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Article: Condemns Arrest of Turkish Cypriot Journalists
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- July 11, 2000
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The Cyprus government Tuesday condemned the "illegal arrest" of
Turkish Cypriot journalists by the breakaway Turkish Cypriot regime
as an attempt to muzzle the press.
According to Greek Cypriot media, four journalists of the Turkish
Cypriot newspaper "Avrupa" and two other persons in the Turkish
Cypriot area have been arrested on charges of spying against the
Turkish Cypriot regime and Turkish troops.
Acting government spokesman Spyros Arotis said the arrest of the
journalists was aimed at muzzling and abolishing the right of
freedom of the press and terrorizing the people in northern Cyprus.
Arotis said the Cyprus government condemns such practice and
calls for the intervention of the ...