Egypt: Doctor Walks Free After Girl Dies from Genital Cutting

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Thirteen-year-old Sohair al-Bata'a died during a genital cutting operation in Egypt. The trial of her doctor and father ended in their acquittal.
20 November 2014
allAfrica.com

An Egyptian court has acquitted the first doctor ever brought to trial in Egypt on female genital mutilation charges that resulted in the death of 13-year-old Sohair al-Bata’a, according Egyptian Streets.

The doctor and the girl's father were both on trial after she died in June 2013 at Raslan Halawa’s private medical clinic while undergoing the operation at her father’s request.

"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.

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