Women in burkinis stopped from swimming in Cannes Women gather to celebrate last year's French high court ruling overturning local bans of concealing swimsuit
French police on Friday prevented a group of Muslim women from swimming in their burkinis in the seaside city of Cannes, home to the ongoing annual Cannes Film Festival.
Around 10 women gathered on the beach at Hotel Martinez -- where the festival is being held -- to swim in their burkinis to show support for the concealing swimsuit.
But police stopped and questioned the women, who had gathered at the call of Rachid Nekkaz, a French-Algerian businessman, to celebrate the defeat of last summer's burkini ban on some French Riviera beaches.