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The ban on wearing burkini on the beaches of France should be immediately removed. Such an appeal was made by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to the authorities of the French coastal towns and resorts, reports the TASS. The representative of the Office Rupert Kolvil during a briefing in Geneva welcomed the decision of the French Council of State, which canceled the ban on wearing burkini accepted by the Mayor’s Office in  Villeneuve-Loubet.

Kolvil recalled that in accordance with international standards, the limits on religion, including the choice of clothes, is allowed in very limited circumstances, including public safety, order, health, and morality.

 The official noted that the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights fully understands and shares the bitterness and indignation caused by the terrorist acts in France in recent months. At the same time, he emphasized that decisions on burkini ban will not improve the situation in the sphere of security, but rather will incite religious intolerance and stigmatization of Muslims,  particularly Muslim women in France.

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