Egypt launches first prosecution for female genital mutilation after girl dies Patrick Kingsley in Cairo theguardian.com Sohair al-Bata’a, a 13-year-old Egyptian girl who died after being subjected to female genital mutilation. Human rights groups forced the government to reopen the case A doctor will stand trial for the first time in Egypt on charges of female genital mutilation, after a 13-year-old girl died following an alleged operation in his clinic last year. In a landmark case, Dr Raslan Fadl is the first doctor to be prosecuted for FGM in Egypt, where the practice was banned in 2008, but is still widely accepted and carried out … Continue reading Egypt launches prosecution of doctor who killed girl in FGM attack.