Rizokarpaso Primary School
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Rizokarpaso Primary School is a Greek-Cypriot primary school in Rizokarpaso
, in Northern Cyprus. For a number of years it was the only Greek language school in Northern Cyprus. It is notable in that it has regularly appeared in the media when primary school teachers are prevented from teaching there by the government of Northern Cyprus. Teachers such as Eleni Foka
, Alexia Koukotsika, and her husband Grigoris Koukotsikas. The basic human right of the right to education was violated by the government.
for justice. Eleni has more recently joined a class action
where the "‘TRNC’ [is] targeted as a commercial enterprise".
at the European Parliament and in the Parliament of Cyprus by the President of the House of Representatives (Mr Demetris Christofias). 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.
Rizokarpaso
Rizokarpaso is a town on the Karpass Peninsula in the Famagusta District, northeastern Cyprus. It has been under Turkish control since the 1974 invasion....
, in Northern Cyprus. For a number of years it was the only Greek language school in Northern Cyprus. It is notable in that it has regularly appeared in the media when primary school teachers are prevented from teaching there by the government of Northern Cyprus. Teachers such as Eleni Foka
Eleni Foka
Eleni Foka is a Greek Cypriot primary school teacher who was victimized by officials of the government of Northern Cyprus. She was a teacher at the Greek-Cypriot elementary school in Ayia Triada, Yialousa, in the Karpas region of Northern Cyprus...
, Alexia Koukotsika, and her husband Grigoris Koukotsikas. The basic human right of the right to education was violated by the government.
Eleni Foka
Eleni Foka was not only prevented from returning to her village and the primary school but she was discriminated against and mistreated in such a way that it was necessary to go to the European Court of Human RightsEuropean Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg is a supra-national court established by the European Convention on Human Rights and hears complaints that a contracting state has violated the human rights enshrined in the Convention and its protocols. Complaints can be brought by individuals or...
for justice. Eleni has more recently joined a class action
Greek Cypriots, et al. v. TRNC and HSBC Bank USA
Greek Cypriots, et al. v. TRNC and HSBC Bank USA is a pending class action suit by Greek Cypriots and others against the TRNC Representative Offices in the United States and HSBC Bank USA. The TRNC Representative Offices are a commercial entity because the United States does not formally recognise...
where the "‘TRNC’ [is] targeted as a commercial enterprise".
Alexia and Grigoris Koukotsika
Alexia Koukotsikas , also known as Alexandra Koukotsika , and Alexia Koulia-Koukotsika , and her husband Grigoris Koukotsikas , also known as Grigoris Koukotsika , and Grigori Koukotsika , were primary school teachers who taught at Rizokarpaso Primary School in Northern Cyprus who were prevented, together with their children, from returning to their village and primary school by the government of Northern Cyprus.Right to education
The plight of the Koukotsikas family was raised by MEP Dimitris TsatsosDimitris Tsatsos
Dimitris Th. Tsatsos , was a Greek legal scholar and former Member of the European Parliament. He was the son of the politician and lawyer Themistoklis Tsatsos and a nephew of former President of Greece Konstantinos Tsatsos...
at the European Parliament and in the Parliament of Cyprus by the President of the House of Representatives (Mr Demetris Christofias). 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.
See also
- Human rights in Northern CyprusHuman rights in Northern CyprusHuman rights in Northern Cyprus are protected by the constitution of Northern Cyprus. However, there have been reports of violations of the human rights of minorities, democratic freedom, freedom from discrimination, freedom from torture, freedom of movement, freedom of religion, freedom of speech,...
- Enclaved Greek CypriotsEnclaved Greek CypriotsEnclaved Greek Cypriots, more commonly referred to as the Enclaved, are the Greek Cypriots who have remained in enclaved villages in Northern Cyprus after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974....
- KormakitisKormakitisKormakitis is a small village in Cyprus, part of the de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus . Kormakitis is one of four traditionally Maronite villages in Cyprus, the other three being Asomatos, Ayia Marina and Karpaseia...
- Right to educationRight to educationThe right to education is a universal entitlement to education, a right that is recognized as a human right. According to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights the right to education includes the right to free, compulsory primary education for all, an obligation to...