Belgium: Muslim Veil Ban Would Violate Rights

(Brussels, April 21, 2010) – The Belgian Parliament should vote down a bill that would criminalize wearing the full Muslim veil in all public places in Belgium, Human Rights Watch said today. The lower chamber of Parliament is expected to debate the bill, approved in the Home Affairs Committee at the end of March, in the plenary session that opens on April 22, 2010.

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