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Cyprus News Agency: News in English (PM), 99-07-30
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[01] Occupation forces - Greek Cypriot freed
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[01] Occupation forces - Greek Cypriot freed
Nicosia, Jul 30 (CNA) -- A 22 year old Greek Cypriot abducted on Sunday by
the Turkish occupation forces was released today, UN Peacekeeping Force
(UNFICYP) Spokeswoman, Sarah Russell told CNA.
Spyros Koushioumis, from Dhali village, was abducted by Turkish
soldiers and was remanded in "custody" by an illegal court in the Turkish
occupied north of Cyprus.
Earlier Koushioumis was taken before an illegal military "court" which
accepted he crossed by mistake into the areas of Cyprus occupied by Turkish
forces since they invaded the island in 1974.
UNFICYP soldiers took Koushioumis to the Ledra Palace check point in
Nicosia where he was handed over to the Cypriot police.
The illegal regime unilaterally declared in the northern Turkish
occupied part of the island is recognised only by Ankara. UN resolutions
call on all states not to recognise or facilitate it in any way.
CNA AA/MA/1999
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