French authorities have been ridiculed and people have reacted with anger after images showed them standing over a woman and asking her to remove Islamic clothing.
Several French towns have implemented bans on the Burkini, which covers the body and head.
Yesterday, a woman in Nice was confronted by four police officers as she resting at the town’s Promenade des Anglais.
Images show police officers standing over the woman and asking her to remove her tunic on the beach
Is this laïcité? Is this what being liberal looks like? Men forcing women to take clothes off? https://t.co/NOT4IcvuF5
— Aisha S Gani (@aishagani) August 23, 2016
How is this ok? It's 2016. Women should be able to wear whatever they want. #burkiniban pic.twitter.com/oDsKuVT5PU
— Tanya Burr (@TanyaBurr) August 24, 2016
Forcing a woman out of clothing....how disgusting..,,Wtf has the world come to?#BurkiniBan pic.twitter.com/qgTTvMo3wf
— Maz Bonafide (@MazBONAFIDE) August 24, 2016
Men policing women's clothes in Europe in 2016
— Sayeeda Warsi (@SayeedaWarsi) August 24, 2016
How dare any man order any woman 2undress. #womensrights #BurkiniBan https://t.co/iszZfsV9GZ
Do you know who else forces a woman to remove her clothes or face consequences? Rapists. #BurkiniBan
— Raz (@raztweets) August 24, 2016
This perfectly illustrates what I've been saying - will men get the hell out of our wardrobes. #BurkiniBan https://t.co/jaguW8Hx1r
— yvonne ridley (@yvonneridley) August 24, 2016
1925 vs 2016. 90 years later and we're still policing women on what they wear to the beach. #BurkiniBan pic.twitter.com/gOUKM8H8NZ
— Matthew Ruddle (@RuddleMatthew) August 24, 2016
Enough is enough
— MEND Community (@mendcommunity) August 24, 2016
DEMO arranged by @AntiRacismDay against the #burkiniban. Supported by MEND https://t.co/Gk9CgGfWWM pic.twitter.com/cvBnjfXAMR
Earlier a mother of two was fined in Cannes wearing leggings, a tunic and a headscarf.
The woman was reported as saying, “I was sitting on a beach with my family.” “I was wearing a classic headscarf. I had no intention of swimming.”
A witness Mathilde Cousin, added, “The saddest thing was that people were shouting ‘go home’, some were applauding the police,” she said. “Her daughter was crying.”
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