Sudanese 'trousers woman' jailed

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A Sudanese woman has been jailed for a month after refusing to pay a fine for "dressing indecently" by wearing trousers, her lawyers say.


Lubna Ahmed Hussein did not want to "give the verdict any legitimacy" by paying the fine of about $200 (£122), her lawyer, Nabil Adib, told the BBC.


Ms Hussein, a journalist in her 30s, could have been given up to 40 lashes.


Before the verdict, she had said she wanted her trial to become a test case for women's rights, correspondents say.


Ms Hussein had resigned from her job at the UN, which would have given her immunity.


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