Author: Sat, 2021-05-01 21:48 CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has ratified amendments to the penal code submitted by the House of Representatives that introduce harsher penalties for the crime of female genital mutilation. According to the new amendment, whoever performs the procedure by partially or completely removing any part of a female’s external genitalia, or inflicts injuries to those organs, shall be punished by five to seven years of imprisonment. But the penalty will be imprisonment with hard labor for a period of no less than 10 years if the procedure results in death. If a doctor or nurse performs the procedure and it results in a permanent disability, they
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