Sudan YouTube flogging video: Women arrested at march
About 30 Sudanese women have been arrested for holding a protest march over a video which allegedly shows two policemen whipping a woman.
The women were detained as they tried to hand a petition to the justice ministry in Khartoum.
A Sudanese official has condemned as “shocking” the video, which has been widely circulated on the YouTube website.
The BBC’s James Copnall in Khartoum says flogging is a common punishment.
Those convicted of crimes ranging from selling alcohol to “indecent dressing” or adultery are sentenced to lashes by Sudan’s Sharia courts.