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UN human rights office welcomes France’s court ruling to suspend seaside ban on burkini
Aug 31, 2016, at 03:50 am
New York, Aug 30 (Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights office on Tuesday welcomed last Friday’s decision by France’s highest administrative court to suspend the ban on “inappropriate†beachwear, which was adopted by a seaside town and had been widely interpreted as targeting the burkini and other forms of dress worn by Muslim women.
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