Rights groups and sports organizations are urging the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to intervene and overturn France's ban on athletes wearing headscarves during the Paris Olympics. The ban, based on France's secularism rules, has prevented French women from competing while wearing a hijab.
"Sports and human rights organizations have called on International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach to help overturn a ban on French athletes wearing the hijab, saying it undermines celebrations of the first gender-equal Olympics." https://t.co/vBupc1WVYE
Will France remove its hijab ban on French Olympic athletes? Eleven sporting and human rights groups have written to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) urging them to interfere with a ban on French athletes wearing headscarves while competing in the Paris Olympics. https://t.co/cfXcGQywqZ
Will France remove its hijab ban for the Olympics? Eleven sporting and human rights groups have written to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) urging them to interfere with a French ban on athletes wearing headscarves while competing in the Paris Olympics. https://t.co/LSEPUf6YXp
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"France has invoked its strict rules on secularism to ban its athletes from wearing religious symbols during the Paris Olympics from July 26 to August 11. This has barred French women wearing a headscarf from competing." https://t.co/FCbYrX2xYB
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