Female Genital Mutilation

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The young women after they’ve crossed over to Georgia. Image via @ncsosorg/Twitter.

Daghestan

Four Daghestani women flee to Georgia citing domestic abuse

by Shota Kincha

•2 min read

Four Daghestani women claiming to be victims of domestic abuse and death threats have successfully fled to Georgia after being held up by Russian border guards for almost a day. NC SOS Crisis Group, a queer rights organisation operating in the North Caucasus, confirmed to OC Media that the four women were allowed to cross the Russian-Georgian border on Sunday evening. Khadijat and Patimat Khizriyeva, sisters aged 20 and 18, and 24-year-old Aminat Gazimagomedova and her close relative, 19-yea

Daghestan

Muftiate of Daghestan promises religious ban on female genital mutilation

by OC Media

•3 min read

The Muftiate of Daghestan, the traditional Islamic religious authority of the region, has condemned the practice of female genital mutilation as contrary to the laws of Islam. Zaynulla Atayev, the head of the Muftiate’s fatwa department, told independent outlet ROMB that Islam categorically prohibits any excision of vital organs without a competent medical opinion. According to him, the Muftiate will adopt a fatwa banning female genital mutilation (known as FGM) ‘in the near future, or maybe

Female Genital Mutilation

Georgia to punish female genital mutilation

by OC Media

•1 min read

Georgian Justice Minister Tea Tsulukiani has announced that female genital mutilation (FGM) is to be criminalised, Netgazeti has reported. On 24 January, the government approved the ratification of the Istanbul Convention on combatting domestic violence and violence against women, which includes criminalising FGM. Female genital mutilation was first uncovered in Georgia in 2016 during an investigation conducted by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting in Kvareli Municipality in northe

Daghestan

Daghestan Prosecutor’s Office receives reply in FGM probe

by OC Media

•1 min read

Human rights group Legal Initiative passed the results of 42 interviews conducted for a study on female genital mutilation in Daghestan to the Prosecutor’s Office. On 13 December, Daghestan’s Prosecutor’s Office officially requested information on respondents who participated in Legal Initiative’s study of female genital mutilation. The request asked not only for information on the occurrence of the illegal operations, but also the personal data of victims and perpetrators interviewed in th