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- Daily Mail
One-month-old baby girl bleeds to death after being 'circumcised' as part of female genital mutilation procedure
Rights activists in The Gambia are calling for justice after a one-month-old baby's death was linked to female genital mutilation, a widely practised but illegal procedure up for review before the country's Supreme Court. The Gambia has one of the highest rates of FGM in the world, with 73 percent of women and girls aged 15 to 49 having undergone the procedure, according to 2024 figures from UNICEF. The baby girl was pronounced dead upon arrival at a hospital in the capital Banjul after being 'allegedly subjected to circumcision' and developing severe bleeding, The Gambia Police Force said in a statement Sunday. The death has sparked outrage among women's rights defenders working to combat the deeply rooted cultural and religious practice that they say is a harmful violation against women and girls. 'FGM is not a cultural tradition to be defended - it is a form of gender-based violence that can kill,' Santana Simiyu, a human rights lawyer with rights group Equality Now, said in a statement sent to AFP Tuesday. Two women allegedly involved in the case are in custody, police said, as an investigation is carried out in the western town of Wellingara, where the incident occurred. Researchers at Britain's University of Birmingham estimated in a study published in 2023 that approximately 44,320 girls and young women die each year due to FGM in the countries where it is practised. Former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh, now in exile, outlawed FGM in 2015, branding it outdated and not a requirement of Islam. Parliament later that year adopted the first law specifically banning the practice, which is now punishable by up to three years in prison but is rarely enforced. In July 2024, lawmakers revisited the matter, upholding the 2015 law despite pressure from religious traditionalists. But the ban was immediately challenged before the Gambian Supreme Court, where the petition remains pending. 'If the Gambia's Supreme Court rules that the country's law prohibiting FGM is unconstitutional, it would have a hugely detrimental impact on the well-being of women and girls, leaving them without legal protections,' Simiyu said. FGM involves the partial or total removal of the female external genitalia or other injuries to the female genital organs. It can lead to serious health problems including infections, bleeding, infertility and complications in childbirth.
Economic Times
23-06-2025
- Politics
- Economic Times
Israel Iran War News Live: Trump says biggest damage took place far below ground level after US strikes in Iran
Israel Iran War News Iran Israel War Live Updates: Israeli strikes on Iran have killed at least 950 people and wounded 3,450 others, a human rights group said Washington-based group Human Rights Activists offered the figures, which covers the entirety of Iran. It said of those dead, it identified 380 civilians and 253 security force personnel being Rights Activists, which also provided detailed casualty figures during the 2022 protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, crosschecks local reports in the Islamic Republic against a network of sources it has developed in the has not been offering regular death tolls during the conflict and has minimised casualties in the Saturday, Iran's Health Ministry said some 400 Iranians had been killed and another 3,056 wounded in the Israeli strikes. In an address to the nation shortly after the strikes, US President Donald Trump said Iran must "now make peace", warning future attacks will be "far greater" The "highly classified" strikes were carried out by B-2 stealth bombers, targeting underground nuclear facilities at Fordo and Natanz as well as Isfahan, a Pentagon briefing revealed Donald Trump posted online saying "monumental damage" had been done to "all" of Iran's nuclear sites Tehran said Trump had "betrayed" Iran as well as Americans with the strikes and said there would be "everlasting consequences" The UN said the strikes were a "dangerous escalation" that could spiral "rapidly" while its nuclear watchdog said it wasn't able to properly assess the damage Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed Trump's "bold decision" while the strikes prompted mixed reaction from US lawmakers. (Source: BBC) - Iran's Foreign Minister Israel Iran War News Live: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said, "...It's very difficult to speculate on the price factor. The oil price for a long time was between 65 and 70. Then it was between 70 and the markets open on Monday, the consequences of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz will be factored in. But as I've been saying for a long time, enough oil is available in the global markets. More and more oil is coming on the global markets, particularly from the Western Hemisphere. Even traditional suppliers would be interested in keeping the supplies because they also need revenue. So hopefully the market will factor that in. The Modi government has, over the past several years, not only ensured the stability of supplies but also affordability. We will take all necessary measures to ensure that." Israel Iran War News Live: On US strikes on Iran's three nuclear facilities, AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi says, "We should ask Pakistanis if for this they wanted Trump to get a Nobel Peace Prize..." "...This attack by the US has helped Netanyahu, who is a butcher of Palestinians, to cover up the genocide which he has done in Gaza and he continues to do. A genocide is happening in Gaza, and the US is not worried about it..." Israel Iran War News Live: US President Donald Trump in a post on Truth Social said that "monumental damage was done to all Nuclear sites in Iran, as shown by satellite images." "Obliteration is an accurate term! The white structure shown is deeply imbedded into the rock, with even its roof well below ground level, and completely shielded from flame. The biggest damage took place far below ground level. Bullseye!!!" Israel Iran War News Live: Australia PM Albanese said on Monday Iran should not undertake any further action that could destabilise the region, after the United States attacked Iranian nuclear sites. Israel Iran War News Live: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has made his first statement since America bombed three nuclear facilities in X, he said "the punishment continues" against Israel - with new missile strikes taking place supreme leader wrote: "The Zionist enemy has made a grave mistake, committed a great crime; it must be punished and is being punished; it is being punished right now." Iran Israel War Live Updates: Americans all over the world are asked to stay alert, in the wake of US strikes against US State Department has issued a worldwide security alert for US citizens. "There is the potential for demonstrations against US citizens and interests abroad. The Department of State advises US citizens worldwide to exercise increased caution," it says. (Source: BBC) Iran Israel War Live Updates: Iran's representative to the UN Security Council has accused the US of having "waged a war" against Iran "under a fabricated and absurd pretext".Amir Saeid Iravani says Iran reserves the right "to defend itself" against "blatant US aggression" before adding that the timing, nature and scale of "Iran's proportionate response" will be decided by its armed also accuses Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of pulling America into "another costly, baseless war" and says the actions by the US and Israel are a "flagrant breach of international law". Iran Israel War Live Updates: Following the comments from the Iranian representative at the UN Security Council, we heard from Israel's Danny Denon - who says the world should be thanking Donald Trump."The entire world should say on record here today thank you," Danny Danon says. "Thank you to Donald Trump for acting when so many hesitated."He says that some at the UN have "denounced" the US and Israel, but queries "where were you when Iran enriched uranium far beyond the point of civilian usage, when it built a fortress beneath a mountain to prepare for our extermination?"He says that it cannot be ignored that "diplomacy was tried" but says Iran "turned negotiation into theatre" and used it as "camouflage" to buy time to build missiles and enrich uranium. Iran Israel War Live Updates: US President Donald Trump has posted on social media that "it's not politically correct to use the term, 'Regime Change,' but if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn't there be a Regime change???"That's despite his Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth saying this morning that "this mission was not and has not been about regime change" and Vice-President JD Vance telling ABC on Sunday: "Well, first of all, we don't want to achieve regime change. We want to achieve the end of the Iranian nuclear programme."Regime change has been a point of contention within Trump's Republican Party. Iran Israel War Live Updates: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called on China to help stop Iran from shutting down the Strait of Hormuz, a critical trade route, with almost a quarter of the world's oil and gas passing through comments followed reports on Iranian state TV that the country's parliament had approved a measure to close the narrow waterway at the mouth of the Persian Gulf."I encourage the Chinese government in Beijing to call them about that, because they heavily depend on the Strait of Hormuz for their oil," said Rubio on Fox News."If they do that, it will be another terrible mistake. It's economic suicide for them if they do it." Any disruption to supply would have profound consequences for the global economy, sending oil prices higher with major importers, like China, India and Japan hard hit. (Source: BBC) Iran Israel War Live Updates: Oil prices surged in early trade Monday on concerns of disruption to energy markets after US air strikes on Iran's nuclear stocks were lower as traders digested the weekend's events, with Iran threatening US bases in the Middle East as fears grow of an escalating conflict in the volatile is the world's ninth-biggest oil-producing country, with output of about 3.3 million barrels per day. strait of hormuz | yemen | hormuz | hormuz strait | iran strait of hormuz | strait of hormuz closed | iran hormuz strait | state of hormuz | israel iran war | iran israel war
Time of India
23-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Israel Iran War News Live: Israeli strikes on Iran killed at least 950 people, human rights group says
23 Jun 2025 | 07:09:24 AM IST Israel Iran Conflict Live: Israeli strikes on Iran have killed at least 950 people and wounded 3,450 others, a human rights group said Monday. The Washington-based group Human Rights Activists offered the figures, which covers the entirety of Iran. It said of those dead, it identified 380 civilians and 253 security force personnel being killed. Iran Israel War Live Updates: Israeli strikes on Iran have killed at least 950 people and wounded 3,450 others, a human rights group said Washington-based group Human Rights Activists offered the figures, which covers the entirety of Iran. It said of those dead, it identified 380 civilians and 253 security force personnel being Rights Activists, which also provided detailed casualty figures during the 2022 protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, crosschecks local reports in the Islamic Republic against a network of sources it has developed in the has not been offering regular death tolls during the conflict and has minimised casualties in the Saturday, Iran's Health Ministry said some 400 Iranians had been killed and another 3,056 wounded in the Israeli strikes. Show more Iran Israel War Live Updates: Americans all over the world are asked to stay alert, in the wake of US strikes against US State Department has issued a worldwide security alert for US citizens. "There is the potential for demonstrations against US citizens and interests abroad. The Department of State advises US citizens worldwide to exercise increased caution," it says. (Source: BBC) Iran Israel War Live Updates: Iran's representative to the UN Security Council has accused the US of having "waged a war" against Iran "under a fabricated and absurd pretext".Amir Saeid Iravani says Iran reserves the right "to defend itself" against "blatant US aggression" before adding that the timing, nature and scale of "Iran's proportionate response" will be decided by its armed also accuses Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of pulling America into "another costly, baseless war" and says the actions by the US and Israel are a "flagrant breach of international law". Iran Israel War Live Updates: Following the comments from the Iranian representative at the UN Security Council, we heard from Israel's Danny Denon - who says the world should be thanking Donald Trump."The entire world should say on record here today thank you," Danny Danon says. "Thank you to Donald Trump for acting when so many hesitated."He says that some at the UN have "denounced" the US and Israel, but queries "where were you when Iran enriched uranium far beyond the point of civilian usage, when it built a fortress beneath a mountain to prepare for our extermination?"He says that it cannot be ignored that "diplomacy was tried" but says Iran "turned negotiation into theatre" and used it as "camouflage" to buy time to build missiles and enrich uranium. Iran Israel War Live Updates: US President Donald Trump has posted on social media that "it's not politically correct to use the term, 'Regime Change,' but if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn't there be a Regime change???"That's despite his Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth saying this morning that "this mission was not and has not been about regime change" and Vice-President JD Vance telling ABC on Sunday: "Well, first of all, we don't want to achieve regime change. We want to achieve the end of the Iranian nuclear programme."Regime change has been a point of contention within Trump's Republican Party. Iran Israel War Live Updates: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called on China to help stop Iran from shutting down the Strait of Hormuz, a critical trade route, with almost a quarter of the world's oil and gas passing through comments followed reports on Iranian state TV that the country's parliament had approved a measure to close the narrow waterway at the mouth of the Persian Gulf."I encourage the Chinese government in Beijing to call them about that, because they heavily depend on the Strait of Hormuz for their oil," said Rubio on Fox News."If they do that, it will be another terrible mistake. It's economic suicide for them if they do it." Any disruption to supply would have profound consequences for the global economy, sending oil prices higher with major importers, like China, India and Japan hard hit. (Source: BBC) Iran Israel War Live Updates: Oil prices surged in early trade Monday on concerns of disruption to energy markets after US air strikes on Iran's nuclear stocks were lower as traders digested the weekend's events, with Iran threatening US bases in the Middle East as fears grow of an escalating conflict in the volatile is the world's ninth-biggest oil-producing country, with output of about 3.3 million barrels per day.
