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Canadian immigration authorities want to deport a female doctor who ran “virginity tests” on women in Afghanistan, arguing that her actions are a crime against humanity.

Global News reports that Saida Ahmadi worked at a hospital in northern Afghanistan before coming to Canada in 2017 and making a refugee claim.

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In Afghanistan, virginity tests may be used as evidence in court when prosecuting females for having sex before marriage, a crime known as zina.

In interviews with Canadian immigration officials, Ahmadi said that “virginity exams were part of her duties, though they were not routine.”

According to the World Health Organization, virginity testing has no scientific or clinical basis.

A virginity test is a manual inspection of the female genitalia to indicate whether the hymen has “broken.”