jmd wrote:
>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
>>wor****p.
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>ECHR finds Turkey guilty of human rights violation
>10/01/2008
>http://wsibrussels.org/emmnewsfeed.cfm
>http://wsibrussels.org/images/WSI-Banner.jpg
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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 invasi=
on of=20
>Cyprus. In its judgment the Court said Turkey is guilt of =93the continu=
ing violation of Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights on =
account of=20
>failure of the authorities of the respondent state (Turkey) to conduct a=
n effective investigation into the whereabouts and fate of the nine first=
applicants=20
>who disappeared in life threatening circumstances=94.
>The decision, in the case of =93Varnava and Others v. Turkey=94, was tak=
en by six votes in favour and one against, that of judge Gonu Eronen, rep=
resenting=20
>Turkey.
>The Court also announced that there was violation of Article 3 which pro=
hibits inhuman treatment and Article 5 (right to liberty and security).
>The applicants are 18 Cypriot nationals, nine of whom have been consider=
ed missing since they were taken into captivity by the Turkish army durin=
g=20
>military action in Cyprus in 1974. They have not been accounted for sinc=
e.
>The other nine applicants are the parents or wives of the missing applic=
ants and based their application on Articles 2 (right to life), 3 (prohib=
ition of=20
>inhuman or degrading treatment), 4 (prohibition of forced labour), 5 (ri=
ght to liberty and security), 6 (right to a fair trial), 8 (right to resp=
ect for private=20
>and family life), 10 (freedom of expression), 12 (right to marry), 13 (r=
ight to an effective remedy) and 14 (prohibition of discrimination) of th=
e European=20
>Convention.
>(Posted on 2008-01-10 14:42 )
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>(one wonders why the USA continuously sup****t Turkey against Europe in g=
eneral, and Cyprus more specifically...)
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It makes no sense except for Great Britain's sup****t of Turkish North Cyp=
rus
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