08 September,2009 08:04 AM IST | | Agencies
Lubna Ahmed Hussein, who was put on trial for wearing trousers, was spared the lash yesterday, but was sentenced to one month's imprisonment when she refused to pay the $200 (Rs 1,900) fine.
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She was taken to jail in the same trousers she was arrested in.
"I will not pay a penny, I'd rather go to prison," she declared on hearing the verdict.
Ten other women arrested with Hussein had pleaded guilty to the charge of indecency and been flogged. But Hussein, a journalist who worked for the United Nations, refused to accept her summary punishment.
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Her job would have afforded Hussein immunity from prosecution, but she resigned from the post to fight the indecency charge.
