Posted on 11/20/2014 9:16:22 AM PST by Olog-hai
An Egyptian court on Thursday acquitted a doctor charged with committing female genital mutilation that led to a 13-year-old girl’s death in a Nile Delta village, the country’s first trial on charges of breaking the ban on the practice.
The verdict surprised activists against the practice, who had been hoping for a conviction and tough sentence to serve as a deterrent for doctors and families. Egypt has one of the highest rates of female genital mutilation in the world and criminalized the practice in 2008, but it remains widespread. …
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Man kills a 13 year old girl and it’s no problem. Don’t worry liberals, he wasn’t a Repbuplican.
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