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• India: This is not just about cheering for the ‘wrong’ cricket team
  12 March 2014, by siawi3

  The Indian Constitution needs to be followed by the Indian Government. The students cheered for a cricket team. There is no evidence that shows that they engaged in vandalism, hooliganism, held arms, were a threat, disrupted government functioning. Thus, the case does not stand. We demand: All cases be immediately withdrawn against the students from Kashmir. The University withdraws the expulsion order and ensures the safety of all students.

• India: Accused of sedition for cheering the Pakistani cricket team?
  11 March 2014, by siawi3

  A legal comment on the sedition charge against students arrested for cheering the Pakistani cricket team:
  Sedition in the statutory sense requires a perpetrator who “brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards the government established by law in India.†Hatred or contempt of a sports team is simply not covered by the section.

• India: Vicious nationalism rules - university students from Kashmir charged with sedition for cheering the Pakistan team during cricket match with India
  10 March 2014, by siawi3

  Not only are they charged with sedition - a very grave accusation which could lead to a sentence of up to life imprisonment - but their university also expelled them... So much for sport !

• Le voile et le turban autorisés lors des match de football
  5 mars 2014, par siawi3

  La possibilité de porter le voile ou le turban a été officiellement intégrée samedi dans les règles du football. L’International Football Association Board (Ifab), l’organe garant des lois du ballon rond, avait autorisé àtitre d’essai le port du voile sous certaines conditions strictes il y a deux ans, àla demande de plusieurs pays musulmans. Le Board avait ensuite accepté d’étendre cette expérience aux joueurs masculins après qu’un conflit autour du turban par des Sikhs déborde sur les terrains de football au Québec.

• Sports: women football players wearing hidjabs
  5 March 2012, by siawi3

  How is it that a decision flouting sports neutrality (Law 4 that forbids all political or religious expression) was placed on the agenda under «any other business», instead of being one of the major items requiring a decision of principle and, therefore, an analysis of the consequences of such a proposal?

• Lettre Ouverte de féministes àpropos du port du hijab pendant les compétititons sportives internationales
  6 mars 2012, par siawi3

  Il serait indigne de votre commission de se retrancher derrière des faux semblants pour masquer le contournement de la règle 4, en faveur d’un prosélytisme politico-religieux.

• New Zealand: Crusaders rugby team to dump imagery after attack
  3 April, by siawi3

  Saturday’s match against the Brumbies will be the first in Christchurch since the shootings. It will not feature the traditional pre-match entertainment of Crusaders horses and horsemen. “In the wake of the Christchurch attacks, it is apparent the symbolism the club has used, combined with the Crusaders name, is offensive to some in the community.†New Zealand Rugby said on Wednesday the Crusaders’ contentious imagery would change, and the team’s name would come under close scrutiny.

• Athlètes voilées aux JO : un petit pas en avant… ou un grand en arrière ?
  10 août 2016, par siawi3

  Il serait peut-être temps d’arrêter d’essayer d’appréhender la question du voile comme s’il s’agissait d’un simple accessoire de mode, d’un truc que certaines femmes aiment bien porter parce que c’est joli, seyant - ou au contraire parce que ça ne l’est pas.

• Athlètes voilées aux JO : un petit pas en avant… ou un grand en arrière ?
  9 août 2016, par siawi3

  Il serait peut-être temps d’arrêter d’essayer d’appréhender la question du voile comme s’il s’agissait d’un simple accessoire de mode, d’un truc que certaines femmes aiment bien porter parce que c’est joli, seyant - ou au contraire parce que ça ne l’est pas.

• German court rules Muslim girls must take part in swimming lessons
  8 December 2016, by siawi3

  Germany’s highest court has ruled that ultra-conservative Muslim girls must take part in mixed swimming classes at school, finding against an 11-year-old pupil who had argued that even wearing a burkini, or full-body swimsuit, breached Islamic dress codes. Constitutional judges say schoolgirl cannot be excused mixed classes on grounds of Islamic dress codes

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