39 years since NATO’s double crime against Cyprus

 

This year 39 years will have passed since the double crime committed by
NATO against Cyprus: on 15th July 1974 the fascist coup of the junta of
Athens and the Greek Cypriot EOKA B armed underground organization
took place to overthrow President Makarios and subsequently on 20th July
the invasion by Turkey of our island was completed in August 1974 with
the occupation of 37% of the island and the de facto partition of Cyprus
and its people.

The Peoples Movement of the Left of Cyprus, headed by AKEL organized
a series of mass events and meetings to pay tribute to heroes and martyrs
of the Cypriot people who fell in the struggle for Democracy and Freedom,
to condemn the imperialist crime and to affirm the continuation of the
struggle to end the occupation and reunify Cyprus so that Greek Cypriots
and Turkish Cypriots can live together in their common home in
peace.These events culminated in the mass militant march of the youth organization
of AKEL EDON which ended with at the big rally of 17th July
2013 in Nicosia.