June 11, 2007
Source: BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6742341.stm
Sikhs have gone to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg to challenge a French law banning the wearing of turbans for ID documents.
The United Sikhs organisation filed a complaint on behalf of French national Shingara Mann Singh, 52, who was refused a replacement driver's licence.
By law applicants have to remove all headgear for security reasons.