Lubna Ahmed Hussein, a well known Female Journalist in Sudan. She writes a regular column "Men Talk" in Alsahafa newspaper, one of most popular Arabic daily newspaper, and founded by her late husband Abdul Rahman Mukhtar. In her column she criticizes courageously the situations in Sudan as well as the orientations of the Sudanese sitting government and the militant fanatic Islamists alike.
Lubna currently work as the spokesperson office of the United Nations Mission in Sudan and as well public information assistant .
Lubna was apprehended on Friday 10 July 2009 for a couple of hours and accused among ten others, as "dressed, contrary to public sense, in a way that provokes sexual sensation", stated by the Central Khartoum public order court.
Lubna will be flogged (40) lashes as a result for wearing trouser allegedly indecent (see the page photo and other attached photos).
The Court did not specify the date of flogging and it is to be determined later whereas the other ten women arrested with her were flagellated the same hour, in the absence of defense, relatives or official representatives.
As provided in article (152) of the Criminal Procedure Code of 1991, wearing pantaloons classifies as "Obscenity and against the public norms and order and violation of public morality" Any act committed by an individual in a public place, contradicting to public morality or feelings will be punishable with whipping that shouldn't exceeds forty lashes or a fine or both.
According to the law this punishment spares no one regardless of religious, cultural or societal orientations. Actions that subject people to such punishment include any act that is in violation of the criterion of the religion embraced by the offender or the norms of the country in which the defined act is committed as the article specifies.
Lubna managed to distribute more than five-hundred(500) invitation cards to journalists, public figures in Sudan, satellite channels and websites to attend her trail.
As concerns the case of Lubna press, websites and human rights organizations condemned the decision taken by the Public Order Court. The Arabic Network for Human Rights, issued last Wednesday, a statement posted on the Sudanese forum, expressing deep concern about the decision taken by the Khartoum government to flog opposing journalist, and called the government to reconsider that decision which contradicts all human rights principles.
(amagueu informació)Lubna Ahmed Hussein, a well known Female Journalist in Sudan. She writes a regular column "Men Talk" in Alsahafa newspaper, one of most popular Arabic daily newspaper, and founded by her late husband Abdul Rahman Mukhtar. In her column she criticizes courageously the situations in Sudan as well as the orientations of the Sudanese sitting government and the militant fanatic Islamists alike.
Lubna currently work as the spokesperson office of the United Nations Mission in Sudan and as well public...
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