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Spain’s Vox party pushes niqab and burqa ban
18 Feb 2026 03:52 GMT
… has framed the niqab and burqa as symbols of “subjugation” and … to restrict the niqab and burqa in public buildings were challenged … bill does little to advance women’s rights and instead instrumentalises feminist …
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Spain's far-right Vox pushes bill to criminalise niqab, burqa
17 Feb 2026 21:05 GMT
… the niqab and burqa in public, in what rights groups and … has framed the niqab and burqa as symbols of " … to restrict the niqab and burqa in public buildings were challenged … bill does little to advance women’s rights and instead instrumentalises feminist …
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UNAMA Report: Extrajudicial Killings Persist Under Taliban Rule as Repression of Women Continues
09 Feb 2026 06:46 GMT
… severe restrictions on women’s rights, banning their access … intensification of human rights restrictions on women and stated that … of women in Herat for not wearing a burqa and … burqa requirement has decreased in Herat, the Taliban continue to prevent women …
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Light a candle in defiance of women-haters
02 Feb 2026 01:45 GMT
… as the “churching” of women after childbirth (Common Prayer sternly … in the world for women’s rights. Gordon Brown, one … extreme “religious” fear of women, an opportunist madness driven by … women rebel, there are many whose meek concealment in a full burqa …
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Comparison cannot justify rights violations
01 Feb 2026 10:11 GMT
… to downplay current human rights violations by comparing the … cases suggest that human rights concerns persist.
The speakers … .
On the National Human Rights Commission Ordinance 2025, Moyeenul … incidents in which women’s hijabs or burqas were pulled off …
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Burqa, choice, and limits of social authority
30 Jan 2026 08:57 GMT
… right to choose. When women wear a Burqa, their autonomy is … the Burqa does not emerge from concern for women’s rights; it … problem to be corrected. The burqa, then, becomes less about … right to personal liberty. These rights are not decorative ideals; …
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Four Afghan women granted asylum in the Netherlands after earlier rejections
27 Jan 2026 20:34 GMT
… the IND, the situation for women in Afghanistan has deteriorated, … life. They must wear a burqa, are prohibited from attending … stated that the oppression of women in Afghanistan does not … was widely criticized by human rights lawyers as "impossible,…
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CDU women's union calls for burqa ban in Germany
26 Jan 2026 15:19 GMT
… veils worn by some Muslim women for religious or cultural … the face...[including specifically] the burqa, niqab and comparable face … that the permanent concealment of women's faces prevents … the European Court of Human Rights, suggesting that if the …
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Netflix films and series about politics and human rights to watch in 2026
22 Jan 2026 14:27 GMT
… justice and equality for incarcerated women here.
Minibus salesman Dave … for both socialism and gay rights.
Navigating societal hostility directed … justice system and free women prisoners here.
Crucial viewing … of darkness – and a burqa.
One of the film’s …
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Reform UK’s London mayoral candidate condemned over ‘dangerous’ burqa stop and search comments
17 Jan 2026 14:21 GMT
… condemned after saying that women who wear the burqa in public should … different language. You’ve got burqas being sold in markets.” … forth? These are quintessentially British rights that we’re so proud … in public, Sir Sadiq said women should have the “freedom …