Message to the Barbarians Within: Cutting that Clit(oris) is Illegal in the UK!
With many thanks to Always On Watch for bringing this to my attention:

Photo courtesy of the BBC

BBC: The Metropolitan Police is offering a £20,000 reward for information which would bring to justice anyone involved in female genital mutilation.

The campaign is being launched at the start of the summer holidays, during which young girls - mainly from African communities - are thought most at risk.

Mutilation involves the partial or total removal of external female genitalia for cultural reasons.

Up to 7,000 girls in the UK are seen as at risk of this form of circumcision.

The long summer holiday is seen as the most likely time for parents to seek the procedure for their daughter as she has time to recover from what is usually a brutal ordeal before returning to school.

She can be sent abroad for the treatment, but police say they know it is also being carried out within the UK itself. Police plea on genital mutilation (more)

THE GUARDIAN:
Met’s unique £20,000 reward to stop mutilation of women

Mark Alexander