Denmark bans Buqra and full face cover in public places

Women in burqas

Women in burqas Source: SBS

Denmark on Thursday became the latest European country to ban the Islamic full-face veil in public spaces in a move slammed by human rights campaigners as "a violation of women's rights".



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