Egypt court jails doctor in ‘historic’ FGM prosecution
An Egyptian court sentenced a doctor to prison Monday for the female genital mutilation (FGM) of a 13-year-old girl, resulting in her death. It is the first such conviction that the country’s judiciary has handed down.
Women’s rights advocates who had pushed for prosecution of the doctor are calling the decision “historic.” A law against FGM has been in place since 2007, but this was the inaugural case to go to trial.
Absolutely right decision of the court for such cruel and nonislamic act.