German court rules Sikh police trainee can wear turban on public duty

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2026-03-20

Bremen (dpa) - A police trainee in Bremen is allowed to wear his turban with his uniform while on duty in public-facing assignments, a court in the north-western German city ruled on Friday. The man, who is completing a course in police service at the University of Public Administration, is a practising Sikh and wears the turban for religious reasons. The police president and his superiors had instructed him to remove his turban when dealing wit......

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