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Rights Groups Urge Indonesia to Revoke Female Circumcision Rule

Posted June 24th, 2011 at 4:05 am (UTC-5)
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Rights groups, including Amnesty International, have urged Indonesia to immediately repeal a newly issued regulation permitting female circumcision. Amnesty International issued a joint statement with Indonesian civil society organizations Thursday, saying the new regulation legitimized the practice of female genital mutilation. The statement called the regulation a backward step for women’s rights protection in Indonesia […]

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