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Top French court temporarily suspends burkini ban─── 07:48 Sat, 27 Aug 2016
France's highest administrative court has suspended a controversial ban on full-body "burkini" swimsuits, pending a definitive ruling.
The Conseil d'Etat gave the ruling yesterday following a request from the League of Human Rights to overturn the ban in the Mediterranean town of Villeneuve-Loubet on the grounds it contravenes civil liberties.
The court said in a statement the decree to ban burkinis "seriously, and clearly illegally, breached the fundamental freedoms to come and go, the freedom of beliefs and individual freedom".
Under the French legal system, temporary decisions can be handed down before the court takes more time to prepare a judgment on the underlying legality of the case.
