Three women were asked to leave a school because they were wearing a veil. The women were protesting against a ban on women wearing veils in public places.

The ban was imposed on the school because it was in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) The women had been protesting against the ban on the wearing of veils by women in schools. The school said the ban was a violation of their right to wear a veil in public. The three women said they had been forced to leave the school by the school.