A French mother of two has expressed her disgust after police officers forced her to remove her headscarf while she sat on a beach in the coastal city of Cannes.
This comes after earlier this month by Cannes Mayor David Lisnard, which gives police permission to fine people for wearing "beachwear which ostentatiously diplays religious affiliation".
"Access to beaches and for swimming is banned to anyone who does not have (bathing apparel) which respects good customs and secularism," Mr Lisnard stated.
Speaking to Sky News, the 34-year-old woman, known only as Siam, described the events which resulted in her receiving a verbal warning.
"We were stopped by three police officers and they read out a decree that had been set up by the mayor of Cannes, relating to what I was wearing, which apparently was not right," she said.
When police asked her to wear her headscarf as a bandana instead, she said: "I refused to do that so I was given a verbal warning on the beach because of that."
"I am horrified by what happened. I'm horrified also by the behaviour of people around us," she added.
"There were some people that were supporting us, but there were other people who applauded the police officers and began insulting us and we were shocked."
One of the country's highest administrative courts, the Council of State, will decide on Thursday whether to process a request by the Human Rights League to get rid of the controversial law throughout the country.
