TROUSERS PROTEST WOMAN LEAVES JAIL

Journalist Lubna Hussein had been convicted of indecency but refused to recognise the verdict or pay a £160 fine.

She was jailed for a month but released after a day.

She said that the government-allied Journalists Union paid the fine on her behalf.

She claimed the government was "unnerved" by her presence in prison because she would report on conditions inside.

A judge imposed the fine after convicting her on Monday, but he did not order the maximum penalty of 40 lashes.