Demo in support of woman convicted of lying in Napa rape case

Women’s organisations held a protest outside the Supreme Court on Thursday in solidarity with a British woman who had convicted of lying about being gang raped by Israeli tourists in Ayia Napa in 2019.

The woman, who was 19-years-old when she had been raped by 12 Israelis aged 15 to 22, was charged with public mischief after she retracted her initial complaint and handed down a suspended four-month jail sentence after being found guilty by Famagusta district court.

The demonstration aims to “protest the expropriation of her appeal to justice, the unfair trial, the misogynistic synergy of the state institutions against the victim,” organisers Network Against Violence Towards Women and Kores Unleashed said.

The Women’s Equality Party Brighton are also holding a supportive demonstration at 4pm local time outside the High Commission of Cyprus in London demanding justice for their “sister” on the day of her appeal, using the slogan #BoycottCyprus and #IBelieveHer.