Shifting Sands

How an FGM trial became one about witchcraft

Guest Author Published10 February 2019

This is the fifth time that FGM has gone to trial in England since 2014.
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A miscarriage of justice?

Bríd Hehir Published5 February 2019

The first FGM conviction in Britain has been secured. But at what cost?
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FGM figures have decreased not increased

Bríd Hehir Published10 December 2018

‘Female genital mutilation cases more than double in a year in UK’ reported a Guardian headline, incorrectly, 30 November 2018.
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Legal

Christopher Chope

In defence of Christopher Chope

Guest Author February 14, 2019 No Comments

Well-meaning laws, nodded through without scrutiny, can have terrible consequences.

Old Bailey FGM trial

Thoughts on the Old Bailey FGM case

Guest Author February 14, 2019 No Comments

By Barbara Hewson, Barrister

Campaigners and politicians have made much of the recent conviction

Aus trial not Mutilation

Verdict: Female circumcision is not mutilation

Guest Author September 24, 2018 Comments Off

In Australia, in 2015, three Dawoodi Bohras (a small Shia Muslim sect) were convicted

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This is an example of the damage that an interim order can wreak on an innocent family. What's happening to British justice? twitter.com/indigojo_uk/st…

@indigojo_uk @SulekhaYH Catching up on them now. A useful record

@indigojo_uk A good question that needs exploring. But banning something means making it illegal and we learned how much damage existing fgm laws cause. Think we need fewer not more laws and a lot more persuasive dialogue.

@SulekhaYH I’d go as far as to say that this was unique, even historic.

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