By Abeer Salah, Aswat Masriya An Egyptian court postponed on Thursday the female genital mutilation trial of a doctor who had preformed the surgery on a teenage girl that led to her to death to June 19. Sohair al-Bata’a, 13, died in June 2013 at Raslan Halawa’s private medical clinic while undergoing an FGM operation at her father’s request, who is also standing trial. “The story unfolded when the victim’s father filed a complaint, accusing the doctor of killing his daughter after performing an FGM operation,” said Mona Amin, the general coordinator of National Population Council’s national project for banning FGM.This is the first trial of its kind since Egypt banned the practice in 2008. Outrage causes investigation The investigation was pushed for by the National Population Council (NPC) last November, which demanded establishing a committee of forensic experts to verify the real cause of death, stated Amin.’ During investigation, the father retracted from his initial police report statements accusing the doctor, instead, he claimed his daughter was suffering from pelvic pain, and was diagnosed of having “excess” skin that had to be removed through a doctor. Halawa has…
First female genital mutilation trial held after 13-year-old Egyptian girl killed
May 22, 2014
