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| Mali woman excised daughters in France |
| 2004-01-14 |
| More about the nuanced justice of Europe, so different from the brutal and racist ways of the US. /sarcasm off A woman from Mali was handed down a five-year suspended jail sentence in a French court on Tuesday for the genital mutilation of her three French-born daughters. grrrrr Defence lawyers for Aminata Sall, 42, had argued that she had been unaware that excision, or genital mutilation, was illegal in France, and was only "respecting Malian custom". Sall had denied in court on Monday that her daughters, now aged 10, 14, and 15, had been excised. However, on Tuesday she confessed to having "been present" during their excisions. The mother maintained that she had not assisted in the procedure, a painful operation which typically involves cutting off the clitoris and other parts of genitalia in pre-pubescent and teenage girls. Prosecuting lawyer Philippe Bilger had not sought to have Sall given a prison sentence. oh no, that would be judgemental and disrespectful of cultural differences An estimated 130 million women have been subjected to female genital mutilation, and two million undergo the procedure each year, according to officials at a conference on excision held last November in Sweden. Widely practiced in many African countries, despite laws that outlaw it, excision impairs |
| Posted by:rkb |
| #4 Scum. Lousy F'ing scum... |
| Posted by: Hyper 2004-1-14 6:09:16 PM |
| #3 Start cutting off two testicles for each clitoris removed and see how soon this 'custom' ends. A |
| Posted by: Gasse Katze 2004-1-14 5:17:01 PM |
| #2 It's official, Sharia is the new law in France. I |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2004-1-14 4:06:54 PM |
| #1 FIVE years suspended? Strange law. In Germany 2 years suspended is the maximum, if you get more years, it's mandatory prison. How many suspended years do you get for stoning people? After all, it's a custom, right? |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-1-14 3:13:37 PM |