The last months' attacks.

While some picture and videos showing policemen fining some women wearing the burkini or the hijab on the beach were seen around the world, France's highest administrative court overturned the bans, on 26 August. It stated that the ban in the town of Villeneuve-Loubet "violated civil liberties, including freedom of movement and religious freedom", and that officials had failed to show that the swimwear posed a threat to public order. The court's decision mean that the burkini bans taken in other cities are most likely to be overturned, but the debate seems to be far from being over in France.

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