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May 28, 2012
Circumcision
The following articles have been tagged with "Circumcision":
Minstrels and ministers make bad bedfellows
Analysis & Opinion: 19 Apr 12
Art installation or not, politicians have no business taking part in minstrel shows, argues Carmen Price, an American freelance writer based in Stockholm, in reaction to the 'racist' cake controversy involving Swedish minister of culture Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth.
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Museum evacuated after 'racist' bomb threat
Society: 18 Apr 12
A Stockholm museum was evacuated on Tuesday afternoon after receiving a “racially motivated” bomb threat, just days after a controversial piece of artwork had been revealed.
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Minister in 'racist circumcision outrage'
Society: 17 Apr 12
A Swedish minister's cutting of a cake depicting a naked black woman as part of an art installation about female circumcision has been labelled a "racist spectacle" and prompted calls for her dismissal.
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Swedish docs in circumcision protest
Science & Technology: 19 Feb 12
Circumcision of young boys for religious and non-medical reasons ought to be banned in Sweden, the Swedish Paediatric Society has argued, comparing the procedure to "assault".
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Man jailed for illegally circumcising young boys
Science & Technology: 14 Dec 10
A Swedish court has sentenced a man to prison for performing illegal circumcisions, the first-ever conviction under the country's laws on the circumcision of boys.
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Sweden set for first circumcision law trial
Science & Technology: 29 Oct 10
A 50-year-old man has been charged in Sweden on suspicions of performing illegal circumcisions, the first such case in the country to go to trial.
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Boys not circumcised without medical grounds
Society: 5 Sep 10
By refusing to perform circumcisions on boys who lack specific medical grounds for the operation, several county and regional health authorities in Sweden continue to contravene national guidelines on the procedure.
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Doctors refuse to perform circumcisions
National: 29 Apr 10
Doctors in western Sweden are refusing to carry out the circumcision of boys, despite clearance by elected officials to carry out the procedure for non-medical reasons.
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Court awards damages after genital mutilation test
Society: 21 Apr 10
Uppsala Municipality has been ordered to pay 60,000 kronor ($8,400) to the family of a girl of Somali origin who was forced to undergo an examination to check whether she had been circumcised.
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Swedish doctors refuse to circumcise boys
National: 25 Jul 09
Many doctors and several local authorities in Sweden refuse to circumcise boys unless it is medically motivated, reported Dagens Nyheter (DN) newspaper.
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Swedish parents keep 2-year-old's gender secret
Analysis & Opinion: 23 Jun 09
A couple of Swedish parents have stirred up debate in the country by refusing to reveal whether their two-and-a-half-year-old child is a boy or a girl.
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Two boys seriously injured after illegal circumcision
Society: 19 Apr 09
Astrid Lindgren's hospital in Solna near Stockholm has alerted police to suspicions of illegal circumcisions that have left two small boys with injuries.
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Girl tested for circumcision 'because she was Somalian'
Society: 3 Sep 07
A girl was forced by Swedish social workers to undergo a gynaecological examination simply because her parents were Somalian, Sweden's Discrimination Ombudsman has ruled.
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Circumcision infections lead to report
Science & Technology: 11 Nov 06
A person who circumcised baby boys in Dalarna has been reported to the National Board of Health and Welfare after four of the children contracted an infection.
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Fewer areas offer religious circumcisions
Science & Technology: 22 Oct 06
The number of local health authorities in Sweden that offer male circumcisions for religious reasons has reduced drastically since new controls were introduced.
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Youth and diversity sets new government apart
Politics: 6 Oct 06
With the youngest prime minister for 80 years, Sweden's first gay minister, first black minister and the first male minister to sport a pony tail, Fredrik Reinfeldt's government has already assured itself a place in the history books.
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'Check all schoolgirls for circumcision'
Politics: 17 Jul 06
Ban headscarves for girls under 15, end state support for religious schools and check every Swedish girl for female circumcision. That is the call from senior Swedish Liberal Nyamko Sabuni, who wants to banish honour culture from Sweden.
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Man jailed for daughter's circumcision
Society: 26 Jun 06
The father of a girl who had her gentials mutilated in Somalia has been jailed for four years for arranging for the procedure to be carried out.
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Man accused of circumcising daughter
National: 7 Jun 06
A man has been charged with taking his daughter to Somalia to be circumcised. The case is the first time anyone has been charged since Sweden outlawed the practice in 1982.
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Circumcision law "is not working"
Science & Technology: 5 Oct 05
Many boys in Sweden are still being damaged by illegal circumcisions, despite the introduction of a law in 2001 to protect them, according to the National Board of Health and Welfare.
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Senegalese group wins 250,000 kronor Anna Lindh award
Smörgåsbord: 16 Jun 05
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