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Sudanese cross-dressers sentenced to 30 lashes
A SUDANESE court ordered 19 Muslim youths to be flogged in public for dressing up like women.The punishment was carried out immediately after the sentencing by the court in Omdurman, which lies across the Nile river from Khartoum. Hundreds of people looked on as each young man received 30 lashes, an AFP correspondent reported. They were convicted under laws that forbid "indecent clothing." The youths must also pay fines ranging between 500 and 1,000 Sudanese pounds ($250 to $450). The Sudanese press said the men were homosexuals attending a same sex marriage. Northern Sudan is governed by Islamic law, which forbids homosexuality. The law forbidding "indecent clothing" was brought into the spotlight last year when a court sentenced a woman journalist to be flogged for wearing trousers. The sentence was commuted to a fine after a public outcry. Posted by: tipper 2010-08-04 |
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