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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 96-10-19Cyprus News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: "HR-Net News Distribution Manager" <dist@hri.org>CONTENTS
1345:CYPPRESS:02[01] Greek Cypriots inform tourists over recent Turkish atrocitiesNicosia, Oct 19 (CNA) -- Greek Cypriots have staged a peaceful sit-in protest at the Ledra Palace checkpoint for this weekend, to inform tourists who try to cross into the Turkish occupied northern areas of the Republic, on the recent murders of Greek Cypriots by Turkish troops and extremists.The event is organised by refugee organisations with the participation of the Cyprus Motorcyclists Federation, after an initiative of the Democratic Party (DIKO) MP Marios Matsakis. The organisers have put up two huge photographs that show the recent brutal murders of unarmed Greek Cypriots. They also hand to the tourist leaflets about Turkish atrocities against innocent people and inform them about the situation on the island, as a result of the Turkish occupation. The organisers said they plan to continue their sit-in protest every weekend. Tourists who were planning to visit the Turkish occupied part of the island today, turned their backs to the puppet regime after being informed on its atrocities. The Ledra Palace checkpoint in the capital is the only place through which anyone, but the Greek Cypriots, can cross into the areas occupied by Turkey since its 1974 invasion of the island. Demonstrators also inform tourists they have to pay the illegal authorities one Cyprus pound (around 2 US dollars) to cross to the occupied areas, noting that this directly funds the pseudostate which is recognised only by Turkey. CNA MA/AP/1996ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY1420:CYPPRESS:02[02] EU Irish presidency pays tribute to victim of Turkish atrocityNicosia, Oct 19 (CNA) -- Ireland's Honourary Consul to Cyprus Stephanos Stephanou will tomorrow lay a wreath at the grave of Greek Cypriot Petros Kakoullis, who was murdered by Turkish occupation troops last Sunday and will visit his family on behalf of the European Union (EU) Irish presidency.According to an announcement issued here today by the Consulate of Ireland, Stephanou will lay a wreath at the 58 year-old retired fireman's grave, upon orders from Ireland's Foreign Ministry. He has also been asked to visit Kakoullis' family and extend the EU presidency's condolences and hand them the declaration issued by the Union after the murder, ''which has shuddered the whole of Europe and the civilised world'', the announcement adds. The Irish presidency's declaration, issued on October 16, on behalf of the EU, ''strongly condemns the killing by soldiers of the forces on the north of Cyprus of an unarmed Greek Cypriot civilian'' and ''deplores this latest tragic death, as it does all the violent deaths which have occurred recently in Cyprus''. It also ''fully endorses the principle stated by the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus that deadly force must not be used by either side against persons who cross the respective cease-fire lines, or enter the UN buffer zone''. Kakoullis, the fourth unarmed Greek Cypriot killed by the Turks since June, was shot dead when he strayed a few metres into the Turkish-occupied territory, while collecting snails with his son-in-law, Panikos Hadjiathanasiou, 27, who witnessed the killing, near the British Base Area in Dhekelia, south-east of the island. CNA MA/AP/1996ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCYCyprus News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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