why dont we have a rally/march

racoonchic



Joined: 17/11/2008
Posts: 3223

Message Posted:
19/05/2009 07:48

a show of strength is wat we need everyone meeting and converging with petitions to the goverment office with newspapers and tv involvment. we need to show the world we have humanitarian rights stand up and be counted instead of sitting in front of our computers and moaning the bhbs needs to organise and deal with all of us instead of choosing individual cases they think they might win these people are playing us for fools were not are we???

RickF64


Joined: 07/01/2009
Posts: 173

Message Posted:
19/05/2009 07:59

I think you might find that we are not "allowed" to protest as such and might even be arrested.

racoonchic



Joined: 17/11/2008
Posts: 3223

Message Posted:
19/05/2009 08:00

wat all of us dont be so defeatest lol

NatAless



Joined: 31/03/2009
Posts: 789

Message Posted:
19/05/2009 08:05

I think it's a good idea!

keithr


Joined: 20/08/2008
Posts: 720

Message Posted:
19/05/2009 08:10

We don't exist according to the authorities.



We would certainly be arrested,charged and most likely deported for insurrection. This government does not tolerate such things. Neither does Turkey,look at the Kurdish situation for instance.

racoonchic



Joined: 17/11/2008
Posts: 3223

Message Posted:
19/05/2009 08:19

if we dont exist it will be an eye opener for them and the world nothing aggresive just to show them we wont be brushed under the carpet anymore we are the victoms of racism which should not be tolerated in any society

racoonchic



Joined: 17/11/2008
Posts: 3223

Message Posted:
19/05/2009 08:30

its time to wake up and smell the coffee no one can help us but ourselves were being walked on and discriminated every day here when will it stop

tommy13


Joined: 29/04/2009
Posts: 979

Message Posted:
19/05/2009 08:50

i think its a good idea , we are a democracy after all not a dictatorship , if you guys are serious , i could find out the legal implications from a certain source , if its allowed etc

Littlenige



Joined: 24/12/2006
Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
19/05/2009 08:55

Foreigners are not "allowed" to protest as such and might even be arrested.



However if people wish to gateher together and drive at a slow pace arround kyrenia or to lefkosia then it would jsut be a gathering going to a certain place to have a drink and a chat .

Jimmyboy63


Joined: 16/03/2009
Posts: 400

Message Posted:
19/05/2009 08:58

What are we marching and protesting for and to whom????

Quarmby


Joined: 15/09/2008
Posts: 975

Message Posted:
19/05/2009 09:30

'Not allowed to protest , would be arrested and deported' And you lot moan about the UK, where are you all coming from?

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
19/05/2009 09:33

One of my favourite phrases is: "We have to agree before we can disagree", in other ways we have to know what we are talking about before we can sensibly express an opinion.



My question is: What are we protesting about? Are we protesting about some "guesses" that I have made or for something that is undeniable?



ismet

bridie


Joined: 18/09/2008
Posts: 308

Message Posted:
19/05/2009 12:21

Ismet, I thought it was only the "two leaders" who agree to disagree.

Message 1. Only citizens can make a public protest.

westender


Joined: 14/05/2009
Posts: 328

Message Posted:
19/05/2009 14:13

Last year some expats gathered together with banners to protest about the use of poisons in North Cyprus and its effect on pets and wildlife, a petition was handed in to the the relevant Ministry. It was reported on tv and in the newspapers. It was very peaceful and no one was arrested although I am sure we were watched! How would it have looked if we were had been carted off in police vans with the cameras rolling?

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
19/05/2009 14:21

TRNC citizens do not have to obtain a permission for any peacefull demonstration, its a constitutional right. Others must apply and obtain permission prior to any demonstration. Green Peace members often break the local laws in many countries because they have strong convictions. No comment on that one but my question remains: What are we protesting about?

ismet

Tootie


Joined: 28/08/2008
Posts: 2037

Message Posted:
19/05/2009 14:44

Ismet. Msg 15.



For being treated like Mushrooms is a start?



Maybe.





Tootie

phylray



Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
19/05/2009 16:07

There were protests marches just recently in Istanbul to mark the anniversary

of another protest!

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
19/05/2009 16:59

why don't we protest about not being able to protest ???





Nick

karakum5c



Joined: 18/03/2008
Posts: 1021

Message Posted:
19/05/2009 17:17

Lets just get some Greek Cypriot flags and burn them while sipping a nice cup of earl grey and nibbling on a nice digestive.

racoonchic



Joined: 17/11/2008
Posts: 3223

Message Posted:
19/05/2009 19:21

dont like earl grey can we have marvel instead or a load of horlicks maybe

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
19/05/2009 19:32

Similar to the difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion, 7 years in nick! Not allowed to demonstrate or remonstrate as we are foreigners in a Country that doesn't exist!



Richard

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
19/05/2009 19:32

Horrible licks for me too then

ismet

NatAless



Joined: 31/03/2009
Posts: 789

Message Posted:
19/05/2009 19:40

you can sign the petition on the bottom of this link!



http://www.itv.com/Lifestyle/ThisMorning/features/Buyingabroad/default.html

ilovekibris


Joined: 18/05/2009
Posts: 394

Message Posted:
19/05/2009 19:48

of course the authorities would argue that the Turkish Cypriots are having a hard enough time of it already without foreign second home owners making a pest of themselves.

The usual response on this board when people complain about corruption, inefficiency etc is "well no one asked you to come here, you can always go home." Hope there's no hypocrisy or double standards here from some people, you should suppport the TRNC through thick and thin if you are committed to this place.

racoonchic



Joined: 17/11/2008
Posts: 3223

Message Posted:
19/05/2009 20:05

agreed and they in turn should support us

thanks natalas signed the petition

ilovekibris


Joined: 18/05/2009
Posts: 394

Message Posted:
19/05/2009 20:32

msg 25,



as an expat don't expect any support from the TCs ( or Turks as they are now the majority and their government is in power). When it comes to a settlement for Cypriots they wont want to know. If you did an opinion poll I think many foreigners would feel like packing up. Sorry but foreigners dont figure here and they have no constitutional rights. not my opinion but reality.