D.R. Congo film and publication board rules that website has right to publish circumcision photos

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'The FPB ruled that the website, ulwaluko.co.za, run by Dutch doctor, Dingeman Rijken was a "bona fide scientific publication with great educative value," the City Press newspaper said.

The FPB stipulated that the website -- which shows photographs of the penises of initiates who are suffering from deformities, wounds, infections and amputations after undergoing botched traditional circumcisions -- must place an age restriction warning that its contents are only suitable for those over the age of 13.

The Community Development Foundation of SA initially lodged the complaint, suggesting the images were pornographic and that they broke doctor and patient confidentiality.

However, Rijken said he had obtained informed consent for each photograph.'