The French government's initial announcement in late September of the ban has prompted calls for intervention from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The French government's initial announcement in late September of the ban has prompted calls for intervention from the International Olympic Committee .French Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera initially announced the ban on September 24, 2023. / Photo: Reuters Archive
France imposed the ban on its national team players as it prepares to host the Games from July 26 to August 11 and the Paralympics from August 28 to September 8.A few days later, Oudea-Castera, who was a guest of the French political show Dimanche en Politique, confirmed that no woman in her country's delegation would wear a headscarf during the Paris Olympics.
On May 24 this year, Amnesty International and several other organisations came together to send a letter on the ban to the International Olympic Committee , the organisation responsible for organising the Olympic Games. Subsequently, in a press release dated July 16, Amnesty International said the headscarf ban demonstrates the existence of the country's “discriminatory double standard” policy.
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