France's ban on women wearing face-covering veils is not discriminatory — at least, that was the ruling by the European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday. But there is a good argument to be made that the ruling is bad for women, and certainly France has now joined an undesirable club counting such states as Iran and Saudi Arabia, which believe they should regulate how women dress.
A 24-year-old French woman of Pakistani origin had brought the case before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, arguing that the original 2011 French ban on face-covering veils, intended to protect her against oppression, instead violated her rights to freedom of religion, expression and assembly, and was discriminatory. Read more...
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