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Revision as of 08:52, 24 November 2021
Khalid Adem (born 1975) is an Ethiopian who was both the first person prosecuted and first person convicted for female genital mutilation (FGM) in the USA,[1][2] stemming from charges that he had personally excised his 2-year-old daughter's clitoris with a pair of scissors.[3][4][5]
External links
Wikipedia article: Khalid Adem. Retrieved 29 December 2020.- (1 November 2006).
Man gets 10-year sentence for circumcision of 2-year-old daughter
. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
References
- ↑ There were, however, two people in California in 2004 charged with "conspiring" to commit an act of FGM. Adem was the first American prosecuted for actually performing the procedure.
- ↑
Broussard PA. (Duke University School of Law) Female genital mutilation: exploring strategies for ending ritualized torture; shaming, blaming, and utilizing the Convention against Torture (archive URL). Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy (Durham). 2008; 15(1) Retrieved 23 October 2008.
- ↑
Luscombe, Belinda (11 May 2010)."Has a U.S. Pediatrics Group Condoned Genital Cutting?", Time. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
- ↑ Brock, J. (2006)."Adem gets 10 years in prison for mutilation", Gwinnett Daily Post. Retrieved 4 November 2006.
- ↑ The Associated Press (2 November 2006)."Man Convicted in Daughter’s Mutilation", New York Times. Retrieved 1 December 2008.
