“]More than 35 Sudanese women wearing tight pants were arrested for “disturbing the peace” in Juba, Sudan on Sunday. They were taken by police, but then released without being charged on Monday after appearing in court.

Some of the women were able to avoid arrest by hiding in the Sudanese Gender Minister’s office.

“We saw about 30 girls in two trucks piled up like animals. One girl was just picked up and thrown into the truck,” government worker Nok Duany told Reuters.

Shockingly, the region is seen as a more liberal part of Sudan than the largely Muslim north.

According to SudanForum.net, eyewitnesses saw many women leave the court in blood-stained clothing, clearly beaten…