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in hive-194119 •  5 years ago 

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/03/18/police-pay-damages-after-admitting-they-unlawfully-forced-a-muslim-woman-to-remove-her-hijab/

In 2019, the European Court of Human Rights unanimously found that the UK's Schedule 7 powers violated human rights and were not "n accordance with the law”.

The lack of guidance has resulted in cases where powers are exercised improperly, where women have been photographed unlawfully without their hijab against their wishes and their photograph has been retained, perhaps indefinitely, on a police database.

The police also took a photo of Asiyah (not her real name), her fingerprints, and a DNA sample all by using the controversial Schedule 7 powers of the Terrorism Act 2000.

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