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Attempted suicides may be criminalised in Egypt under a bill proposed by a MP, as the attempted suicide of one young woman grips public debate. The Egyptian Freedom Party’s deputy chair Ahmed Mahana suggested punishing those who try to kill themselves by putting them in clinics for periods of between three months and three years, unless a judge decides otherwise. The decision to release those being held over attempted suicides would be down to the committee responsible for supervising psychiatric facilities in Egypt, The New Arab’s sister service, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, reported on Sunday. The pr…