Ukraine
Ukrainian Muslim woman loses court battle for the right to be photographed in headscarf
Publication Date:
July 6, 2010
Source:
Korrespondent
The Kyiv District Administrative Court has rejected the suit brought on behalf of 25-year-old Susanna Ismailova from Bakhchysarai (the Crimea). She had asked the court to order the Ministry of Internal Affairs [MIA] to allow her to have a passport photo taken in her hijab or Muslim headscarf.
The court deemed that Ms Ismailova’s rights were not restricted by the insistence that she be photographed without the scarf.