The BBC is reporting she has been jailed for refusing to pay the fine. The phone number I spoke to her on earlier in the day seems to have been disconnected. Now is the time, more than ever before, to ensure the spotlight doesn’t fade.

As was entirely predictable, today a Sudanese court tried to save face – saying it would not flog Lubna Hussein for wearing trousers (something it didn’t want to do given the global attention on her case) but trying to maintain that she was still “guilty” …

Somehow I got my dates wrong. I just spoke to Lubna (who is sounding good, and very much cheered at the prospect of the Sudanese who are rallying in support of her in London today). Her trial is on Monday (not today as I previously …

There’s been a curious development at the ICC since I was away that is worth keeping an eye on for those interested in following the precedent-setting decisions of the court’s first trial  – against DRC militia leader, Thomas Lubanga Dyillo.

This ran anonymously in Foreign Policy while I was inside Sudan. A quick scan of google news today unfortunately supports the suggestion that the international spotlight on this may be fickle, but I remain confident that Lubna’s supporters in Khartoum will be out in full …

August 15, 2009

So my mate Rob Crilly has written a post I need to respond to regarding my remarks on General Agwai’s comments. Maybe I’m missing something, but I’m not sure we are substantively in quite as much disagreement as Rob would like to think. He agrees …

Next Friday, September 4, is the third time Lubna Hussein will be going to court for the “crime” of wearing trousers. I met with Lubna a number of times when I was in Khartoum, and will be posting some background on her in the coming …