# Burkha ban is back in Lleida following ECHR ruling over France

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A BAN on wearing burkhas or niqabs in public places is set to return in the province of Lleida in Catalunya following a European court verdict supporting a blanket prohibition in France.
 
 Pioneers in Spain for outlawing the burkha – which conceals the entire head and body leaving only the hands and a thin strip across the eyes uncovered – and the niqab, which covers the head and the lower part of the face, including the mouth, the town of La Paeria in Lleida did not go as far as France by banning them altogether but announced in 2010 that women were no longer able to wear them in public places such as council buildings or business premises. 
 "My own Opinion is that it just not acceptable in Public Places and should be banned"