Report on 1974 war rapes in Cyprus delivered to UN chief

Cyprus MEP Loukas Fourlas handed a European parliament report documenting rape against women during the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus to United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres in New York on Tuesday.

The presentation took place during the 70th session of the United Nations commission on the status of women, where Fourlas participated as part of the European parliament’s gender equality delegation.

During a meeting with Guterres, Fourlas briefed the UN chief on the committee’s recent mission to Cyprus...