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Eleni Foka (Greek: Ελένη Φωκά) is a Greek Cypriot primary school teacher who was victimized by officials of the government of Northern Cyprus.[1][2][3] She was a teacher at the Greek-Cypriot elementary school in Ayia Triada, Yialousa, in the Karpas region of Northern Cyprus.[4] This issue was taken to the European Court of Human Rights as an infringement of her human rights.[5]
On 5 May 1994, the United Nations International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination noted that:
"At the beginning of March 1994, the Greek Cypriot teacher of the enclaved school in Ayia Triada, Ms. Eleni Foka, was very nearly expelled [from Northern Cyprus] after making a public statement to the effect that she felt threatened. It was only after repeated protests that her expulsion was prevented.[6]
In February 2011, it has been announced that Eleni Foka has joined the participants of the Greek Cypriots, et al. v. TRNC and HSBC Bank USA class action.[7]
Right to education
Main article: Human_rights_in_Northern_Cyprus#Right_to_education
In the 1996/7 school year the primary school in Ayia Triada had to close down "due to the denial of the Turkish occupational forces to allow the school teacher Mrs Eleni Foka to return to her village, regardless of the intense efforts of the [Republic of] Cyprus government for her return."[8][9] The Cypriot Financial Mirror newspaper has recorded that as recently as September 2008, the government of Northern Cyprus has prevented schoolteachers from returning to the primary school in Rizokarpaso.[10]
See also
Rizokarpaso
Kormakitis
Enclaved Greek Cypriots
Human rights in Northern Cyprus
Right to education
References
^ Early day motion 734, Eleni Foka, Houses of Parliament website, 2 March 1994.
^ Η Δασκάλα των κατεχομένων μιλάει στο ΣΚΑΪ.gr (Eleni Foka television interview on Sky) Skai.gr, 8 August 2010. (Greek language)
^ Η Δασκάλα των κατεχόμενων της Κύπρου και η σύγχρονη Οδύσσεια! (Eleni Foka television interview) Pyles.tv, 25 August 2010. (Greek language)
^ Case of Foka v. Turkey(Application no. 28940/95), European Court of Human Rights, 24 June 2008.
^ Press release issued by the Registrar, Chamber judgments concerning Lithuania, Romania and Turkey, Foka v. Turkey (no. 28940/95), European Court of Human Rights, 24 June 2008.
^ Thirteenth periodic reports of States parties due in 1994 : Cyprus. 05/05/1994. CERD/C/263/Add.1. United Nations, International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination, 5 May 1994."
^ ‘TRNC’ targeted as a commercial enterprise Cyprus Mail, 23 February 2011.
^ Annual Report 2007 of the Ministry of Education, p.252, Republic of Cyprus Ministry of Education, 2007.
^ Cyprus protests new Turkish violations Hellenic Resources Network, 26 June 1997.
^ School year begins in Cyprus primary education, Financial Mirror, 4 September 2008.
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