French police 'force woman to remove burqini' on beach
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24 Aug, 2016
Updated Wed 24 Aug 2016 11:16 CEST
Pictures have emerged showing armed police officers in southern France apparently forcing a woman to remove her burqini.
The pictures show four police officers descending onto the beach in Nice that is below the Promenade des Anglais, where 85 people were killed in a terror attack last month.
They approach a woman who appears to be relaxing in the sun, and then gather around her.
Muslim woman being rounded up by police and forced to strip off #burqini in #Nice #Hijab https://t.co/cPirsLsWHL pic.twitter.com/ItqQpcZf4n
— Qaasim Illi (@qaasimilli) August 24, 2016
She can then be seen removing her long-sleeved top as one officer appears to be writing an infringement.
A woman on a Nice beach literally ordered to strip. It's not even a burqini.
(Images via Vantage News) pic.twitter.com/MCjdngP6jK
— Ethar El-Katatney (@etharkamal) August 23, 2016
L̶i̶b̶e̶r̶t̶é̶, égalité, fraternité pic.twitter.com/QwzXfLBKFK
— Karl Sharro (@KarlreMarks) August 24, 2016
The exact details behind the story remain unclear, but it seems the woman is the latest to have been stung with a €38 fine after over a dozen beaches in France banned the burqini.
Social media users were quick to share the images online, with some pointing out that the woman's attire didn't even appear to be a burqini.
"Is this what being liberal looks like? Men forcing women to take clothes off?" asked one.
Are there women out here, Muslim or not, who will no longer go on holiday to French beach towns because of the clothes ban?
— Aisha S Gani (@aishagani) August 24, 2016
The news comes just one day after a French woman reported that she was told to pay a fine or leave a Cannes beach for wearing a headscarf.
The woman, originally from Toulouse, was wearing leggings, a tunic and her hijab - a headscarf covering her hair - while at La Bocca beach with her family.
"I wasn't there to provoke anyone," said the woman.
Journalists at the scene said that a pack gathered around the woman and "used racist terms freely", saying thins like 'Go home!' and 'we're Catholics here!'"
Siam said the incident left her feeling "humiliated" and that she felt she was fined simply for being a Muslim.
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The pictures show four police officers descending onto the beach in Nice that is below the Promenade des Anglais, where 85 people were killed in a terror attack last month.
They approach a woman who appears to be relaxing in the sun, and then gather around her.
Muslim woman being rounded up by police and forced to strip off #burqini in #Nice #Hijab https://t.co/cPirsLsWHL pic.twitter.com/ItqQpcZf4n
— Qaasim Illi (@qaasimilli) August 24, 2016
She can then be seen removing her long-sleeved top as one officer appears to be writing an infringement.
A woman on a Nice beach literally ordered to strip. It's not even a burqini.
— Ethar El-Katatney (@etharkamal) August 23, 2016
(Images via Vantage News) pic.twitter.com/MCjdngP6jK
L̶i̶b̶e̶r̶t̶é̶, égalité, fraternité pic.twitter.com/QwzXfLBKFK
— Karl Sharro (@KarlreMarks) August 24, 2016
The exact details behind the story remain unclear, but it seems the woman is the latest to have been stung with a €38 fine after over a dozen beaches in France banned the burqini.
Social media users were quick to share the images online, with some pointing out that the woman's attire didn't even appear to be a burqini.
"Is this what being liberal looks like? Men forcing women to take clothes off?" asked one.
Are there women out here, Muslim or not, who will no longer go on holiday to French beach towns because of the clothes ban?
— Aisha S Gani (@aishagani) August 24, 2016
The news comes just one day after a French woman reported that she was told to pay a fine or leave a Cannes beach for wearing a headscarf.
The woman, originally from Toulouse, was wearing leggings, a tunic and her hijab - a headscarf covering her hair - while at La Bocca beach with her family.
"I wasn't there to provoke anyone," said the woman.
Journalists at the scene said that a pack gathered around the woman and "used racist terms freely", saying thins like 'Go home!' and 'we're Catholics here!'"
Siam said the incident left her feeling "humiliated" and that she felt she was fined simply for being a Muslim.
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