From Oslo Freedom Forum:
Lubna al-Hussein, a journalist and author from Khartoum, describes the injustices that face the women of today's Sudan. Lubna herself was arrested in the summer of 2009 for wearing pants - but, as she says, she was not the only one. 43,000 women were arrested in Khartoum in 2008 for clothing violations. Lubna explains how the current Sudanese government, which took power via coup d'état, has attacked and degraded women through a set of laws which are inspired by a perversion of true Islam...[continue reading]