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UK bans virginity testing but refuses to apologize to immigrants for past abuses

• ilrwbwrkhv 3y ago
  The UK is a bizarre circus.
• Cenk 3y ago
  >… he couldn't fathom why his fiancée, who had just landed in London, was bleeding and seemed traumatized. > immigration and medical officers had whisked her away for a "clearance interview". When she finally came out of the room, the 35-year-old Indian school teacher wouldn't speak. > … she had undergone a so-called two-finger virginity test at the UK's largest airport. > The schoolteacher's abuse received national attention after she shared her experience with The Guardian, describing how a medical inspector had examined her to confirm she had not borne children and was in fact entering the country as a virgin, to be married.
• tpmx 3y ago
  I now think that allowing political topics on HN was a mistake. I did cheer for it previously - sorry.
  • sersi 3y ago
    Why? I found that interesting. Didn't know it had happened and it's good there are records of past practices as deplorable as they might be. So that article was interesting.
  • xracy 3y ago
    Why is this article the one that makes you say that? Nothing about this is particularly political to me... but it's definitely a good thing to report, cause this is otherwise fucked up.
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