Sudan's judiciary is investigating the brutal whipping of a young woman, allegedly by uniformed police, after shocking images were circulated on the Internet, media reports said on Monday. (AFP)
The [judiciary] statement said the investigation would look into whether the punishment was implemented improperly. (AP)
"This woman was punished under sharia, Islamic law, but there was a mistake in the way the punishment was carried out," Khartoum state Governor Abder Rahman al-Khidir of the ruling National Congress Party said. (AFP)
Article 154 and 155 of the Sudanese penal code [1991 Criminal Code, imposed two years after President Omar al-Bashir came to power in a military-backed coup (AFP)] mandates flogging up to 100 lashes as a punishment for ["indecent" behaviour (AFP)] adultery or running a brothel, as well as up to five years in prison.(AP)
Last year, a Sudanese journalist [Lubna Hussein (AP)] was fined [initially 40 lashes but only fined after publicity (AP)] for wearing trousers but said several of her companions had been whipped after pleading guilty to contravening indecency laws. (BBC)
Sharia, or Islamic law, has been implemented in Sudan since 1983. (BBC)
The introduction was one reason why people in the south, where most people are Christian or follow traditional religions, took up arms against the Arabic-speaking, Muslim north. (BBC)
Source: AFP, AP, BBC
Currently, the video can be viewed here without having to sign in to a YouTube account.
Comments: They are more interested in whipping this woman, for what probably is some sort of sexual offense, than doing something about the ongoing genocide of rape and fear in Darfur.
And they don't see such cruel sharia punishments as a problem. They are only concerned that the whipping wasn't carried out properly.
Wonder how those naive defenders of sharia would like being whipped like that.
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