A Reuters report has reported that three women were injured and 26 arrested when police used teargas and batons to break up a demonstration in Khartoum against a decree banning women from working in public places such as restaurants, hotels, cafeterias and petrol stations.
According to the report, dozens of women representing women’s groups and civil societies had been holding a peaceful protest on Monday to protest against the decree when they were attacked by police. Many women had condemned the decree, claiming it violated their constitutional rights and rendered them unemployed at a time when it was difficult to get jobs, the report said. It added, however, the constitutional court had earlier, on Saturday, suspended the implementation of the decree after petitions had been filed by several women and human rights groups.
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