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‧人權新知   ‧世界人權宣言   ‧高雄國際人權宣言   ‧人權影音資料館藏   ‧人權圖書資料館藏   Fined for driving veiled THE case of a French Muslim woman fined for driving while wearing a full-face veil - a garment the government wants to ban in public - raised a furore on Friday over human rights and led a minister to challenge her husband's status in France. A lawyer for the 31-year-old woman accused police in the western city of Nantes of violating her human rights when they stopped and fined her 22 euros (S$40) on the grounds that her niqab - an Islamic veil with a slit for the eyes - restricted her view so she could not drive safely. The woman who called herself her Anne - not her real name - told journalists on Friday about her exchange with the police officer during the incident on April 2. ''I don't know how it's done in your country but in our country we don't drive like that',' she claimed the police officer said, as she told her story standing next to her lawyer outside the El Kaouthar grocery story in Nantes. 'I said to him: 'Your country is also my country, because I am French.'' She said she then gave the officer her papers and lifted her veil so he could check her identification, as he issued the fine. Lawyer Jean-Michel Pollono argued that the fine was 'not justified on road safety grounds and constitutes a breach of human and women's rights'. He insisted his client could 'move freely' and 'her field of vision was in no way obstructed.' He added that 'the field of vision of a motorcycle rider wearing a helmet is more restricted.' (2010-04-24 / Straits Times)     2009 2010 2011 2012   4/24：Church warned not to breach abusive priests' human rights (The Independent) 4/24：Fined for driving veiled (Straits Times) 4/25：Arizona Immigration Law: A Real Threat to Human Rights (politics.gather.com) 4/25：Despite Obstacles, Armenian Genocide Commemoration Events Held in Turkey (armenianweekly.com) 4/27：Mexicans Say Arizona Law On Immigration Violates Human Rights (All Headline News) 4/27：EU calls on Kyrgyzstan to respect human rights (Taiwan News) 4/28：Rights Groups Report Zambia's Prisons Spread HIV and TB (Voanews) 4/28：African human rights delegation satisfied with visit (portalangop.co.ao) 4/29：Human rights observers killed in attack in Mexico (Washington Post) 4/29：Jacksonville HRC, Human Rights Commission – or “Hoo” Really Cares?  (The North Star National)
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