A Sudanese journalist facing 40 lashes for wearing "indecent" trousers vowed on the eve of her judgment that she is ready to be whipped 40,000 times in her bid to change the country's harsh laws.

Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein, who works for the media department of the United Nations Mission in Sudan, is to be judged tomorrow after waiving the immunity granted to UN workers.

Facing 40 lashes ... Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein. Credit:AFP

She is to be judged under Article 152 of Sudanese law, which promises 40 lashes for anyone "who commits an indecent act which violates public morality or wears indecent clothing".

Hussein, who is in her 30s and whose husband died of kidney failure, said in a telephone interview: "I'm ready for anything to happen. I'm absolutely not afraid of the verdict."