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Woman jailed for seven years for handing over girl, 3, for female genital mutilation
- Amina Noor, a woman from Harrow, London, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for assisting in the female genital mutilation of a child in Kenya 18 years ago. She is the first person to be convicted of this crime in the UK.
- Noor took the child to a private house where the procedure took place. The victim, now 21, suffered physical and emotional pain as a result.
- FGM is a harmful practice that is often carried out without the person's consent and can lead to long-term health problems. Noor's conviction is intended to encourage others to report similar crimes.
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·Amsterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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Woman who handed over British girl, 3, for FGM in Kenya given seven years
Amina Noor travelled from north London with the child to Kenya where the procedure was carried out in 2006
·London, United Kingdom
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A British woman was sentenced to seven years in prison on Friday for being involved in the circumcision of a girl. According to the police in London, this is only the second time someone has been convicted of doing so since genital mutilation became a criminal offence in the country in 1985, and it is the first conviction for circumcision carried out abroad.
·Apeldoorn, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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Total News Sources18
Leaning Left6Leaning Right8Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution45% Right
Bias Distribution
- 45% of the sources lean Right
45% Right
L 33%
C 22%
R 45%
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