MEPs implored to ‘take care of open wounds’ ahead of 1974 sexual abuse vote

Greek member of the European Parliament Eleonora Meleti on Tuesday told her fellow MEPs that she had promised that “someone will finally take care of these open wounds” as the parliament debated her report into sexual violence committed against women and girls during Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus in 1974.

“This is not just a resolution on Cyprus which I am asking you to support. It is the story behind the resolution. It is the women, the girls, those who left, those who are still here, those who...