>… 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.
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.
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.
> 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.