Aykut’s Son Sues Cyprus for Wrongful Incarceration and Loss of Sales
Jack Afik, son of Israeli land developer Simon Aykut, charged with the usurpation of Greek Cypriot property in the north, is suing the government for millions of euros in compensation for the wrongful and ongoing incarceration of his father, according to press reports.
Afik is seeking “hundreds of millions of euros in damages from Cyprus for the breach of its obligations under the treaty, resulting in lost sales, impairment to existing property inventory and damage to his reputation, and millions of euros in legal expenses,” PR Newswire reported on Wednesday.
PR Newswire describes Aykut as “a 75-year-old cancer patient, held without trial for nine months in general population prison on criminal charges alleging he illegally traded in land once belonging to Greek Cypriot refugees who fled the Turkish side of Cyprus 50 years ago, when Turkey invaded the island.”
On February 6 he pleaded not guilty to all 242 charges read against him in court.
In his claims against Cyprus, Afik is relying on the expert legal opinion of Cambridge Professor Eyal Benvenisti, submitted to the European Court for Human Rights.
Source: Cyprus Mail
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