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# Circumcision

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# Philip Ogbewe
‘Barbaric’ circumcision accused admits endangering baby’s life
The baby needed emergency urgent medical attention and was hospitalised for two weeks.
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May 20th 2020, 10:15 PM
# Courts
Man sent to trial accused of endangerment of life over alleged circumcision carried out on baby
The infant needed emergency medical attention and was hospitalised for two weeks.
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Feb 4th 2019, 3:59 PM
# Courts
Man (54) accused of impersonating doctor during circumcision of 10-month baby boy
The infant needed emergency medical attention and was hospitalised for two weeks.
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Jan 11th 2019, 5:36 PM
# dr philip
Man to stand trial over 'crude circumcision' of baby boy who had to be hospitalised
A court was told the boy was lucky to be alive.
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Nov 16th 2018, 4:26 PM
# Mutilation
Iceland's plan to ban circumcision is causing controversy
Lawmakers want it put on par with female genital mutilation.
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Feb 25th 2018, 9:00 PM
Voices
'Families hire 'cutters' to remove any sensation for the girl and it's called a rite of passage'
Extreme forms of mutilation can lead to difficulties in menstruation, painful intercourse, incontinence and infertility.
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Mar 24th 2016, 4:00 PM
# Female Genital Mutilation
'I used a razor blade and often cut ten girls a day'
There are over 140 million girls and woman across the world with cut genitals and this dangerous and painful practice continues today.
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Feb 6th 2016, 7:45 AM
# Legal Battle
US woman who fled to avoid son's circumcision is arrested
The mother and the boy’s father disagree about whether he should be circumcised.
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May 16th 2015, 6:30 PM
# Health
Kenyan men flee to escape enforced circumcision
The procedure is often carried out without anaesthesia.
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Aug 11th 2014, 7:15 PM
# Safe sex
Uganda tests 'rubber band circumcision' in battle against HIV
The simple device – two plastic rings and an elastic band – cuts off blood supply to the foreskin, which then shrivels and is removed with the band after a week.
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Jun 18th 2014, 7:45 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Good morning! Here are nine things you need to know before you start your day…
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Feb 3rd 2013, 8:53 AM
# Germany
Circumcision ban could make Germany 'laughing stock': Merkel
“I do not want Germany to be the only country in the world in which Jews cannot practise their rites,” the Germany Chancellor has said.
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Jul 16th 2012, 1:50 PM
# need to know
The Evening Fix: Thursday
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
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Jun 28th 2012, 7:50 PM
# Germany
German court: 'Circumcising young boys is grievous bodily harm'
Jewish and Islamic groups have criticised the decision, describing it as an attempt to criminalise their customs.
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Jun 28th 2012, 2:54 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know this morning…
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Jun 28th 2012, 8:49 AM
# Week in Photos
The week in photos
This is the week that was, in pictures.
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Jul 30th 2011, 11:22 AM
# Foreskin Man
Comic-book hero 'Foreskin Man' criticised as anti-Semitic
It’s fair to say the man who fights Orthdox Jews and doctors who perform circumcisions is not your average comic-book hero.
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Jun 18th 2011, 7:21 PM
# Philippines
Philippine city aims for Guinness World Record with mass circumcision 'party'
Around 1,500 boys aged nine years and up have been circumcised at an event organised to provide safe surgery for traditional circumcision.
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May 7th 2011, 11:09 AM