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In defence of Christopher Chope

Guest Author Published 14 February 2019

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

Thoughts on the Old Bailey FGM case

Guest Author Published 14 February 2019

By Barbara Hewson, Barrister

Campaigners and politicians have made much of the recent conviction

How an FGM trial became one about witchcraft

Guest Author Published 10 February 2019

This is the fifth time that FGM has gone to trial in England since 2014.

A miscarriage of justice?

Bríd Hehir Published 5 February 2019

The first FGM conviction in Britain has been secured. But at what cost?

Verdict: Female circumcision is not mutilation

Guest Author Published 24 September 2018

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

Laws against FGM and Khafz need to be scrapped

Guest Author Published 26 August 2018

While I disagree with Dawoodi Bohra’s insisting

Bohras believe that Khafz should not be categorized as FGM

Australia court rules Bohra female circumcision not FGM

Guest Author Published 18 August 2018

The Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court in New South Wales, last week acquitted

FGM armoury to be strengthened irrespective of need

Bríd Hehir Published 7 August 2018

An ‘extraordinary debate about something that we all care passionately’,

The FGM narrative needs to move beyond prosecution

Guest Author Published 30 April 2018

Communities must be listened to

The Old Bailey ‘FGM’ trial

Guest Author Published 9 April 2018

The Old Bailey trial ended 22 March 2018 in an acquittal.

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@MichaelBerkele2 @NimkoAli @ChrisJames_90 @carriesymonds @ZacGoldsmith @PennyMordaunt @cj_dinenage @claireperrymp @jessphillips @JohnnyMercerUK @sajidjavid Maddison lists ONE court case that Social Services (unusually) was not involved with? That’s a child protection not a legal problem. This PMB encourages views my FGM as ‘exceptional’ in safeguarding which is arguably racist and will lead to further stigmatisation.

@NimkoAli @ChrisJames_90 @carriesymonds @ZacGoldsmith @PennyMordaunt @cj_dinenage @MichaelBerkele2 @claireperrymp @jessphillips @JohnnyMercerUK @sajidjavid Please read these and consider whether there really is a need for more laws. bmj.com/content/364/bm…. And this google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theg…

@FinancialTimes @ClareGerada But they're all Remainers and have joined yesterday's eight (from Labour) united against Brexit. That's not the kind of caring I'd loose sleep over.

@EveningStandard removed my comment questioning @ShaunBaileyUK & @NimkoAli's proposal to establish a register of girls 'at risk' of FGM. I suggested it might be racist. Wonder how long today's comment will last? standard.co.uk/news/london/to…

@EveningStandard obvs disliked my published comment in response to @ShaunBaileyUK that a register was needed for girls 'at risk' of #FGM and removed it. Why? Is his blatantly racist suggestion really that unquestionable and unchallengeable? standard.co.uk/news/london/to…

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