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Lobby for Cyprus is a non-party-political human rights organisation campaigning for a reunited Cyprus.

Turkey's cultural destruction in Cyprus

16 February 2010

There is irony in the fact that while Istanbul basks in the limelight as Europe’s City of Culture for 2010, Turkey, an aspiring EU member, continues to vandalise and destroy Europe’s cultural and Christian heritage in Cyprus.

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The Orams are refused leave to Appeal to the UK's Supreme Court in the Apostolides v Orams case

02 April 2010

Lobby for Cyprus welcomes the UK Supreme Court's decision to reject the Orams' petition for leave to appeal the January 2010 decision which found entirely in favour of Mr Apostolides' property rights in Turkish occupied Cyprus.

Trespassers beware

22 January 2010

Apostolides v Orams: English Court of Appeal upholds Greek Cypriot property rights against Illegal trespassers in occupied area of Cyprus.

Apostolides v Orams – Final Decision

19 January 2010

English Court of Appeal upholds the legal rights of displaced Greek Cypriot property owner, Meletis Apostolides against the illegal trespassers of his land in Turkish occupied northern Cyprus.

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Trespassers beware

22 January 2010

Apostolides v Orams English Court of Appeal upholds Greek Cypriot property rights against Illegal trespassers in occupied area of Cyprus.

Finding the UK's real national interests in Cyprus

28 October 2009

Any critique of UK foreign policy towards a country or geopolitical region must of course take account of the UK’s perceived national interests. In this regard the UK’s foreign policy towards the Republic of Cyprus – a country with over 37 per cent of its territory illegally occupied by Turkish forces since 1974 – makes a valid case study for analysis.

Media watch

18 May 2010

Cyprus Weekly

Turkey must allow reunified Cyprus

President Christofias has stressed that Turkey must give new Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu the green light for effective negotiations for a real reunified, federal Cyprus.

18 May 2010

The Irish Times

Greek-Cypriot refugees see European rights court ruling as ethnic cleansers' charter

For Greek Cypriots who lost homes and businesses, a fair property settlement is key…

09 April 2010

Cyprus News Agency

Archbishop's visit to occupied monastery to signal start of restoration work

Thirty six years after the Turkish invasion, the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in Cyprus, Archbishop Chrysostomos II visited on Monday the holy monastery of Apostle Andreas, located in the Karpass Peninsula, on the northeastern tip of the island.