Egypt bans virginity tests.(nellie grams)(Brief article)

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An Egyptian court in December ruled in favour of Samira Ibrahim, who sued the Egyptian army over the practice of conducting "virginity tests" on female detainees. The court ruled that the Egyptian army must stop the practice, which has been slammed by rights groups as a form of sexual violence.

Ibrahim was one of several women who reported they were subjected to forced virginity tests when they were detained during a March 2011 demonstration in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the centre of civil protests that lead to the ousting of …