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Article: ARTICLE: TRNC - freedom in a cage.
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- PPI - Pakistan Press International
- Article date:
- November 12, 2004
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NOV 12 (THE NATION) by KALEEM AKHTAR - The history of Cyprus is the harrowing tale of the miseries suffered by the peace loving people of the island. What to talk of the bygone era monarchical rule or dictatorships, even during the twentieth century, the fundamental rights of the minority Turkish Cypriots were ruthlessly usurped by religious godfathers under the every noses of the cosignatories of the Human Rights Charter. History witnessed innumerable traumatic events taking place on the island, wreaking unparalleled misery and dislocation on its inhabitants. It is said that the majority Greeks Cypriots cannot remember what happened between 1963 and 1974 and that the ...