A group of Cypriots are determined to sue the British government for damages and an
apology for torture during the fight against colonial rule. The specific case of a 17 year old Evagoras Palikarides, a school boy who was hanged because he brought down a British flag in his school, is also to be looked at again.
A British court has already ruled on the right of three Kenyans to pursue
damages for torture in the 1950s, which “has paved the path for us to carry on.
Because of the Kenya decision, two questions are answered: whether a law suit
would be admissible in court and whether the court would admit a case dating
back over fifty years.
Top secret foreign office files made available this year, have showed that
activists and civilians were brutally tortured between 1955 and 1959.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has said it will make more documents
available by September 2013 that will also need to be studied.
Leading Cypriot lawyer Clerides confirmed that about 20 cases stood out, although about 60
individuals have detailed alleged abuses and said they are willing to go to
court.
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