The American singer and actress Jennifer Lopez, also known as J-Lo, is visiting the Turkish Army Occupied part of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus in mid July 2010 to officially open a new hotel/casino there, the Cratos Premium Hotel and Casino.
Her planned visit is causing a good deal of controversy on an island divided by the war in 1974, and amongst other actions, has led to a Facebook Protest which in a couple of days has attracted some 7,000 supporters.
Her planned visit is confirmed in the Cyprus Mail, the leading English Language newspaper on the island at ... http://www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus/lopez-perform-north-hotel-claims/20100629
The Facebook Protest group can be found at http://www.facebook.com/pages/AGAINST-JENNIFER-LOPEZ-PERFORMING-IN-OCCUPIED-CYPRUS/129154837124167
The Facebook protest has been organised by Cyprus Action Network of America 2578 Broadway #132 New York, NY 10025 ph: 1-917-699-9935 email cana@cyprusactionnetwork.org
Background information...
Cyprus was invaded by Turkey in July 1974. Some 6,000 people were killed by the over-whelming force of the Turkish Army, some 900 women were raped by this army and some 200,000 indigenous Cypriots ethnically cleaned and cleared from one-third of the Island, an area which remains under Turkish Army Occupation in violation of several UN Resolutions.
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