Legal Articles
An FGM conviction in England may not have been one in Scotland
A woman from Harrow, London lost a bid in the Court of Appeal
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Female Genital Mutilation (Protection and Guidance) (Scotland) Bill
Had England’s most recent “FGM” trial been held in Scotland the mother might not have been convicted.
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FGM Law, Trials, Prosecutions, Convictions, Protection Orders and Mandatory Reporting
Terminology
Until the 1980s, FGM was widely known in English as “female circumcision”,
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The Gambia contests female circumcision (FGM) ban
The Gambia in west African has become the centre of international concern in regard to female circumcision,
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Police secure UK conviction for FGM occurring in Kenya
A British mother has been jailed (February 2024) for allowing her daughter to undergo FGM in Kenya.
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Some women are considered more equal than others in regard to genital modifications
In Australia, some women can now consent to cosmetic genital modifications while others cannot.
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FGM: charges and prosecutions 2018-2022
FOI request to CPS October 2023: ‘I am writing to make an information request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
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“I always believed Dr Nagarwala was innocent and overcharged”
A criminal defence lawyer asserted this when she wrote the following
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Lisbon Court suspended sentence for mother convicted of FGM
Lisbon Court suspends sentence to woman convicted of FGM.
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