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Christopher Chope

In defence of Christopher Chope

Guest Author Published 14 February 2019

Well-meaning laws, nodded through without scrutiny,

Old Bailey FGM trial

Thoughts on the Old Bailey FGM case

Guest Author Published 14 February 2019

By Barbara Hewson, Barrister

Why was witchcraft part of fem trial?

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.

FGM conviction

A miscarriage of justice?

Bríd Hehir Published 5 February 2019

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

Aus trial not Mutilation

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

Scrap FGM and Khafz laws

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, 10 August 2018, acquitted

FGM armoury to be strengthened

FGM armoury to be strengthened irrespective of need

Bríd Hehir Published 7 August 2018

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

FGM narrative must move on

The FGM narrative needs to move beyond prosecution

Guest Author Published 30 April 2018

Communities must be listened to

FGM trial Old Bailey

The Old Bailey ‘FGM’ trial

Guest Author Published 9 April 2018

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