The media have been riveted in recent days by a drama in Blackfriars Crown Court, where a defendant charged with intimidating a witness refused to remove her full-face veil or 'niqab'. The defendant is a convert to Islam, who cannot be named for "legal reasons". She claimed that the niqab is a manifestation of her religious beliefs, and that to compel her to remove it would violate her rights under Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
September 19, 2013 at 07:02 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
The media have been riveted in recent days by a drama in Blackfriars Crown Court, where a defendant charged with intimidating a witness refused to remove her full-face veil or ‘niqab’.
The defendant is a convert to Islam, who cannot be named for “legal reasons”. She claimed that the niqab is a manifestation of her religious beliefs, and that to compel her to remove it would violate her rights under Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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