Sudanese journalist Lubna Ahmed Al-Hussein
wearing her trousers
Woman may receive 40 lashes for wearing trousers
Lubna Ahmed Hussein says she was arrested for wearing trousers. She has adopted a defiant attitude, urging authorities to try her although she faces up to 40 lashes in public.
Earlier, she told the BBC she was not afraid, saying: "Flogging is not pain, flogging is an insult to humans, women and religions."
Ms Hussein has resigned from a UN job that would have given her immunity to take on the case - indicating she wants it to become a test case for women's rights in Sudan.
"If the court's decision is that I be flogged, I want this flogging in public," she told the BBC's Today programme.
[Update: She missed a flogging but copped a $300 fine.]
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