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Canadian gynaecologists state that female genital mutilation a ‘human rights violation’

The National Post – February 21, 2012 The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada is calling for a cultural change in attitudes toward female genital mutilation, a practice it calls a human rights violation. The society has reaffirmed its stance on the practice in a new policy statement published in the February 2012 edition

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Dutch Man Cleared in Excision Case

A court has cleared a man on a charge of genital cutting in the Netherlands’ first trial linked to female circumcision. Haarlem District Court judges say there is no doubt the girl underwent female circumcision but there is insufficient evidence to convict her father. The father was convicted of beating and biting his daughter and

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Hundreds of girls at risk of genital mutilation says MP Souad Sbai

According to MP and president of Italy’s Association of Moroccan women, at least 600 children are at risk of infibulation, or an extreme form of female genital mutilation in Italy. “Every year in Italy there are 600 children, daughters of immigrants, that are at risk of infibulation and it all happens in total silence,” said

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Concern grows in Britain over the practice of female genital mutilation

Female genital mutilation, commonly associated with parts of Africa and the Middle East, is becoming a growing problem in Britain despite efforts to stamp it out. London’s Metropolitan Police, Britain’s largest police force, hopes a campaign beginning on Wednesday will highlight that the practice is a crime here. To make their point, police are offering

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Legal sanctions come into force against female genital mutilation performed outside Spanish borders.

Some cases of individuals performing the operation while abroad on trips have been noted, and the Spanish government moved to make these prosecutable, as with other crimes such as genocide, terrorism, piracy, prostitution, and the corruption of minors with drugs. {(continued below in Spanish)} El Pleno del Congreso de los Diputados dio luz verde el

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