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Khalid Adem (born 1975) is an Ethiopian American who was both the first person prosecuted and first person convicted for female genital mutilation (FGM) in the United States,〔There were, however, two people in California in 2004 charged with "conspiring" to commit an act of FGM. Adem was the first American prosecuted for actually performing the procedure.〕 stemming from charges that he had personally excised his 2-year-old daughter's clitoris with a pair of scissors.〔Brock, J. (2006). ("Adem gets 10 years in prison for mutilation" ). ''Gwinnett Daily Post''. Retrieved November 4, 2006.〕 == Arrest and charges == Adem, a Georgia gas-station clerk originally from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was arrested on March 28, 2003, and charged for aggravated battery and cruelty to children.〔Mungin, Lateef. (2006). ("Rite of outrage: Man accused of circumcising his 2-year-old daughter" ). ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution''. Retrieved November 2, 2006.〕 Gwinnett County prosecutors alleged that in 2001 Adem had used a pair of scissors to remove the clitoris of his two-year-old daughter in the kitchen of the Duluth apartment Adem shared with his wife, Fortunate.〔Mungin, Lateef. (2006). ("Dad stands trial over daughter's mutilation" ). ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution''. Retrieved November 2, 2006.〕 During the trial Adem's wife Fortunate testified: "He said he wanted to preserve her virginity … He said it was the will of God. I became angry in my mind. I thought he was crazy.".〔The Associated Press. (2006). ("Female circumcision trial may be first in U.S." ) ''CNN.com''. Retrieved November 2, 2006.〕 In Adem's native Ethiopia, while female genital mutilation (FGM) has been made illegal by the 2004 Penal Code,〔Article 565 - Female Circumcision; Article 566 - Infibulation of the Female Genitalia ()〕 and is formally discouraged by the Ethiopian government, the practice remains a very common procedure, with the World Health Organization estimating the prevalence of FGM in the country in 2005 at 74.3%.〔http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/fgm/prevalence/en/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Khalid Adem」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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