Five members of Sudan’s athletics team were arrested by police Saturday on charges of wearing “indecent dress.”
Police forces stopped ten athletes including three women while they were playing their sports on the White Nile beach near Jebel Aulia town. Five athletes were freed after producing military identification cards.
The remaining in custody were charged under article 152 of the Sudanese Criminal Code regarding obscene and indecent acts.
A lawyer for the accused Allah Jabu Suleiman said in a press statement that the case has yet to be referred to the court in Jebel Aulia.