HIS HOLINESS ARAM I CONDEMNS THE BREACH OF FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS OF GREEK ORTHODOX BY THE ILLEGAL REGIME OF THE TURKISH OCCUPIED CYPRUS

12/4/2012 On April 11 2012, His Holiness Aram I received a letter from the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Cyprus, Dr. Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, informing him that the illegal regime in the Turkish occupied area of Cyprus had placed Bishop of Karpasia, Christoforos, on their ‘stop’ list, an act that denies his fundamental human right of freedom of movement and the right of the Greek Cypriot Citizens in the occupied enclave to live in dignity and practice their Christian faith (Universal Declaration on Human Rights, articles 13 and 18 respectively). In the letter, the Foreign Minister also states that this new decision to prevent Greek Orthodox Christians to celebrate the Divine Liturgy on Easter Sunday in the Karpasia is another example of Turkey’s constant breach of the fundamental human rights and the judgment passed by the European Court of Human Rights (2001)