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UK Government settles case with Cypriots who said they were tortured

The UK Government has settled a case with Cypriots who said they were tortured whilst in detention during the ‘Cyprus Emergency’ of 1955-59. It will pay an estimated £1M damages to 33 Cypriot pensioners.

BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46978271

The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/23/britain-to-pay-group-of-greek-cypriots-1m-after-claims-of-human-rights-abuse

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The National Federation of Cypriots in the UK is the official, representative body and acknowledged voice of Cypriots in the UK. It was founded shortly after the illegal Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 to coordinate and represent the UK Cypriot diaspora, which now consists of 300,000 people

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