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Protesters back woman in trousers case -

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Saturday, August 08, 2009 3:44:00 PM GMT Friday, August 07, 2009 4:36:12 PM GMT

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Police used teargas to disperse protesters rallying in support of a Sudanese woman facing 40 lashes for wearing trousers in public Tuesday, a case that has become a public test of Sudan's indecency laws.

Lubna Hussein, a former journalist and U.N. press officer, was arrested with 12 other women during a party at a Khartoum restaurant in July and charged with being indecently dressed.

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