Azerbaijan's ruling party defends school hijab ban after arrests at protests in Baku
Summary
Azerbaijan's ruling New Azerbaijan Party defended new school dress rules that have barred hijab-wearing students and teachers from classrooms, saying the rules rest on constitutional secularism, after police reported 37 arrests in Baku over protest-related incidents. The government changed student dress rules on 21 September and teacher rules on 6 October, with the regulations not naming the hijab explicitly but banning clothing deemed incompatible with secular education.
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VLADAJUĆA stranka azerbajdžanskog predsjednika Ilhama Alijeva obranila je nova pravila odijevanja u školama, zbog kojih učenicama i nastavnicama s hidžabom nije dopušten ulazak na nastavu.
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- Baku · City / settlement
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- 04:53 PMIndex.hrOpen the original
- 05:19 PMTelegrafiOpen the original
- 05:37 PMBanjaluka.netOpen the original
- 06:28 PMBUKA (6yka)Open the original
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