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A GIRL banned from her school for wearing a religious wrist bangle should be allowed to return to her studies, according to Cynon Valley MP Ann Clwyd . Sarika Watkins-Singh, aged 14, claims her human rights are being infringed by Aberdare Girls’ Comprehensive School, whose headteacher Jane Rosser and governors say her insistence on wearing the Kara – a symbol of Sikh identity – breaches a rule that forbids the wearing of jewellery. The human rights organisation Liberty is seeking to challenge the school’s decision in the High Court.

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  • A GIRL banned from her school for wearing a religious wrist bangle should be allowed to return to her studies, according to Cynon Valley MP Ann Clwyd . Sarika Watkins-Singh, aged 14, claims her human rights are being infringed by Aberdare Girls’ Comprehensive School, whose headteacher Jane Rosser and governors say her insistence on wearing the Kara – a symbol of Sikh identity – breaches a rule that forbids the wearing of jewellery. The human rights organisation Liberty is seeking to challenge the school’s decision in the High Court.
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  • A GIRL banned from her school for wearing a religious wrist bangle should be allowed to return to her studies, according to Cynon Valley MP Ann Clwyd . Sarika Watkins-Singh, aged 14, claims her human rights are being infringed by Aberdare Girls’ Comprehensive School, whose headteacher Jane Rosser and governors say her insistence on wearing the Kara – a symbol of Sikh identity – breaches a rule that forbids the wearing of jewellery. The human rights organisation Liberty is seeking to challenge the school’s decision in the High Court. Ms Clwyd has discussed the case with Sarika and her family, and says she is “firmly of the view” that the school is in breach of the Race Relations Act and the Human Rights Act. “After considering all the circumstances, I believe that the Sikh girl currently excluded from Aberdare Girls’ School, in my constituency, for wearing a steel bangle, should be allowed to return to school and to wear the bangle,” said Ms Clwyd. “There is absolutely no doubt that the school is in the wrong here,” said Ms Clwyd.
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