! KOPIASTE !

SOLIDARITY with All Long-Term Detainees in CYPRUS Who Are

Victims of a Failed Asylum and Migration Policy &
Victims of Corrupt Detention Practices

JOIN US on TUESDAY 17th of May 2011

14h-17h
In front of the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus
Avenue Kortenberg 61 at 1000 Brussels
(Metro Schumann )

DID YOU KNOW that this Mediterranean island and EU member, known for its tourist
attractions and beaches, famous for its rich historical past, where the Greek goddess
Aphrodite arose from the waves …

 Is illegally detaining hundreds of migrants and refugees in different detention centres

and police stations all over the Greek Cypriot territory?
 That there is no legal framework that defines why and for how long one of them is
detained?
 That after a 4year residence in Cyprus, a migrant or a refugee should leave the country
whether s/he has established a life in Cyprus and have work or not whether s/he has
spent that four years in detention because s/he was caught on arrival ?
 That being a candidate asylum seeker, you might be illegally detained while your
procedure is ongoing?
 That your child will be placed with a Cypriot family during your detention?
 That the Aliens and Immigration Department can decide arbitrarily that your file is
closed while you still have a legal status and are an owner of a residence permit?
 That the right to obtain legal help and expertise concerning asylum and refugee law is
almost non-existent?
 That the Cypriot Supreme Court might suspend the order of deportation but seldom
the detention order?
 That the right to medical help is almost non-existent?
On Tuesday the 17th of May 2011 we express our solidarity with:
Detention Center Limassol
Mansour Zahabi – ARC 5505563 - 3 years of detention
Abutaleb Lotfipur – ARC 5488812 - 4 years of detention
Mohammad Reza Seyyednadloo - > 1 year of detention
Mohsen Ordodary - > 1 year of detention
Ebrahim Bakhshinejad Bishen – Aji-Bisheh-Safar ARC 5388239 > 2 years of detention
Kamyar Jamshidpour – ARC 5395712 > 2 years of detention
Muhammad Akram - > 1 year of detention
Hossein Hosseinijat Seresty – ARC 5506241> 1 year of detention – in hungerstrike

Block 10 Nicosia
Majid Eazadi - > 3 years of detention
Detention Center Larnaca

Mohammad Khosh Sorour ARC: 0547295

Nima Homayoni ARC: 05440113
Ruhollah Hajipor f0200716 (pink slip)
Mazdak Khodyari ARC: 05626459
Mojtaba Khosravan ARC: 05472937
Mohsen Khosravan
Mostafa Haghilo
...And with all the others whose names we do not know

ON TUESDAY the 17TH of May we demand the Cypriot authorities

1. IMMEDIATE RELEASE of long-term detainees – providing them with a
legal status
2. REOPEN the asylum files for those from countries at high risk
3. PROVIDE detainees with IMMEDIATE ACCESS to legal and medical help
4. IMPLEMENT the European directives concerning asylum and detention
policy
5. IMPLEMENT the European directives concerning family reunification
and long term residence

PROGRAM
2pm Start with the solidarity action: disseminate handouts of documentation maps
concerning the Cypriot asylum and migration practices; collect signatures for a petition
 Expected arrival of the Ambassador: request for meeting
 Testimony of Morteza Mollazeinal and Hamed Karimi, both kept in custody for 3 and 4
years, respectively; now residing in Belgium
4pm Telephone conversation with an anonymous detainee in Cyprus
5pm End of the action

This action is organized and supported by friends and supporters of the mentioned detainees and ex-detainees.
With the support of ICRIR (International Coalition for the Rights of Iranian Refugees) and Mission Free Iran
(http://missionfreeiran.org) - Responsible organizers for Belgium: Morteza Mollazeinal , Reza Farnoud and Nadia
Borremans: 0486 399 937