First FGM case in Australia

An African couple is due to face Queensland's Beenleigh District Court today [[Mon]], accused of sending two girls overseas to undergo genital mutilation.

Source: UNICEF/HOLT

It's the first time a criminal case has reached the courts under Queensland laws banning female genital mutilation that came into effect 18 years ago.

It's alleged the couple, who cannot be named for legal reasons, sent the girls, then aged nine and 12, to Africa for the procedure.

 

 

 

استمعوا هنا الى البث المباشر لاذاعتنا و لاذاعة BBC أيضا

حمّل تطبيق أس بي أس الجديد على الأندرويد والآيفون للإستماع لبرامجكم المفضلة باللغة العربية.