Agamemnon wrote:
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> CHURCH - TURKEY
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> The Cyprus Church intends to take Turkey to the European Court of Human
> Rights for preventing the restoration of looted Orthodox churches in
> the northern Turkish occupied areas of Cyprus and for its continuing
> refusal to allow access to the Christian Orthodox pilgrims for
> worship.
ECHR finds Turkey guilty of human rights violation
10/01/2008
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The European Court of Human Rights has found Turkey guilty of violating
the human rights of Greek Cypriots, missing since the 1974 Turkish
invasion of
Cyprus. In its judgment the Court said Turkey is guilt of “the continuing
violation of Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights on
account of
failure of the authorities of the respondent state (Turkey) to conduct an
effective investigation into the whereabouts and fate of the nine first
applicants
who disappeared in life threatening circumstances”.
The decision, in the case of “Varnava and Others v. Turkey”, was taken by
six votes in favour and one against, that of judge Gonu Eronen,
representing
Turkey.
The Court also announced that there was violation of Article 3 which
prohibits inhuman treatment and Article 5 (right to liberty and security).
The applicants are 18 Cypriot nationals, nine of whom have been considered
missing since they were taken into captivity by the Turkish army during
military action in Cyprus in 1974. They have not been accounted for since.
The other nine applicants are the parents or wives of the missing
applicants and based their application on Articles 2 (right to life), 3
(prohibition of
inhuman or degrading treatment), 4 (prohibition of forced labour), 5
(right to liberty and security), 6 (right to a fair trial), 8 (right to
respect for private
and family life), 10 (freedom of expression), 12 (right to marry), 13
(right to an effective remedy) and 14 (prohibition of discrimination) of
the European
Convention.
(Posted on 2008-01-10 14:42 )
(one wonders why the USA continuously support Turkey against Europe in
general, and Cyprus more specifically...)
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