Elderly Cypriot woman says British officers raped her in 1956

An elderly Cypriot woman has revealed that she was raped by British officers in 1956 following her arrest during the Greek Cypriot insurgency between 1955 and 1959

More allegations are piling up in an ongoing case in the UK against British forces, who are accused of torture and even rape during the Greek Cypriot insurgency between 1955 and 1959.

The elderly Cypriot woman, who was suspected of being an EOKA member when she was 15, says she was arrested in her home in 1956 and later tortured in the hands of British interrogators.

EOKA, a secret Greek Cypriot organisation fighting for independence and union with Greece, had people from all walks of life as members, ranging from teenagers to senior citizens, men and women, even priests, with British soldiers continuously rounding up people on intelligence or suspicion.

The woman is alleging in her court case that on the way to the police station she was driven to a forest area by British officers, beaten, and gang raped before being taken officially into custody.

According to a publication in The Mail on Sunday, the woman identified as Mrs XY, now in her 70’s, says she was raped before being taken down to the station, where she was “pushed between her tormentors like a ball” before passing out. Other kinds of torture included tying a noose around her neck.

Security officers were in complete control by employing illegal methods, including beatings, water boarding, and rape, according to the Greek Cypriot claims.

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