Tuesday, April 12, 2011

French police arrested three veiled women in Paris

Paris .- The French police today arrested three women with burqa veil-one with another with niqab and hijab-third in front of the cathedral of Notre Dame in the center of Paris, according to EFE could verify there. The arrest occurred during a demonstration against the ban on wearing the burka (full Islamic veil) in public places in France, as entered into force in France today.

The demonstration was called by the association "Do not touch my constitution" and brought to an undetermined number of people in front of the cathedral, a place which many journalists attended and where he, as usual, many tourists. A police spokesman said the arrests were not the dress of women, the niqab reveals the eyes and is affected by the ban but the hijab frees her face but because he had not asked permission to demonstrate.

The association convenor said he had asked the necessary permits but that the prefecture they had been denied and called for it the entry into force of the law. The Burqa ban covering the whole face in any public space, including the street, begins to be applied in the country today under a law that imposes fines and citizenship courses for offenders, and prison sentences for those who require to wear it.

The law finally adopted last October, but hardly any parliamentary opposition after a widely debated in the media, had set a period of six months before the start of the implementation of sanctions. Formally the objective is to prevent any person to go with her face hidden in public spaces-the streets, but also office buildings, shops, restaurants, theaters, schools or driving a vehicle, "but the will of the legislature was ban the burqa and niqab.

Wear these clothes may be subject to a fine of 150 euros and / or a citizenship course, but mostly the idea is to punish more severely (with imprisonment up to two years and fines of 60,000 euros) who forces a woman wearing.

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