The latest burqini ban to be officially quashed was the one in Nice, where pictures of French police allegedly ordering a Muslim woman to remove clothing brought condemnation on France from the UN and rights groups around the world. But judges in Nice have now put an end to the controversial bylaw, ruling that it was based on false grounds. The decision to suspend the burqini ban in Nice comes after similar bylaws were overturned for the towns of Cannes, Frejus and Villeneuve-Loubet earlier this week. Nice, France’s most famous Riviera resort soon became the capital of burqini fines, where 24 fines were handed out in the first week. However Nice Matin newspaper claims that burqini bans remain in place in around six towns along the Riviera.

Source: The Local September 01, 2016 14:37 UTC