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[reportfromcyprus]

I've been following the story of a woman whose body was found dumped in the no man's land in Kokkinotrimithia. She didn't even have a name until yesterday (53 days after her body was found) and this is partly because of the lack of cooperation between greek & turkish cypriot police.

Is this supposed to be a country that takes care of its citizens? A dead woman, un-named, uncared for? No matter what nationality she is, no one deserves this.

I am shocked. And feel that no decent country should allow this to happen, no matter what the political situation. If you want a starting point for a solution, it should be real, measurable cooperation between the police!

http://www.reportfromcyprus.com/index.htm or straight to the story http://www.reportfromcyprus.com/Police% ... ystery.htm

[theresa]

Thats very sad. I wonder if the family were ıllegally living here in the North (that is - no visa etc) maybe they were afraid to report her missing in case they all got into trouble. They have really tightened up the visa laws here and everyone who is not a Cypriot has to have up to date papers. There is also a new law that states an employer must have the (monetary) means to allow the return of immigrant workers back to their own country when the job finishes - which means less workers staying on ılleagally when the jobs finished.
Tess

[Mills Chapman]

And feel that no decent country should allow this to happen, no matter what the political situation.

I agree. We expect to hear this in places like Iraq and Sierra Leone, but not in an EU country. I feel very sad for her family, who will not only have to deal with her death but also with the pain of knowing how long the body laid there.

[reportfromcyprus]

I also feel sad, and disturbed - it's so close to home. There was also that story in the Cyprus Mail about the bodies abandoned in the mortuary, I also got that disturbed feeling when I read that one.

It's about the value and importance of life, I suppose.

[Kikapu]

I also feel sad, and disturbed - it's so close to home. There was also that story in the Cyprus Mail about the bodies abandoned in the mortuary, I also got that disturbed feeling when I read that one.

It's about the value and importance of life, I suppose.

I hope you are editorialising these events in your RFC and naming & shaming officials who are failing in their public duties. I know they would just point the finger and blame to each other. Bigger problem of course, is the illegal workers in Cyprus. It is time to stop the "slave trade".

[Piratis]

There are many illegalities and problems that unfortunately the state can not handle properly as the occupation army does not allow Cyprus to exercise its sovereignty and laws over the whole island. This event is just one case, 100s of thousands more exist. This is why the Cyprus Problem is called a "problem".

We should definitely make our best to minimize such problems. Unfortunately in some cases making a problem easier for one case, would make the problem harder for 100s of thousands of other cases and as you understand the state can not act in a way that would help one and harm all the rest. (e.g. By cooperating with the illegal authorities and giving to them validity that they can later use as a weapon against the human rights of the majority of Cypriots). This is why such cases are difficult, not because the country doesn't want to take care of its citizens, but quite the contrary.

[reportfromcyprus]

There has to be some legal way for the two communities to cooperate on a human level that doesn't imply recognition or validity.

If this is just one example, it should symbolise the urgent need to find new and better ways of dealing with our social realities.

You're right, Piratis, it's difficult. Now what's going on with these supposed peace talks that started in July? The ones that were going to make things easier for the every day citizen? There is an opportunity there, and I don't get the feeling that the politicians are rushing to make it work out so that these kinds of problems start being solved. That's something that can't be blamed on the occupation army, the fact that politicians on both sides are dragging their feet on making some real differences in this situation.

[anastasiaC]

it freaks me out hearing about Murders in cyprus
such a small island....

how can someone not be missed? so sad.....I hope they find out what happened.