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Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Greece - [ Bu sayfanın çevirisini yap ]In June the European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) found Greece in violation of Article 2 (right to life) in connection with the shooting in January 1998 ...
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Greece: Violations of freedom of expression - Topix - [ Bu sayfanın çevirisini yap ]Original sender: Greek Helsinki Monitor & Minority Rights Group - Greece <[email protected]> Greece: Violations of freedom of expression ...
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by christos1 » Sun Mar 08, 2009 6:15 pm
Recent news from the Turkish Zaman:
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detay ... ink=168581
European court says demanding Kurdish classes is a fundamental right
A general view of the European Court of Human Rights building in Strasbourg, eastern France.
The European Court of Human Rights has acknowledged that peacefully petitioning for Kurdish language classes is a fundamental human right while accusing Turkey of violating the right to education.
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detay ... ink=168581
European court says demanding Kurdish classes is a fundamental right
A general view of the European Court of Human Rights building in Strasbourg, eastern France.
The European Court of Human Rights has acknowledged that peacefully petitioning for Kurdish language classes is a fundamental human right while accusing Turkey of violating the right to education.
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by christos1 » Sun Mar 08, 2009 6:16 pm
http://www.financialmirror.com/News/Cyp ... News/13992
The government will continue to inform the international community on the issue that has arisen from the self-confession of Turkish actor Attila Olgac that he killed ten Greek Cypriots during the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, Government Spokesman Stephanos Stephanou has said.
Replying to questions on Wednesday after a Cabinet meeting, Stephanou said that the government has decided to act on two fronts.
“Firstly, to raise the issue at the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, which is the watchdog for the implementation of ECHR decisions”, he said. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the Republic of Cyprus' fourth interstate application has asked Turkey to cooperate fully in the investigation into the fate of missing persons in Cyprus.
Secondly, the government is considering a second appeal to the ECHR, the Spokesman added. “It is a decision which the Law Office of the Republic is examining, because it requires specific action and procedures”, he explained.
Stephanou pointed out that there is the political aspect to the confession as well. The government and the House of Representatives have decided to raise the issue to several international fora, in order not only to inform the international community about the confession, but also to explain “what this confession means and what it proves”, he stressed.
“We are talking about crimes committed during the Turkish invasion to Cyprus in 1974”, he added.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third. Hundreds of Greek Cypriots have been missing since 1974, many of whom were last seen alive in the hands of the Turkish military. Nearly 500 Turkish Cypriots are also listed as missing since the intercommunal fighting in the early 1960s and during 1974.
The government will continue to inform the international community on the issue that has arisen from the self-confession of Turkish actor Attila Olgac that he killed ten Greek Cypriots during the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, Government Spokesman Stephanos Stephanou has said.
Replying to questions on Wednesday after a Cabinet meeting, Stephanou said that the government has decided to act on two fronts.
“Firstly, to raise the issue at the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, which is the watchdog for the implementation of ECHR decisions”, he said. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the Republic of Cyprus' fourth interstate application has asked Turkey to cooperate fully in the investigation into the fate of missing persons in Cyprus.
Secondly, the government is considering a second appeal to the ECHR, the Spokesman added. “It is a decision which the Law Office of the Republic is examining, because it requires specific action and procedures”, he explained.
Stephanou pointed out that there is the political aspect to the confession as well. The government and the House of Representatives have decided to raise the issue to several international fora, in order not only to inform the international community about the confession, but also to explain “what this confession means and what it proves”, he stressed.
“We are talking about crimes committed during the Turkish invasion to Cyprus in 1974”, he added.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third. Hundreds of Greek Cypriots have been missing since 1974, many of whom were last seen alive in the hands of the Turkish military. Nearly 500 Turkish Cypriots are also listed as missing since the intercommunal fighting in the early 1960s and during 1974.
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by insan » Sun Mar 08, 2009 6:17 pm
UNHCR | Refworld | Human Rights Watch World Report 2000 - Greece - [ Bu sayfanın çevirisini yap ]The United States State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights for 1998 highlighted a number of on-going human rights violations in Greece, ...
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Greece Condemned for Discriminating against Macedonian Minority - [ Bu sayfanın çevirisini yap ]Between 1993 and mid-1997, Greece was convicted seven times for violations of the rights of Jehovahís Witnesses: the cases concerned either convictions by ...
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insan wrote:Greece: Violations of freedom of expression - Topix - [ Bu sayfanın çevirisini yap ]Original sender: Greek Helsinki Monitor & Minority Rights Group - Greece <[email protected]> Greece: Violations of freedom of expression ...
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European report slams Turkey for violation of human rights
By Jean Christou
A REPORT by the European Commission for Human Rights, made public yesterday, slams Turkey for gross violation of human rights in Cyprus.
The contents of the report were made public at a press conference given by Attorney-general Alecos Markides, who hailed it as "the most important success the Republic of Cyprus has had in international legal fora".
"The Commission report is of a truly historic significance as it reaffirms previous reports in the first three inter-state cases against Turkey and the Court decision on the case of Titina Loizidou," Markides said.
Loizidou won a case before the European Court of Human Rights which found Turkey guilty of the continuous violation of her right to enjoy her property in Kyrenia and ruled that she remained the legal owner.
The report published yesterday was issued at the end of Commission hearings during the fourth inter-state case of Cyprus against Turkey.
It affirms that the government of Cyprus is the only recognised authority on the island and reiterates that Turkey's responsibility extends to all the complaints filed by the government.
The case has been referred by the government to the European Court of Human Rights, where the two parties, Cyprus and Turkey, will present heir arguments before the Court issues a judgement.
Markides said the case rested on five issues, the missing persons, the rights of property of displaced Greek Cypriots and their rights to hold free elections, the living conditions of the enclaved, and the rights of Turkish Cypriots violated by Turkey.
On the latter, the Commission report said the application by the government failed because the Commission considered all local avenues had not been exhausted.
It said the breakaway regime was a local administration subject to Turkey and that Turkish Cypriots should apply to Turkey before approaching the European judicial system.
"We do not consider anything carried out in the occupied areas as being in accordance with international law," Markides said.
On the issue of missing persons, Markides said the report found massive violations of human rights regarding the missing and their relatives by the failure of the Turkish side to cooperate with the investigation into their fate.
On the issue of property, similar violations were found, while regarding the enclaved, the report said their living conditions constituted a serious form of intervention in the right to respect for private and family life.
"The treatment of enclaved persons is tantamount to adverse discrimination on the basis of ethnic origin, race and religion," Markides quoted the report as saying.
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by insan » Sun Mar 08, 2009 6:19 pm
COHRE - Centre On Housing Rights and Evictions - [ Bu sayfanın çevirisini yap ]Read the facts about housing rights violations in Greece GREECE wins Housing Rights Violator Award 2006. Read more... The Government of Greece has ...
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by christos1 » Sun Mar 08, 2009 6:19 pm
European Court Finds Against Turkey
Thursday May 10 2001
By PAUL AMES, Associated Press Writer
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Europe's top human rights court ruled Thursday that Turkey has repeatedly violated human rights during its 27-year occupation of northern Cyprus.
In a case brought by the Cypriot government, the European Court of Human Rights' panel of judges voted that Turkey was guilty of 14 violations of its human rights convention.
The court, based in Strasbourg, France, said Turkey was responsible for the violations because it, ``exercised effective overall control of northern Cyprus through its military presence there.''
The Turkish government had argued it does not have jurisdiction over northern Cyprus, claiming responsibility lies with the Turkish-Cypriot administration, which is not recognized by any other nation apart from Turkey.
Turkish troops invaded Cyprus in 1974 after an abortive coup on the island by Greek Cypriots supporting union with Greece. In the wake of the invasion, 180,000 Greek Cypriots fled or were expelled from the north where Turkey maintains 35,000 troops in support of the local Turkish government.
Complaints upheld against Turkey included failing to investigate the disappearance of Greek Cypriots after the 1974 invasion; inhuman treatment of the families of missing Greek Cypriots; denying Greek Cypriots the right to return to their homes; failure to compensate for loss of property; interference with freedom of religion; restrictions on education and discrimination against Greek Cypriots living in the Karpas Peninsula in the Turkish-controlled North.
``Conditions under which the population (of Karpas) was condemned to live were debasing and violated the very notion of respect for the human dignity of its members,'' the court said in a statement.
However, the court rejected Cypriot claims that Turkey violated other clauses in the European Convention on Human Rights, including those relating to slavery, forced labor, and freedom of assembly.
There was no immediate reaction from the Turkish government, but Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertugruloglu of the breakaway Turkish Cypriot Republic condemned the court ruling.
``This is a disturbing example of Europe's understanding of justice,'' Ertugruloglu told private CNN-Turk television. ``It is shamefully trying to place Turkey in the electric chair ... Turkey has done nothing to be ashamed of in Cyprus.''
The Cyprus government and Greek Cypriot political parties hailed the court's ruling as a triumph.
``This is a major victory for Cyprus,'' Attorney-General Alecos Markides, told Cyprus radio from Strasbourg. ``Cyprus has won the battle on substantial points and has proved that the country responsible for what is happening in the occupied area of Cyprus is Turkey.''
The ruling is binding on Turkey, which should now present proposals to other members of the 43-nation Council of Europe outlining how it intends to correct rights violations in Cyprus.
However, it was unclear how Turkey would react. Since 1998, Turkey has refused to comply with another binding European court ruling which ordered the payment of $611,000 damages to a Greek Cypriot woman driven from her home after the invasion.
The Cyprus issue and its human rights record are major hindrances to Turkey's bid for membership of the 15-nation European Union
Thursday May 10 2001
By PAUL AMES, Associated Press Writer
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Europe's top human rights court ruled Thursday that Turkey has repeatedly violated human rights during its 27-year occupation of northern Cyprus.
In a case brought by the Cypriot government, the European Court of Human Rights' panel of judges voted that Turkey was guilty of 14 violations of its human rights convention.
The court, based in Strasbourg, France, said Turkey was responsible for the violations because it, ``exercised effective overall control of northern Cyprus through its military presence there.''
The Turkish government had argued it does not have jurisdiction over northern Cyprus, claiming responsibility lies with the Turkish-Cypriot administration, which is not recognized by any other nation apart from Turkey.
Turkish troops invaded Cyprus in 1974 after an abortive coup on the island by Greek Cypriots supporting union with Greece. In the wake of the invasion, 180,000 Greek Cypriots fled or were expelled from the north where Turkey maintains 35,000 troops in support of the local Turkish government.
Complaints upheld against Turkey included failing to investigate the disappearance of Greek Cypriots after the 1974 invasion; inhuman treatment of the families of missing Greek Cypriots; denying Greek Cypriots the right to return to their homes; failure to compensate for loss of property; interference with freedom of religion; restrictions on education and discrimination against Greek Cypriots living in the Karpas Peninsula in the Turkish-controlled North.
``Conditions under which the population (of Karpas) was condemned to live were debasing and violated the very notion of respect for the human dignity of its members,'' the court said in a statement.
However, the court rejected Cypriot claims that Turkey violated other clauses in the European Convention on Human Rights, including those relating to slavery, forced labor, and freedom of assembly.
There was no immediate reaction from the Turkish government, but Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertugruloglu of the breakaway Turkish Cypriot Republic condemned the court ruling.
``This is a disturbing example of Europe's understanding of justice,'' Ertugruloglu told private CNN-Turk television. ``It is shamefully trying to place Turkey in the electric chair ... Turkey has done nothing to be ashamed of in Cyprus.''
The Cyprus government and Greek Cypriot political parties hailed the court's ruling as a triumph.
``This is a major victory for Cyprus,'' Attorney-General Alecos Markides, told Cyprus radio from Strasbourg. ``Cyprus has won the battle on substantial points and has proved that the country responsible for what is happening in the occupied area of Cyprus is Turkey.''
The ruling is binding on Turkey, which should now present proposals to other members of the 43-nation Council of Europe outlining how it intends to correct rights violations in Cyprus.
However, it was unclear how Turkey would react. Since 1998, Turkey has refused to comply with another binding European court ruling which ordered the payment of $611,000 damages to a Greek Cypriot woman driven from her home after the invasion.
The Cyprus issue and its human rights record are major hindrances to Turkey's bid for membership of the 15-nation European Union
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