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Portugal bans full-face veils

Afghan burqa-clad women beg for alms in the middle of a street during rainfall on the outskirts of Kabul on March 30, 2023. (Photo: AFP)

LISBON — Portugal's president has enacted a law pushed by the far right banning the concealment of faces in public, a measure widely seen as targeting Muslim women wearing a full-face veil.

"The face must be considered a central element of human identity and communication," President Antonio Jose Seguro said in a statement late Tuesday.

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