Fire protests against north hijab law return to Nicosia

Fires were once again lit outside the north’s ‘parliament’ in northern Nicosia on Tuesday in protest against the ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs by children at public schools .

Tuesday was the seventh consecutive weekday on which fires have been lit by opposition political parties and trade unions, with Monday’s protest having taken place in Kyrenia .

It was the turn of trade union Turk-Sen leader