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Initiation season in South Africa: why state regulation clashes with customary laws

It’s nearly winter in South Africa, which means the opening of winter initiation schools is approaching. These rituals mark a transition to adulthood and are deeply ingrained culturally. But they’re often the subject of headlines because of deaths and safety issues.

The Conversation

‘Not out of the woods by any means’: Newborn fights for life after circumcision ‘gone awry’ nearly kills him

Exclusive details: Cole Jordan Groth’s father told The Independent that his newborn son is expected to remain hospitalized for “at least a couple of months.”

The Independent UK

Father and son sue the state of Oregon over ‘barbaric’ circumcisions

Lawsuit hopes to ‘protect boys and intersex children’ from being circumcised, attorney Eric Clopper says

The Independent UK

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Man who performed 'mobile circumcisions' on children across south of England jailed

Mohammad Siddiqui performed unnecessary painful circumcisions on children in areas including London

Evening Standard

Former doctor jailed for carrying out ‘unsanitary and dangerous’ circumcisions

Mohammad Siddiqui, 58, from Birmingham, pleaded guilty to 25 offences.

Evening Standard

Missouri Parents Arrested After Botching At-Home Circumcision on Baby Son: Sheriff

The couple said a prayer then performed the at-home circumcision before they rushed to a nearby hospital.

Latin Times

Sacked doctor pleads guilty to harming children in ‘unsafe and cruel’ circumcisions

Mohammad Siddiqui admitted to carrying out procedures which left children ‘with emotional and physical scars’

The Independent UK

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Former doctor admits causing harm during child circumcision operations

Mohammad Siddiqui, 58, pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday to 25 offences.

Evening Standard

Doctor linked to multiple deaths after severing a baby’s penis in botched circumcision

The doctor reportedly did not tell the infant’s parents that his medical license had been revoked 10 days prior

The Independent UK

In a remote Ugandan region, a sacred circumcision ritual faces a contentious test of purity

The ritualized circumcision of thousands of boys, known as Imbalu, began Aug. 3 in a remote corner of Uganda and will continue until the end of 2024

The Independent UK

Disinformation War Engulfs Mexican Presidential Race

Does Mexican presidential front-runner Claudia Sheinbaum want to make circumcision compulsory and close a revered Catholic church?

International Business Times

Kenya's Samburu boys share a sacred bond. Why one teen broke with the brotherhood

After initiation rites – including circumcision – the boys leave their families to take charge of the herds, driving them high into the mountains. It's a way of life that climate change is testing.

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Trainee FGM ‘cutter’ who fled the Gambia fights renewed risk to girls

Maimouna Jawo launches online campaign from UK after Gambian move to rescind female genital mutilation ban

The Guardian - UK

Miriam Margolyes says she doesn’t believe in circumcision ‘because you are mutilating a child’

‘I only realised I didn’t like it recently,’ says actor

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Uttar Pradesh: Hospital in Bareilly 'circumcises' 2.5-year-old, family alleges conspiracy; Licence suspended

The child’s family alleged the circumcision was done as part of a conspiracy as their signature was taken on a document written in English which they could not understand. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

Prominent foe of female circumcision wins prestigious $1.4 million Templeton Prize

The Templeton Prize — one of the world's largest annual individual awards — is being awarded this year to a nurse-midwife who for decades has strived to improve women’s health care in East Africa

The Guardian - UK

And, cut! What it was like being circumcised in my 60s

When my doctor said the operation could help a medical condition, it led me to wonder about the history of this ancient procedure

Daily Mirror

Mum reunited with son who ran away from home 25 years ago fearing circumcision

Agus Ahmadi, now 38, fled from home when he was just 12 years old because he was petrified of being circumcised. The heartbreaking reunion was organised by a YouTube filmmaker

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Exposed: the horror statistics behind ritual circumcision of baby boys in the UK

Campaigners demand that boys get the same legal protection that is given to girls

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The Nazi Costume, Circumcision Nose Beers: All The Bombshells From Prince Harry’s Memoir

Prince Harry's new memoir Spare will officially drop on January 10 but a leaked copy has revealed, as expected, many bombshells.

The Conversation

Uganda: an ancient circumcision ritual is key to imparting communal knowledge

Music, dance, drama and poetry are important elements of ritual in African societies. Imbalu, the centuries-old circumcision ritual of Uganda’s Bagisu people, is no different. When Bagisu boys between the ages of 16 and 22 undergo this initiation into manhood, they learn the ancient meaning of the practice through music…

The Hindu

Police book 11 after conversion victim files complaint

Sridhar Gangadhar of Mandya district says he developed complications after circumcision was performed by a quack

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Protecting children or policing gender?

Laws on genital mutilation, gender affirmation and cosmetic genital surgery are at odds, even though they have many similarities.

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