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Kenyan Girls Still Afflicted By Genital Mutilation Years After Ban
The women know that mutilating young girls by removing their clitoris and inner labia -- framed as a rite of passage -- is still an entrenched practice in some remote villages of Narok county, around three hours from the nearest tarmac road.
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Supreme Court Issues Notice To Centre On Plea To Ban Female Genital Mutilation
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a plea to ban the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) or female circumcision prevailing among Muslims, especially in the Dawoodi Bohra community.
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UK Doctor, Who Chopped Off His Legs, Jailed For Fraud, Saving Amputation Porn
A UK judge jailed a vascular surgeon Thursday after he admitted making fraudulent insurance claims that involved having his legs amputated following self-inflicted injuries made "in part for sexual gratification".
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Odisha Man Slits Wife's Throat, Mutilates Live-In Partner's Genitals
A man slit his estranged wife's throat and mutilated her live-in partner's genitals using a sharp weapon in Odisha's Jajpur on Wednesday, police said, adding that a manhunt is on to track down the suspect.
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Girl Genitalia Mutilated, Sold For Magic In Ivory Coast
When he was a witch doctor, Moussa Diallo would regularly smear himself in a lotion made from a clitoris cut from a girl subjected to female genital mutilation.
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UK Woman Found Guilty Of Assisting In Girl's Genital Mutilation
A London court on Thursday convicted a woman for having helped in the genital mutilation of a three-year-old girl during a trip to Kenya.
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US Court Dismisses Female Genital Mutilation Charge Against Indian Doctor
A US federal judge has dismissed new charges against an Indian-origin doctor accused of performing female genital mutilation, in a case believed to be the first of its kind in the country, according to media reports.
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Cosmopolitan Singapore's Conservative Secret: Genital Mutilation On Girls
Saza Faradilla was 22 when she discovered her genitals had been cut when she was a baby, part of a quietly persistent traditional practice among Singapore's minority Muslim community.
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Sudan To Ban Female Genital Mutilation, Allow Alcohol For Non-Muslims
Sudan will permit non-Muslims to consume alcohol and strengthen women's rights, including banning female genital mutilation (FGM), its justice minister said late on Saturday, in a reversal of almost four decades of hardline Islamist policies.
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Bodies Of 3 Labourers Found With Genitals Mutilated In Uttarakhand: Cops
Bodies of three labourers from Nepal with their genitals mutilated were found from an abandoned house in a forested area of Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district, the police said today.
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Kenyan Girls Still Afflicted By Genital Mutilation Years After Ban
The women know that mutilating young girls by removing their clitoris and inner labia -- framed as a rite of passage -- is still an entrenched practice in some remote villages of Narok county, around three hours from the nearest tarmac road.
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Supreme Court Issues Notice To Centre On Plea To Ban Female Genital Mutilation
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a plea to ban the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) or female circumcision prevailing among Muslims, especially in the Dawoodi Bohra community.
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UK Doctor, Who Chopped Off His Legs, Jailed For Fraud, Saving Amputation Porn
A UK judge jailed a vascular surgeon Thursday after he admitted making fraudulent insurance claims that involved having his legs amputated following self-inflicted injuries made "in part for sexual gratification".
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Odisha Man Slits Wife's Throat, Mutilates Live-In Partner's Genitals
A man slit his estranged wife's throat and mutilated her live-in partner's genitals using a sharp weapon in Odisha's Jajpur on Wednesday, police said, adding that a manhunt is on to track down the suspect.
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Girl Genitalia Mutilated, Sold For Magic In Ivory Coast
When he was a witch doctor, Moussa Diallo would regularly smear himself in a lotion made from a clitoris cut from a girl subjected to female genital mutilation.
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UK Woman Found Guilty Of Assisting In Girl's Genital Mutilation
A London court on Thursday convicted a woman for having helped in the genital mutilation of a three-year-old girl during a trip to Kenya.
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US Court Dismisses Female Genital Mutilation Charge Against Indian Doctor
A US federal judge has dismissed new charges against an Indian-origin doctor accused of performing female genital mutilation, in a case believed to be the first of its kind in the country, according to media reports.
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Cosmopolitan Singapore's Conservative Secret: Genital Mutilation On Girls
Saza Faradilla was 22 when she discovered her genitals had been cut when she was a baby, part of a quietly persistent traditional practice among Singapore's minority Muslim community.
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Sudan To Ban Female Genital Mutilation, Allow Alcohol For Non-Muslims
Sudan will permit non-Muslims to consume alcohol and strengthen women's rights, including banning female genital mutilation (FGM), its justice minister said late on Saturday, in a reversal of almost four decades of hardline Islamist policies.
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Bodies Of 3 Labourers Found With Genitals Mutilated In Uttarakhand: Cops
Bodies of three labourers from Nepal with their genitals mutilated were found from an abandoned house in a forested area of Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district, the police said today.
