Tag: burqa

• Monday, March 8th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  Swiss voters backed ban on burqa by a slim margin: 51,2% to a 50,8% turnout

  

  Swiss voters on Sunday narrowly backed a ban on full-face coverings in public places - a decision hailed by supporters as a bulwark against radical Islam but branded as discriminatory by opponents. Official results showed that 51.2% of voters, and a clear majority of federal Switzerland's cantons, supported the proposal.

• Saturday, August 3rd 2019 - 11:12 UTC

  Law banning face-covering clothes in public came into force in the Netherlands

  

  The law that bans face-covering clothes on public transport, in government buildings and at health and education institutions has come into force in the Netherlands.