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Austria – Facial Exposure

On the 1st October 2017, Austria bans burka/full face covering in public places and public buildings.  However, they are not the only country to have done so.  A few other countries that have done this are France, 2011, Belgium, 2011, Bulgaria, 2016, Switzerland, 2016, Italy, 2015, Chad, Cameroon, Niger, Congo-Brazzaville and Gabon.


Notes:
Express Home of the Daily and Sunday Express
The Local
https://www.thelocal.at/20170929/austria-moves-to-ban-the-burqa

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