according to an article in the guardian by roy greenslade on july 30th Lubna Hussein told a court in Khartoum the day before "that she wants to resign from her UN job, which grants her immunity from prosecution, in order to challenge the law on female dress."
the bbc reports: "She says she has done nothing wrong under Sharia law, but could fall foul of a paragraph in Sudanese criminal law which forbids indecent clothing.
"I want to change this law, because hitting is not human, and also it does not match with Sharia law," she told the BBC.
"The BBC's James Copnall in Khartoum says Ms Hussein is determined to generate as much publicity as she can."
She's been using her network to invite people to attend the trial, to get publicity, support and courage.
i’m thinking: "freedom from fear", as burmese aung san suu kyi has stated. ms hussein's situation also resonates with what another nobel peace price laureat, the iranian lawyer and feminist shirin ebadi, writes in her memoir "iran awakening": 'i was putting the law itself on trial'.
