A Lawyers’ War Emergency Legislation and the Cyprus Bar Council

On February 27, 1957, as the war in Cyprus raged, the Labour Party peer Lord Strabolgi rose during a heated debate in the House of Lords. Criticizing Britain’s colonial government in Cyprus, Strabolgi demanded, “What sort of State is this? Is it a police State? Is it a State like that set up by Nazi...

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Published inBrutality in an Age of Human Rights pp. 16 - 46
Main Author Drohan, Brian
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press 15.01.2018
Subjects
Administrative law
Armed conflict
Attorneys
Capital punishment
Correctional institutions
Correctional system
Criminal arrests
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice
Criminal law
Criminal procedures
Criminal punishment
Criminal sentencing
Economic disciplines
Economics
Employment
Government
Government regulation
Government services
Insurgency
Interrogations
Labor economics
Law
Law enforcement
Law enforcement procedures
Legal professionals
Military science
Occupations
Police
Political science
Prisons
Public administration
Unconventional warfare
War
Warfare
Weapons regulation
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Summary:On February 27, 1957, as the war in Cyprus raged, the Labour Party peer Lord Strabolgi rose during a heated debate in the House of Lords. Criticizing Britain’s colonial government in Cyprus, Strabolgi demanded, “What sort of State is this? Is it a police State? Is it a State like that set up by Nazi Germany, or a State which is trying to copy the methods of Soviet Russia? I think that there is a very great need for the Government to investigate these allegations.”¹ Put forward by a group of Greek Cypriot lawyers, the allegations in question criticized the
ISBN:9781501714665
150171466X
DOI:10.7591/9781501714672-004