(Swiss Info) Canton St Gallen’s burqa ban has never been implemented since it was introduced five years ago.
The public prosecutor’s office has not yet received any complaint, [it] told the Keystone-SDA news agency.
In the last five years, no one has been fined for wearing a burqa, a niqab or a similar item of clothing in canton St Gallen, despite the ban. This was stated by the cantonal police and public prosecutor’s office at the request of the Keystone-SDA news agency.
Voters in canton St Gallen voted in favour of a burqa ban five years ago. On September 23, 2018, they supported this with a vote of 66.7%. The ban came into effect on January 1, 2019.
