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Cross-dressers publicly whipped in Sudan for acting too feminine by Joseph Ernest August 4, 2010 Newscast Media --A Sudanese court said a group of 19 Muslim men who have been publicly flogged had broken Sudan's strict public morality codes. The men were arrested by police at a party after they were found dancing "in a womanly fashion" and were later convicted of wearing women's clothes and make-up. The men had no lawyers to represent them in court and hod their faces in shame, from hundreds of people who watched as they were flogged. As soon as the court in Omdurman, near Khartoum gave its ruling, the sentence of 30 lashes was carried out, and the men should also pay fines of as much as 1,000 Sudanese pounds ($400). Story continues below... One lawyer anonymously said that the men had not received a fair trial. "These people did not get a chance for justice. Public opinion and the media prejudged them and lawyers were too scared to come and defend them," he said. News outlets referred to the party as a "same sex wedding". South Sudan President Salva Kiir recently told a radio station that homosexuality was an "imported" idea. "It (homosexuality) is not in our character. It is not there and if anybody wants to import it to Sudan it will always be condemned by everybody," he said. Add Comments >>

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