NICOSIA (5 April 2012)– “The overall picture of Cyprus is largely shaped by the reality of bi-communalism which also has repercussions for the situation of freedom of religion or belief, but the religious situation in the country is much more complex than this focus on the two main ethnic groups and two main religions suggests,” said UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion and Belief, Mr. Heiner Bielefeldt. Bielefeldt was speaking at the end of the first ever visit to Cyprus by any of the independent experts appointed by the…
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 05 April 2012. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
