Showing posts with label FGM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FGM. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Court Says U.S. Engaged In Vindictive Subsequent Prosecution of Defendants Originally Charged With Female Genital Mutilation

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In United States v. Nagarwala , (ED MI, Sept. 28, 2021), a Michigan federal district court dismissed witness tampering charges against defen...
Friday, July 17, 2020

Sudan Liberalizes Its Laws On Apostasy, Alcohol, Criminal Sanctions and Women's Rights

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Al Jazeera reported earlier this week on important legal reforms being implemented in Sudan: Sudan approved wide-ranging amendments to it...
Thursday, September 19, 2019

6th Circuit Refuses To Allow Congress To Intervene To Defend FGM Ban

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As previously reported, after the Department of Justice dropped its appeal of the district court's decision in United States v. Nagarwa...
Thursday, May 02, 2019

House of Representatives Moves To Intervene To Defend Federal FGM Ban

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As previously reported , last month the Department of Justice dropped its appeal of the court's decision in United States v. Nagarwala ....
Sunday, April 14, 2019

DOJ Drops Appeal In FGM Case; Proposes Amendments To Federal Statutory Ban

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AP reports that the Department of Justice has dropped its appeal of the court's decision in  United States v. Nagarwala. In the case, a...
Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Court Holds Federal Female Genital Mutilation Statute Unconstitutional

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A Michigan federal district court today held, on federalism grounds, that the federal Female Genital Mutilation statute, 18 USC 116 , is unc...
Wednesday, March 07, 2018

British Court Issues FGM Protection Order To Protect 1-Year Old

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According to the Manchester Evening News  this week, a Family Court judge in Manchester, England has entered an "FGM protection order&q...
Monday, January 15, 2018

One Count Dismissed In Michigan Female Genital Mutilation Case

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A Detroit (MI) federal district court yesterday dismissed the most serious of seven charges against two doctors indicted for their involveme...
Friday, July 14, 2017

Michigan Outlaws FGM In Package of Bills Signed By Governor

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On July 11, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed a series of bills dealing with female genital mutilation. As summarized by the governor'...
Friday, June 23, 2017

Female Genital Mutilation Case Expands

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On June 21, federal authorities filed a Superseding Indictment ( full text ) adding two defendants in United States v. Nagarwala,  (ED MI, 6...
Thursday, June 08, 2017

Two FGM Defendants Released On Bond

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The Detroit Free Press reported yesterday that a federal district court judge has released on bond to house arrest a doctor and his wife wh...
Thursday, May 04, 2017

Magistrate Denies Bond In Female Genital Mutilation Prosecution

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In Detroit yesterday a federal magistrate denied bond to two defendants charged with female genital mutilation (see prior posting ), rejecti...
Sunday, April 23, 2017

3 Indicted In Detroit On Charges of Female Genital Mutilation

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On Thursday, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan announced the arrest of a Detroit physician and his wife o...