The Danish Parliament has banned the wearing of face-covering clothing
MOSCOW, may 31 — RAPSI. The Danish Parliament passed a law banning the wearing of face-covering clothing items, including niqabs, and burqa, in public places, said on Thursday The Guardian.
The law was passed 75 votes to 30, with 74 abstentions. According to the Danish authorities, the new rules are not directed against persons professing any religion, and forbids the wearing of headscarves, turbans, etc.
For violation of the provisions of the new law entering into force on August 1, a penalty in the amount of one thousand crowns (about 10 thousand).
The first country of the European Union, which banned the wearing of Islamic dress that completely covers the face, was France, where this ban came into force on 11 April 2011. In 2014, this provision was recognized as legitimate by the Grand chamber of the European court of human rights (ECHR).
Later similar rules were established in Austria and Belgium.
In the summer of 2017, the ECHR found no violations of the provisions of Belgian law. Then the Strasbourg court has indicated that restrictions on the wearing of face-covering clothing, established by Belgian authorities, was intended to guarantee the conditions of “living together”, “the protection of the rights and freedoms of other [persons]” and was “necessary for the functioning of a democratic society” because it removed obstacles to “social communication” and, more broadly, served to establish the “interpersonal relations” is a required element of life in society.