What an or(deal)! twitter.com/denisrussell12…

theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/… An #fgm trial has begun in London. The public are not allowed to take notes and there are reporting restrictions, so for now I’m not commenting until I’m clearer about what the restrictions mean.

Some children's rights activists want African girls genitals inspected for signs of FGM there. But in UK, mandatory genital exams were advocated by MP Diane Abbott, and backed by other MPs in a parliamentary debate 2014, as a way of securing prosecutions. shiftingsands.org.uk/fgm-crus…

@thesailorsgirl @thenitinsawhney Looking forward to reading it. Re-read ‘Orchard’ in Ethiopia.

@briandavidearp One of those questions that I have no understanding of, or the answer to.