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Posts tagged with circumcision

• Red Lines Follow-Up, Iceland

  Eja director of public affairs was meeting the director of human rights at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and representatives […]

• Official Reply from Danish Minister for Health on the issue of the circumcision initiative

  EJA is happy that common sense won and the Danish parliament stepped back from what could have been discriminatory legislation […]

• Danish parliament to consider becoming first country to ban circumcision of boys

  ‘There is too much emphasis on the parents’ religious and cultural rights’ The Danish parliament is to consider whether to […]

• European Jewish Association welcomes Iceland circumcision bill demise but urges continued vigilance.

  The Chairman of the European Jewish Association Rabbi Menachem Margolin this morning welcomed the apparent demise Iceland’s controversial circumcision bill, […]

• ICELAND AMBASSADOR MEETING ‘CONSTRUCTIVE’ OVER CIRCUMCISION BILL SAYS JEWISH ASSOCIATION HEAD

  Meeting in Brussels paves the way for European Jewish Association to make case against the Bill in Icelandic Parliament in […]

• Bill to ban circumcision introduced in Iceland’s parliament

  Legislation claims the practice violates children’s human rights, places them at risk of infection and causes ‘severe pain’ Lawmakers from […]