North’s bar association decries ‘indefensible’ arrests of Greek Cypriots

Cyprus Turkish bar association head Hasan Esendagli on Friday said the arrest of five Greek Cypriots in the north on suspicion of espionage is “ not something we, as legal professionals, can defend ”.

He said that in arresting the five Greek Cypriots last month and holding them in custody since then, the Turkish Cypriot authorities had “responded to lawlessness with lawlessness and to extremism with extremism”.

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