Cruel and Unusual Punishment that Doesn't Fit the "Crime" - Sudan

Amnesty International reports that on July 5, 2009, Sudanese authorities arrested 13 women and girls simply because they were wearing pants as opposed to "women's" clothes. The charge? Indecency. Sudanese law criminalizes the wearing of "indecent or immoral dress… [that] causes annoyance to public feelings." Penalties under Sudanese law can include a fine - and up to 40 lashes. 10 of those arrested were punished with ten lashes a piece and fines of approximately $100.

Aside from the disregard for women's rights that the law itself shows, the punishment of flogging is an extreme one that Amnesty International, one of the world's leading human rights defense organizations, considers "cruel, inhuman and degrading."

Contributed by Arielle Eirienne, Power.of.Purpose! Communications

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Repeal the "indecency" law

Amnesty International is advocating that Sudan repeal the "indecency" law that allows such brutal punishment. The African Commission has likewise condemned flogging as torture and ordered Sudan to do...

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