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Trial of Sudanese journalist alarms Tunisians
![[Ashraf Shazly/AFP/Getty Images] Sudanese journalist Lubna Ahmed Hussein](/var/ezwebin_site/storage/images/issues-and-analysis/library/trial-of-sudanese-journalist-alarms-tunisians/614287-1-eng-GB/Trial-of-Sudanese-journalist-alarms-Tunisians_articlethumbnail.jpg "[Ashraf Shazly/AFP/Getty Images] Sudanese journalist Lubna Ahmed Hussein"){kind=small}
Many Tunisians are voicing concerns that Sudan's prosecution of journalist Lubna Ahmed Hussein for wearing trousers could mark a shift away from women's rights and towards religious extremism in the Maghreb.
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