Free Occupied Cyprus

The language of apartheid is dominating online conversations and the news, but Cyprus’ 50-year illegal occupation is ignored and promoted as a holiday hotspot. The golden leaf thrown onto the tranquil turquoise waters of the eastern Mediterranean will be mourning 50-years of an inconvenient and bloody illegal occupation holidaymakers, profiteers and politicians would rather ignore. When you think of Cyprus, you think of Ayia Napa, year-round sunshine, clear waters,14,000 years of civilisation and the backdrop to many plays, myths, historical events and even fragrances. But Aphrodite’s birthplace is bleeding and riddled with war crimes, contravention of UN resolutions, displacement, murder and ethnic cleansing . Its scars are there for everyone to see, but no one chooses to look. The plight of the Palestinians ripples through every Cypriot as a trauma bond with one exception, no one knows or cares about Cypriot apartheid. The current genocide in Gaza has rightly set the world alight wit...

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