Nice overturns burkini ban after defying ruling by top French court
- 8 years ago
A court in Nice finally suspended the city's controversial ban on burkinis after authorities in the French Riviera resort town had defied a ruling by the country's highest administrative court.
Judgesin Nice said the July 14 terror attack on the French Riviera city gave insufficient grounds to justify the banning of the burkini, a modest swimming outfit for Muslim women.
"In the absence of such risks, the emotions and the concerns resulting from terrorist attacks,and especially from the attack on July 14, are insufficient grounds to legally justify the contested ban," theNice court ruled on Thursday.
The decision in Nice to suspend the ban follows a ruling last week byFrance's highest administrative court that the measure constituted a "serious and clearly illegal violation of fundamental freedoms."
Judgesin Nice said the July 14 terror attack on the French Riviera city gave insufficient grounds to justify the banning of the burkini, a modest swimming outfit for Muslim women.
"In the absence of such risks, the emotions and the concerns resulting from terrorist attacks,and especially from the attack on July 14, are insufficient grounds to legally justify the contested ban," theNice court ruled on Thursday.
The decision in Nice to suspend the ban follows a ruling last week byFrance's highest administrative court that the measure constituted a "serious and clearly illegal violation of fundamental freedoms."