The human rights abuses addressed in this bill are little known outside the country in which they are occurring. The country is the island nation of Cyprus. which for 21 years has seen much of its territory under the illegal military occupation of neighboring Turkey. Mr. President. two decades ago. Turkeys brutal invasion drove more than 200.000 Cypriots from their homes and reduced them to the status of refugees in their own land. More than 2.000 people are still missing. including 5 American citizens. The Turkish Army seized 40 percent of the land of Cyprus. representing 70 percent of the islands economic wealth.
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