She's the woman who was arrested for wearing pants in a café in Sudan. She faces penalties of up to 40 lashes and an unlimited fine. Her trial began today in Khartoum. More from the Globe & Mail's Andrew Heavens:Journalists scuffled with police armed with batons outside the court room today and some reporters, who were briefly detained, had tapes and equipment confiscated. Scores of women, some wearing slacks and jeans, attended the case. Some waved small placards with the slogan “Lashing people is against human rights.”Any word from the western feminists so far? Crickets. And she a leftist too.
“Thousands of women are punished with lashes in Sudan but they stay silent,” she said. “The law is being used to harass women and I want to expose this.”
Update: More from Anne of Carversville. And also from the BBC.
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