Read more Sudan stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1234/sudan.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:12:05 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72713/somali-women-whipped-for-wearing-bras.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMuslim Shabaab religious enforcers in battered Somalia are finding time to whip Muslim women for wearing bras. They're being punished because the underwear accentuates breasts and in some cases gives a "fraudulent" impression to possible suitors, reports the Independent . "Al Shabaab now orders us to shake our breasts," one woman...http://www.newser.com/story/72713/somali-women-whipped-for-wearing-bras.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 2:15:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72064/obama-coming-up-short-on-human-rights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama's decision to skip the celebrations of the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall highlights the gap between his rhetoric on the campaign trail and the realities of his presidency, writes Bret Stephens. Obama hailed the "dream of freedom" in his big speech in Berlin last year...http://www.newser.com/story/72064/obama-coming-up-short-on-human-rights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 1:19:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71927/obama-sets-softer-sudan-policy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThough Obama advocated a confrontational approach to Sudan on the campaign trail, his administration will announce a somewhat soft policy toward the country on Monday. Ending months of internal wrangling, the policy is designed use to "pressure and incentives" to bend the government to address US concerns over the killings...http://www.newser.com/story/71927/obama-sets-softer-sudan-policy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 17 Oct 2009 8:51:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68799/sudan-woman-tried-for-pants-gets-fined-not-flogged.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Sudanese woman arrested in July for wearing pants has been fined around $200 but will not receive the 40 lashes once threatened, CNN reports. Lubna Hussein, an erstwhile UN worker who resigned in order to waive immunity and challenge her prosecution, says she will not pay the fine and...http://www.newser.com/story/68799/sudan-woman-tried-for-pants-gets-fined-not-flogged.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 07 Sep 2009 9:51:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68110/un-staffers-kidnapped-in-darfur.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo staffers supporting peacekeeping operations in Darfur were kidnapped from their homes this morning, the AP reports. The joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force has established contact with the abductors. “We are here to protect civilians," the head of the mission told them. "We are not part of the conflict.” A...http://www.newser.com/story/68110/un-staffers-kidnapped-in-darfur.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 29 Aug 2009 13:10:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68026/not-so-fast-un-darfur-war-isnt-over.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA top UN official has declared that the "real war" in Darfur is over, but that might come as a surprise to the 3 million or so refugees still living in fear of militia attacks, writes Andrew Meldrum for Global Post. He talks to relief officials who find the pronouncement...http://www.newser.com/story/68026/not-so-fast-un-darfur-war-isnt-over.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 11:15:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66126/sudanese-cops-beat-pants-protesters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSupporters of a woman facing 40 lashes for wearing trousers were beaten and teargassed by police in Sudan yesterday, the Guardian reports. Some her female supporters wore pants in solidarity with Lubna Hussein, in defiance of the country's law against "indecent dressing." "We are here to protest against this law...http://www.newser.com/story/66126/sudanese-cops-beat-pants-protesters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Aug 2009 3:20:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65890/un-woman-flogging-is-men-behaving-badly.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA former UN worker who faces possible lashing in Sudan for wearing pants blasted flogging as an "insult" to humans that has nothing to do with Islam and everything to do with "men mistreating women," she tells the Guardian . Lubna Ahmed Hussein and 12 other women were busted recently as...http://www.newser.com/story/65890/un-woman-flogging-is-men-behaving-badly.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 02 Aug 2009 8:06:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65505/female-un-worker-in-sudan-wears-pants-faces-flogging.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA local woman working for the United Nations in Sudan has been charged with wearing “clothing causing harassment to the public sentiments” and could be flogged 40 times tomorrow for the crime, the Washington Post reports. Lubna Ahmed Hussein and 12 other women were rounded up earlier this month at...http://www.newser.com/story/65505/female-un-worker-in-sudan-wears-pants-faces-flogging.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Jul 2009 16:25:02 CDT