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Article: Urges Protection of Arrested Turkish Cypriot Journalists
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- July 8, 2000
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The Union of Cyprus Journalists (UCJ) Saturday appealed for the
protection of Turkish Cypriot journalists arrested Friday by the
Turkish Cypriot regime in the northern island.
The appeal was made to U.N. Secretary-General's Special
Representative in Cyprus, the ambassadors of the permanent members
of the U.N. Security Council and international media organizations.
In the appeal, the UCJ reported the arrest and disappearance
Friday night of Editor-in-Chief of Turkish Cypriot daily "Avrupa"
Sener Levent and two or more of his colleagues.
"Avrupa" has been persecuted by the Turkish Cypriot regime
because of its views on the Cyprus issue, said the UCJ.
The Turkish Cypriot regime in May ...