While the IOC announced in September that athletes competing at the Paris Games would be permitted to wear hijabs, French Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera has barred French athletes from doing so, saying they are bound by the country's strict separation of religion and state.
"The country's discrimination against women and girls wearing the hijab is particularly concerning given the IOC's celebration of Paris 2024 as the first 'Gender Equal Olympics.'"The hijab bans have resulted in discrimination, humiliation and trauma against Muslim athletes in France, some of whom have left the country to seek opportunities elsewhere, the letter said. Reuters has contacted the IOC for comment.
Diaba Konate, a guard for the University of California at Irvine, played for the French under-18 basketball team, but said the hijab ban has erased any chance of her representing the senior squad. "Sport is a human right. I should be able to go run, go shoot a ball, go kick a ball, and wear whatever I need to wear as long as it's safe," she said."It almost brings me to tears because why are we still having to go through this."
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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