Ferdoos Eltoum

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Charge:	Public Indecency
Sentence:	500 Sudanese Pounds (£54) and 20 lashes suspended
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Year Crime:	2015
Year Convicted:	2015
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Sudan
County or Region of Crime:	Khartoum
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Ferdoos Eltoum was wrongly convicted in July 2015 of public indency for the clothes she wore to court for her trial on a charge of public indency for what she was wearing when she exited the El Izba Baptist Church in Khartoum with eleven other women in June 2015. All twelve women are Christians, and they were all charged with public indency for their clothing. The judge sentenced to pay a fine of 500 Sudanese Pounds (£54) and punishment of 20 lashes, which was suspended. In September 2015 Eltoum's conviction was overturned on appeal on the basis the trial judge had no legal authority to summarily convict her for a crime she had not been charged with committing. "
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Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Christian woman has public indecency conviction overturned in Sudan, By Hannah Tooley, premier.org.uk, October 16, 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://www.premier.org.uk/News/World/Christian-woman-has-public-indecency-conviction-overturned-in-Sudan
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Ferdoos Eltoum

Charge:

Public Indecency

Sentence:

500 Sudanese Pounds (£54) and 20 lashes suspended

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2015

Year Convicted:

2015

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Sudan

County or Region of Crime:

Khartoum

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

In September 2015 Eltoum's conviction was overturned on appeal on the basis the trial judge had no legal authority to convict her for a crime she had not been charged with committing.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Christian woman has public indecency conviction overturned in Sudan, By Hannah Tooley, premier.org.uk, October 16, 2015"

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http://www.premier.org.uk/News/World/Christian-woman-has-public-indecency-conviction-overturned-in-Sudan

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