The CYPRUS dispute 3

  The CYPRUS dispute: 
Constant Violation of Human rights (Part 3)

        As mentioned in my previous two articles Turkey committed many Human rights violations. The mass rapes, the displacement of Cypriots and the deprivation of their possessions were only few of them. In every step the they made a new human violation was happening. Three more serious human violations will be discussed briefly in this article.

        To start with an amount of 2,000 Greek Cypriots, are still missing. Most of them were last seen alive in the occupied area of Cyprus after hostilities had stopped and under arrest by the Turkish. Some of them had been seen in custody prisons in Turkey and in Cyprus. Due to the obvious guilt of the Turkish government, humanitarian organizations were never allowed (by Turkey) to investigate this issue. Turkey was always negative about the investigations and never co-operate. The European Convention of human rights clearly states: 'Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person. No one shall be deprived of his liberty...’. Turkey never respected that.

        Additionally The Turkish Army closed the separation line running across the island and known as the green line in Nicosia (separates the free from the occupied area). They prevented roughly 190,000 displaced Greek Cypriots from returning to their homes.  Even the 8,000 Greek Cypriots who remained in the occupied area in 1976 (mainly in Karpasia) had to face very harsh conditions. Many of them about 7,000 were forced to sign applications to leave after suffering violence, threats, looting, forced labor, refusal of medical facilities and denial of secondary education. Most of the violence and harassment was affected through Anatolian settlers. The Greek Cypriots who remained in the occupied area were separated from their children. In the chase of an adequate education, children had to be educated in the free area and were not permitted by Turkey to return. The following human right: 'Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence’ was clearly violated.

        Finally, every human violation Turkey committed had more general reasoning. The genocide of the Greek Cypriot community. Turkey intended to destroy the Greek Cypriots as an ethnic and religious group, and enforce its illegal occupation. Unfortunately no international judicial organization is available to blame Turkey as it has not recognized yet the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice.

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"Main." Main. 08 Feb. 2013 <http://agrino.org/humrights/main/main.htm>.

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            "KYPROS-NET - OCCUPIED CYPRUS 1974 PHOTO ARCHIVE - MISSINGS."    KYPROS-NET - OCCUPIED CYPRUS 1974 PHOTO ARCHIVE - MISSINGS. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Mar. 2013.