MAIL ONLINE: A girl of 16 was given 50 lashes after a judge ruled her knee length skirt was indecent.
Silva Kashif was punished without her family being told after she was arrested while walking alone near her home in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.
Her mother, Jenty Doro, said: ‘I only heard about it after she was lashed. Later we all sat and cried.
‘She is just a young girl but the policeman pulled her along like she was a criminal. It was wrong.’
She said she would sue the police and the judge because her daughter is a Christian and underage.
The law states that under-18s should not be given lashes.
Doro said Khashif was taken to Kalatla court where she was convicted and punished by a female police officer in front of the judge.
'I only heard about it after she was lashed. Later we all sat and cried ... People have different religions and that should be taken into account' she said.
Khartoum is governed by Islamic sharia law. But although Miss Kashif is living there she is originally from the south of the country, which is not. Fifty lashes for the teenage girl who wore an 'indecent' knee length skirt in Sudan >>> | Saturday, November 28, 2009
