JUBA, South Sudan, October 17, 2018 (Morning Star News) – A young Catholic woman has discovered personally that many Public Order Police in Muslim-majority Sudan believe they have a mandate to sexually harass those they deem inappropriately dressed.
Nyankiir Kual Mayen, a 24-year-old university student in Al Qadarif in eastern Sudan, filed a complaint with police two days after a Public Order Police officer held and groped her on Sept. 21, but there is no indication police have taken any action, sources said.
Mayen, a South Sudanese national studying at Al Qadarif University, was on her way to a church service when she noticed a Public Order Police officer following her in his vehicle. Identified only as Akasha, the officer stopped her as she reached the town’s main market area, she said. Women not dressed according to strict Islamic customs in Sudan are easily identifiable as non-Muslims.
The officer grabbed her and groped her breast, Mayen said.
He ordered her to come with him to the police station, but she insisted that it was illegal to arrest women on the street without a warrant, Mayen said. Annoyed, the officer said he would arrest her for indecent dress, she said.
One of nearly a dozen witnesses said the officer told her he was from the Public Order Police with a mandate to arrest and harass women who were indecently dressed. The business administration…
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