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UN says France violated religious freedom of a Sikh by banning the wearing of the turban for ID documents and calls on the Republic to provide information by March 15th on how it will effectively enforce a remedy for the violation.

Bobigny France 12th Jan 2012 – UNITED SIKHS held a media conference to announce the UN decision that France violated religious freedom by banning religious signs on ID documents, in a first UN case brought by UNITED SIKHS lawyers against France, since the law was passed in 2004 banning religious signs in schools, including the Sikh turban.

The Sikh community globally is very encouraged by the UN’s ruling on France’s ban on the turban. The decision of the UN Human Rights Committee is significant to Sikhs who regard the Turban as an integral part of their being. A Turban wearing Sikh never removes his Turban, as is evident from the most public Sikh person, Indian Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh.

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