Wednesday, May 18, 2005

ECHR to rehear case on headscarf ban

"ECHR to rehear case on headscarf ban

The ECHR last year handed down a decision that the headscarf ban did not breach human rights.

May 18 - The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is to hear an appeal by a Turkish medical student against the ban on women students wearing the Islamic headscarf while at university."

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