sudanese police. The women’s crime, according to the police was getting into a car with with a man other than an immediate family member, a violation of Sudan’s “public decency” law.
After the coup of 1989 when Sudan’s existing ruler Omar al-Bashir seized power, a law was enacted (in 1991) which allowed for public floggings of women who violate Sudan’s “public decency” code, which can include a woman appearing publicly without a head covering, as in the recent case of journalist, Amira Osmane (whose case is pending), or, as was the case of journalist Luba Ahmed al-Hussein, for wearing pants. [Clarion Project] Read more
