Tear gas fired at protesters outside Lubna Hussein trial

— politicsdaily.com — French President Nicolas Sarkozy has made abundantly clear his views on head scarves and burqas, but if... you thought we were through the contentious collision of Islamic law and modern fashion, we're not. On Tuesday, a Sudanese court heard the case ... (more) Lubna Hussein, Standing Up to Sudanese Law on Who Wears ...

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Gates of Vienna News Feed 8/4/2009
Gates of Vienna — ... Sudan: Tear Gas Fired at Protesters Outside Lubna Hussein Trial Sudanese riot police fired teargas to disperse protesters who gathered outside a Khartoum courthouse yesterday to support a woman journalist who faces up to 40 lashes for wearing trousers. Lubna Hussein, a widow in her thirties, has drawn attention to her case in an attempt to change a Sudanese law that allows women to be flogged for dressing in breach of the country’s strict indecency laws. Since her arrest last month she has courted ...

Lubna Hussein: Sudanese Tear-Gas Supporters at Pro-Pants Protest
Politics Daily — ... In the continuing saga of Lubna Hussein -- the Sudanese woman charged with violating Islamic law by wearing pants in public -- police in Khartoum Tuesday sprayed tear gas and beat Hussein's supporters ...