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French full-body veil ban, violated women’s freedom of religion: UN Human Rights Committee

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Creato: 23 Ottobre 2018
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niquab DqL60tsXcAAEBGoFollowing complaints by two French Muslim women, fined for wearing a full-body veil or niqab, a UN Committee of independent human rights experts ruled in their favour on Tuesday, stating that their freedom to practice their religion had been infringed.

The Committee, mandated with monitoring the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, received the two complaints in 2016.
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