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Conviction of Group for Wearing Religious Clothing Overturned by European Court of Human Rights

By eatkinson

In Ahmet Arslan and Others v. Turkey, the European Court of Human Rights overturned, by a vote of 6-1, a 1997 decision by the Turkish courts convicting 127 Turkish nationals of breaking two laws, one against wearing headgear and the other against wearing religious clothing in public other than for religious ceremonies. The applicants, members of a religious group known as Aczimendi tarikatÿ, claimed that their conviction violated Article 9 (freedom of thought, conscience, and religion) of the Eu read more

Full post as published by Harvard International Law Journal Digest on March 03, 2010 (boomark / email).