§ 51. Mr. K. Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the extent of Press censorship, both as regards local newspapers and the despatches of foreign correspondents in the island, now in operation in Cyprus; and if he will make a statement on the Press strike.
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§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThere is at present no censorship of the local Press or of despatches of foreign correspondents. All the Greek and English language newspapers suspended publication for eight days from 12th July, when the editor of the Greek Cypriot newspaperEleftheria was sent to prison after refusing to sign a bond restraining him from publishing material likely to create grave ill-feeling between the communities. The editor was released on 25th July after associating himself with a resolution passed by his Greek-Cypriot and English colleagues in which they declared their readiness to make every effort to bring an end to communal friction and bloodshed.