{"id":43528,"date":"2013-10-04T17:16:49","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T14:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=43528"},"modified":"2023-03-09T17:22:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T14:22:00","slug":"here-sharia-law-in-sudansudanese-women-flogged-in-the-street-by-police-video-breaking-news-43528","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/here-sharia-law-in-sudansudanese-women-flogged-in-the-street-by-police-video-breaking-news-43528\/","title":{"rendered":"Here Sharia law in Sudan:Sudanese women flogged in the street by police, Video \/ Breaking News"},"content":{"rendered":"

A video being circulated by media outlets allegedly shows an Sudanese woman being flogged by a police officer, who is supposedly punishing her just for riding a car with man she was not related to.<\/h1>\n

A disturbing new YouTube video shows a Sudanese woman crying out in pain during a public flogging.<\/p>\n

She was reportedly guilty of riding in a car with a man who wasn\u2019t her husband or an immediate family member, an offense that is prohibited by Sudan\u2019s public order law.<\/p>\n

The woman, reportedly named Halima, crouches on the ground and tries to cover her head with a light pink cloth while a police officer walks around her with a whip, stopping to aim before lashing out at her body.<\/p>\n

At about 0:39 seconds into the video, the police officer warns the woman, \u201cThis is so you don\u2019t get into cars anymore,\u201d according to France24.<\/p>\n

The video was anonymously sent to a journalist, who uploaded it on Sept. 17. It is unclear when the incident took place.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The accents in the video suggest it was filmed around Khartoum, Sudan\u2019s capital city.<\/div>\n
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Here Sharia law in Sudan<\/h2>\n
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Sharia law, a system of Islamic religious laws, is widely interpreted by Muslim communities around the world.<\/div>\n
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Sudan\u2019s Public Order Law came into effect after \u00a0Islamist Dictator who is try arrested by Interpol General Omar al-Bashir took over as the country\u2019s president during a 1989 military coup.<\/p>\n

According to women\u2019s rights activists, the law allows police officers to dole out punishments at their own discretion.<\/p>\n

The “personal status” laws found in several conservative countries around the world are often vaguely worded, according to Cristina Finch, the managing director of Amnesty International’s Women’s Human Rights program.<\/p>\n

“Public indecency laws can be interpreted widely, ” Finch told The News. “But this is not a matter of culture or religion. Women’s rights are universal and governments have an obligation under international human rights law to respect, protect, and fulfill those rights. ”<\/p>\n

Sudan’s law drew international attention earlier this month after a Sudanese woman was arrested for refusing to wear a headscarf. Amira Osman Hamed, a 35-year-old engineer and activist, could get up to 40 lashes if she is convicted of the crime, according to Amnesty International.<\/p>\n

A judge agreed to postpone Hamed\u2019s trial until Nov. 4 after pressure from international activists.<\/p>\n

Sudanese Women Flogged By Police Video<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

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