Amritsar, July 1, 2004
Atma Singh
The United Nations has admitted a Sikh
petition seeking its intervention over a ban on turbans and other
religious emblems in France.
A petitioner Sikh Nation Organisation president
Manjit Singh Randhawa told reporters today that his organisation had
filed the plea against the French government on March 17 for violation
of human rights of personal liberty of schoolchildren by enacting the
''scarf ban law''.
The petition was screened and approved
for consideration under 1503 Procedure by the UN Secretary General and
the Chairman of UN Working Group on Communication.