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Amnesty International: France: Upholding burkini ban risks giving green light for abuse of women and girls

25 August 2016

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"Failure to overturn the ban on the burkini would be a missed opportunity to end an assault on women’s freedoms of expression and religion as well as the right to non-discrimination, said Amnesty International as France’s highest administrative court considers a challenge to the ban."

See: France: Upholding burkini ban risks giving green light for abuse of women and girls (AI, link)

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