In UK First, Court Convicts Mother Of Female Genital Mutilation

A London jury convicted a woman of committing female genital mutilation on her daughter, when the child was 3. It is first time anyone in the U.K. has been found guilty of the crime since it became illegal in 1985.

It's the first time anyone has been successfully prosecuted under the anti-FGM law, passed more than 30 years ago. Officials say the mother performed the procedure on her 3-year-old daughter in 2017.

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from News : NPR https://n.pr/2DNW6Fr

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