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Word: christoforou (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1957-1957
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Very soon the commission had dozens of cases on its hands. Into the office of Commission Chairman John Clerides, Q.C., staggered Joannis Christoforou, a Nicosia barber, freed after 16 days' interrogation by officers of the Special Branch; he was black and bruised from having been stripped, beaten on the head with iron bars, caned on the soles of his feet, pulled by the hair and punched repeatedly. Lawyer Clerides took his testimony, had Christoforou photographed, Xrayed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CYPRUS: The Counter-Terror | 3/11/1957 | See Source »

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