{"id":445708,"date":"2017-12-11T06:21:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T06:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/11\/sudan-drops-charges-against-24-women-caught-wearing-trousers\/"},"modified":"2017-12-11T06:21:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T06:21:35","slug":"sudan-drops-charges-against-24-women-caught-wearing-trousers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/11\/sudan-drops-charges-against-24-women-caught-wearing-trousers\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudan drops charges against 24 women caught wearing trousers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">World News of Monday, 11 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>BBC.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-11<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/56052540.295.jpg\" alt=\"Women Trousers\" title=\"Women Trousers\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Sudanese women risk arrest if their clothes are deemed provocative by police<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512973295_24_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Charges of indecency have been dropped against 24 women who were caught wearing trousers at a party near the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. The gathering was raided by morality police on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>If convicted, the women could have faced punishment of 40 lashes and a fine for wearing &#8220;an obscene outfit&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Rights activists say tens of thousands of women are arrested and flogged for indecency every year, and laws can be applied arbitrarily.<\/p>\n<p>They say the law in Muslim-majority Sudan against wearing trousers and short or tight skirts discriminates against Christians.<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally, women in Sudan wear loose flowing robes.<\/p>\n<p>Campaigner Amira Osman told Netherlands-based Radio Dabanga the public order act violated women&#8217;s rights.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The party took place in a closed hall in a building in El Mamoura [south of Khartoum],&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The girls were arrested for wearing trousers, despite obtaining a permit from the authorities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The law &#8211; Article 152 of the Criminal Code &#8211; applies to &#8220;indecent acts&#8221; in public, wearing an &#8220;obscene outfit&#8221; or &#8220;causing an annoyance to public feelings&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 35 updated by: 32 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World News of Monday, 11 December 2017 Source: BBC.com 2017-12-11 Sudanese women risk arrest if their clothes are deemed provocative by police Charges of indecency have been dropped against 24 women who were caught wearing trousers at a party near the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. 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