An Australian senator who has long campaigned for the Islamic women's garment known as the burqa to be banned in the country has been suspended from parliament for a week for her protest on Monday in ...

Pauline Hanson wore a burka in the Senate chamber in Canberra - Mick Tsikas/AAP Australian right-wing politician Pauline Hanson was suspended from the Senate on Tuesday after donning a burka in the ...

MEBOURNE, Australia — An Australian senator who is campaigning for a national burqa ban was barred Tuesday from Parliament for the rest of the year for wearing the Muslim garment in the chamber.

Australia’s Senate was suspended Monday after Senator Pauline Hanson appeared on the chamber floor wearing a burqa to protest the blocking of her proposed legislation. Hanson, leader of the One Nation ...

Commenting on a purported video of the incident shared online, the police had said on January 16 that the Hindu girl had worn the burqa voluntarily.

The incident surfaced after the victim's brother filed a complaint. Police are investigating the case thoroughly, considering ...

A case has been registered against five minor Muslim girls under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of ...