(CNN) -- A Sudanese journalist could receive 40 lashings after she was caught wearing trousers. Lubna al-Hussein was arrested with 18 other women this month for wearing indecent clothes. A Sudanese court began hearing Lubna al-Hussein's case Wednesday. It will continue the hearing August 4. At the time of her arrest, she was wearing pants, a blouse and a hijab, she said. Police accused her of wearing trousers that were too tight and alleged that her blouse was too transparent, al-Hussein said. Al-Hussein, who works for a newspaper and the media department of the United Nations mission in Sudan, said she did nothing wrong. She has been released to her home in Khartoum.
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Lubna al-Hussein's case is scheduled to continue August 4
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Al-Hussein, 18 others were rounded up this month for wearing indecent clothes
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Ten arrestees have received 40 lashes, al-Hussein says
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Al-Hussein was told her pants were too tight, her blouse too transparent
"This case is the official retaliation against the reporter for her writings criticizing the @placeholder regime and extremists," the organization said in a statement.