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7
March
2021

Amnesty challenges the approved face-covering ban

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📅 7 March 2021 📍 Switzerland

As referendum projections indicated approval of a face-covering ban, Amnesty International urged Swiss authorities to protect Muslim women’s fundamental rights. It argued that the measure discriminated against a religious community and risked excluding women from public space. The response contested claims that banning the full-face veil liberated women and demanded protection from actual violence and discrimination.

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Cyrielle Huguenot

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Amnesty International Switzerland