‘Suspend burkini ban’

GENEVA: Welcoming the French highest administrative court’s ruling to suspend the burkini ban in Villeneuve-Loubet, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights called on all remaining towns to repeal the ban affecting Muslim women who wear full-body covering swimwear.

“According to human rights standards, limitations on manifestations of religion or belief, including choice of clothing, are only permitted in limited circumstances,” the human rights body said.

It was reported last week that more than 25 French beach resorts and towns instigated the ban on forms of dress worn by Muslim women at the beaches in the wake of the deadly terrorist attack in the coastal town of Nice close to the French Riviera last month. – Xinhua