Vecāku atklātā vēstule Saeimai par obligāto prasību nēsāt sejas maskas skolās nra.lv - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nra.lv Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria’s Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that a law banning girls aged up to 10 from wearing headscarves in schools was discriminatory, overturning the measure introduced by the ruling conservatives while allied with the far right.
The legislation did not specify that the ban referred to headscarves, instead forbidding the wearing of “religious clothing that is associated with a covering of the head”.
But the court found that it was clearly aimed at Muslim headscarves.
That went against the state’s duty to treat officially recognised religions equally, and the principle that singling out any one of them requires special justification, it ruled.
Austrian court rules split classes, masks in schools illegal msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Austria s Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that two government measures to fight the spread of coronavirus in schools, compulsory mask-wearing and splitting classes into two halves to be taught in alternate shifts, were illegal.
The split classes system meant that some pupils had lessons on Mondays and Tuesdays and others on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
At all other times they were to stay at home. In addition, it was decided that all persons present in school buildings, apart from during teaching time, had to wear a mask over their mouth and nose, a statement from the court said. In it s decision published today, the Constitutional Court ruled that the measures in question were illegal, the statement went on.
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The Constitutional Court ruled that the measures in question were illegal.PHOTO: AFP
PublishedDec 23, 2020, 10:53 pm SGT
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