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]]> In Sudan, where thousands of women are flogged every year for wearing pants or tight skirts, indecency charges have been dropped against 24 trousered women.

They were arrested by morality police at a private party in the capital.

The woman faced 40 lashes and a fine for wearing what authorities call an obscene outfit.

Rights activists say the law in Muslim-majority Sudan against wearing trousers and short or tight skirts discriminates against Christians.

Traditionally, women in Sudan wear loose flowing robes.

The woman arrested last Wednesday had obtained permits from the authorities to wear trousers.

Sudan’s criminal code, is applied arbitrarily and  outlaws indecent acts in public, wearing an obscene outfit or causing an annoyance to public feelings.

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