Sudan’s cabinet Tuesday scrapped a controversial law that severely curtailed women’s rights during the 30-year tenure of deposed autocrat Omar al-Bashir, state media reported. Thousands of women were flogged, fined and even jailed during Bashir’s rule under the archaic public order law.

“The council of ministers agreed in an extraordinary meeting today to cancel the public order law across all provinces,” the official SUNA news agency reported. The cabinet’s decision is still to be ratified by the ruling sovereign council, which is an 11-member joint civilian-military body.

Bashir seized power in an Islamist-backed coup in 1989, severely restricting the role of women in Sudan for decades. During his rule, authorities implemented a strict moral code that activists said primarily targeted women, through harsh interpretations of Islamic sharia law.

Bashir was deposed by the army on April 11 after months of protests against his rule. Women were at the forefront of the demonstrations. In February, Bashir had acknowledged in a briefing with reporters that it was the public order law that had angered younger generations, especially women.

Activists say security forces linked the public order law with Article 152 of the Sudanese penal code, which stipulates punishment for “indecent and immoral acts.” Under the law, those who consumed or brewed alcohol — banned in the northeast African country — were punished, while activists said security forces used the legislation to arrest women for attending private parties or wearing trousers.

Sudan’s new government led by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has assured citizens it will uphold women’s rights. “The government has delivered what it had promised. This is a real win for us, for the feminist movement in Sudan and for women’s rights, Many women were flogged and humiliated because of this shameful law. With this decision, Sudan is now moving toward a new life where women can enjoy dignity.” said prominent Sudanese activist Tahani Abbas.

A senior member of Bashir’s ex-ruling National Congress Party contended that it had been the implementation of the law by individual actors — rather than the law per se — that had created problems. “Some policemen were using this law to harass women. What we need is to precisely define under Article 152 the dress code for women.” said Mohamed al-Amin, who is also a defence lawyer for Bashir.

On Tuesday, the cabinet also decided to “restructure the country’s judicial system in order to prepare it for the new era,” SUNA reported without elaborating. The cabinet also agreed to form a committee to review all appointments made during the Bashir era that are suspected of having been made on the basis of questionable personal connections or favours.

Bashir, who is in prison in Khartoum, is on trial for allegedly illegally acquiring and using foreign funds.

SOURCE (abridged): https://punchng.com/sudan-cabinet-scraps-law-abusing-womens-rights/

this is a good development

Nothing last forever

Yes o.
They are getting sense by force.

Meanwhile some people are clamouring for sharia in Yoruba land.

They should receive sense.

That's why once outside their country, most of their women go haywire.
Nothing like freedom.

Remaining erdogan. Useless Islamist fundamentalists.

Closeted sadomasochists using religion to fool their followers.

Giving unnecessary right to women is wrong because that is the major reason why man marries man in the western world. The issue feminism is as a result of this and most of them later regret it at the later years.

Dreal1247:
Giving unnecessary right to women is wrong because that is the major reason why man marries man in the western world. The issue feminism is as a result of this and most of them later regret it at the later years.

The Bible lied and says Man was created first, but how can man be created first when the Xy chromosome(man) has less material than the XX chromosome(woman). Do you know the Y chromosome is a defect of the X chromosome. Y chromosome has (97.5%) of the 2nd X chromosome (100%) of a woman.

Women use to populate the world by parthenogenesis. Ask how Mary became pregnant or the numerous women that swore they were virgins but became pregnant anyway.

A Woman can give birth without a man, but the reverse is impossible. All Fetus normally are female at conception until they mutate. No wonder the man always trying to control the woman, because deep down their dna knows this.

Have you ever seen nature been called Father. Mother Earth, Mother Land, Mother Nature. I won’t be surprised if God is even a woman. Las las, una go get sense for mistreatment of women. See how countries that don’t mistreat their women are progressing in leaps and bound. Check out Rwanda.