Balkans: May 10, 2001

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Watch this one. The European Court of Human Rights (in Strasbourg) condemned Turkey for "massive and continued violations" of human rights in Cyprus after the Turkish Army invaded in 1974. The Greek Cypriot government brought a suit seven years ago. The suit claimed 1,500 Greek Cypriots are still missing and unaccounted for and that 211,000 Greek Cypriots were displaced by the invasion. Turkey immediately rejected the decision.

 

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