RAID ON CYPRUS NEWSPAPER

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27861, 9 January 1956, Page 9

RAID ON CYPRUS NEWSPAPER

Publication Stopped;

Editor Arrested

(Rec. 9 p.m.) NICOSIA, January 7. Security forces at dawn today raided the offices in Nicosia of the Left-wing morning newspaper, “Embros,” and seized today’s issue. It is understood that the issue was seized under the Cyprus emergency regulations. “Embros,” a Greek word meaning “Forward,” is described by its proprietors as “independent Democratic.” It began publication in 1953 as an afternoon newspaper. Although it had a pronounced Leftwing line in leading articles, it was not a Communist Party organ, and was not among the publications which, as Communist organs, were banned on December 14 when the Akel (Communist Party) was proscribed and the party’s leaders detained under the emergency regulations. The newspapers banned then were the morning daily “Neos Democratis,” and the weekly “Anexartitos.” After the proscription of Akel and the closing down of “Neos Democratis.” “Embros” declared itself a morning newspaper, and continued its Left-wing line.

On successive days it gave big displays to protest demonstrations and to manifestos against the detention of Communist leaders and the banning of the Communist Party. As the only Greek language Leftwing newspaper, its circulation was said to have grown to four times its previous size after the banning of “Neos Defnocratis.”

It was officially announced later that one man was arrested when “Embros” was raided. The announcement said the newspaper had been proscribed. The detained man was Stavros Angelides, the owner and editor of “Embros.”