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U.K. doctor on trial for FGM in landmark case

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A British doctor accused of carrying out female genital mutilation (FGM) on a patient after she had given birth at a London hospital went on trial Jan. 19 in the country’s first FGM prosecution.

Prosecutor Kate Bex said the offence took place after Dhanuson Dharmasena delivered the woman’s child at Whittington Hospital, north London, on Nov. 24, 2012.

To aid birth, Dharmasena cut open the woman’s labia, which had fused when she had FGM at age 6, Bex said. He then stitched the labia together again, thereby performing FGM. (Reuters)

女性器切除を行なった医師に英国初の裁判

女性器切除（FGM）を施術したとして罪を問われている英国人医師の初公判が１月19日、行なわれた。女性器切除の施術医師の裁判は英国で初めてのことだ。

The Japan Times ST: January 30, 2015