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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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Mother Jailed For 11-Years For Female Mutilation On 3-Year-Old Daughter
A British judge on Friday jailed a Ugandan woman for 11 years after she became the first person ever to be found guilty of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Britain.
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Bohra Women Want Genital Mutilation Issue In 2019 Election Manifestos
Political parties need to be more sensible and accountable to save a girl child's dignity and that female genital mutilation issue should be a part of their agenda, say activists.
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Top Court Refers Female Genital Mutilation Plea To Constitutional Bench
The Supreme Court Monday referred to a five-judge constitution bench the plea challenging practice of female genital mutilation among Dawoodi Bohra Muslims.
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Female Genital Mutilation Violates Constitutional Rights: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday said the practice of female genital mutilation in the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community is violative of Article 21 and Article 15 of the Constitution that guarantees protection of life and personal liberty and prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth.
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Centre Backs Top Court On Plea To End Genital Mutilation Of Muslim Women
The Centre today told the Supreme Court that it supported the petition opposing the practice of female genital mutilation in the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community.
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Female Genital Mutilation Violates Bodily Integrity: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the practice of female genital mutilation of minor girls in the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community, saying it violates the bodily "integrity" of a girl child.
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Female Genital Mutilation A Crime: Centre To Supreme Court
The central government on Friday told the Supreme Court that the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) is a "crime under existing laws".
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Father Forced Genital Mutilation, He Said It Was My "Punishment": London Teen
A London teenager, who says her father forced her to undergo female genital mutilation twice at the family home, told a court on Tuesday it was done as a form of punishment.
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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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Mother Jailed For 11-Years For Female Mutilation On 3-Year-Old Daughter
A British judge on Friday jailed a Ugandan woman for 11 years after she became the first person ever to be found guilty of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Britain.
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Bohra Women Want Genital Mutilation Issue In 2019 Election Manifestos
Political parties need to be more sensible and accountable to save a girl child's dignity and that female genital mutilation issue should be a part of their agenda, say activists.
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Top Court Refers Female Genital Mutilation Plea To Constitutional Bench
The Supreme Court Monday referred to a five-judge constitution bench the plea challenging practice of female genital mutilation among Dawoodi Bohra Muslims.
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Female Genital Mutilation Violates Constitutional Rights: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday said the practice of female genital mutilation in the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community is violative of Article 21 and Article 15 of the Constitution that guarantees protection of life and personal liberty and prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth.
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Centre Backs Top Court On Plea To End Genital Mutilation Of Muslim Women
The Centre today told the Supreme Court that it supported the petition opposing the practice of female genital mutilation in the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community.
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Female Genital Mutilation Violates Bodily Integrity: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the practice of female genital mutilation of minor girls in the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community, saying it violates the bodily "integrity" of a girl child.
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Female Genital Mutilation A Crime: Centre To Supreme Court
The central government on Friday told the Supreme Court that the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) is a "crime under existing laws".
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Father Forced Genital Mutilation, He Said It Was My "Punishment": London Teen
A London teenager, who says her father forced her to undergo female genital mutilation twice at the family home, told a court on Tuesday it was done as a form of punishment.
