Sentence examples for use of virginity tests from inspiring English sources

Replacing Tantawi is the head of military intelligence, Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi – one of the generals who defended the use of "virginity tests" against female protesters in March 2011 – with El-Assar as his deputy.

Egypt's military rulers were ordered yesterday to stop the use of "virginity tests" on female detainees after one of the women subjected to the test took them to court.

The doctor insists on the footage that she has done "hundreds" of virginity tests - including on children.

It is not the first time the issue of virginity tests has drawn anger in Muslim-majority Indonesia, with the police facing criticism last year for subjecting women to the checks.

In December, Ibrahim won that administrative case, and obtained a landmark ruling that said the practice of virginity tests was widespread in Egyptian military jails and ordered them banned.

"The court orders that the execution of the procedure of virginity tests on girls inside military prisons be stopped," judge Aly Fekry, head of Cairo administrative court said, according to Reuters.

Amnesty International has also reported that in addition to the horror of virginity tests, women in prison in Egypt face harsh conditions, including being forced to sleep on the floor and not being allowed to use the bathroom for 10 hours, from 10 p.m. to 8a.m.. every day.

To learn more about the dangers of "virginity tests," scroll through the hefty U.N./WHO report calling for an end to the practice.

The barbaric practice of virginity testing continues (despite it being illegal to subject girls younger than 16 to this).

British writer Eylam Atakav pulled together some recent examples of virginity testing in Indonesia, Turkey and in various modern films, here ealrier this month.

Dear reader, HuffPost Maghreb's Ibtissam Ouazzani has written a fascinating article about the prevalence of "virginity testing" in Morocco and what it might take to stop it.