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Female genital mutilation banned in Eritrea |
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Asmara, Eritrea - Eritrea has banned the life-threatening practice of female circumcision, the government announced late on Wednesday.
Anyone who requests, incites or promotes female genital mutilation (FGM) will be punished with a fine and imprisonment.
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"Female circumcision is a procedure that seriously endangers the health of women (and) causes them considerable pain and suffering, besides threatening their lives." |
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