Sudan police arrest women protesting at flogging video

[cory777]

Source: Reuters

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese police arrested dozens of women protesting on Tuesday against laws they say humiliate women after a video of a woman being flogged in public appeared on the Internet.

Floggings carried out under Islamic law are almost a daily punishment in Sudan for crimes ranging from drinking alcohol to adultery.

But vague laws on women's dress and behaviour are implemented inconsistently. One case sparked international furore when Lubna Hussein, a Sudanese U.N. official, invited journalists to her public flogging for wearing trousers.

The video, which was removed by YouTube, showed a crying Sudanese woman being lashed by two policemen in front of onlookers in a public place. She was made to kneel and the police laughed during the punishment.

Read more: http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE6BD07U20101214

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[guruoo]

1. Still on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBJRsh4bn3k

Sick fucks.

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[joshcryer]

3. Ugh, wish I didn't watch that. Terrifying abuse of a human.

All those people standing around, some of them laughing. These are people with cell phones that can record video, these are people who one might expect to behave rationally, holy shit.