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Author: Equality Now
The appeals court in Mansoura overturned the lower court’s 2014 decision and sentenced Dr. Fadl to two years in jail for manslaughter and three months for performing FGM. Soheir’s father received a three month suspended sentence under the anti-FGM law. The doctor’s clinic, where the FGM was performed, was also closed for one year.
This first ever FGM trial in Egypt is hugely important in a country which has the highest number of affected women and girls in the world. In a country where medicalization of FGM is very high (more than 75% of cases performed by medical practitioners), it is also extremely significant that a medical professional was sentenced. Egypt is sending a strong message that FGM will not be tolerated, particularly in the lead up to the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation on 6 February. We are hopeful that this will be an important stepping stone towards ending this extreme human rights violation once and for all. On behalf of Equality Now and our partners, thank you to everyone who supported this campaign!
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