Simon Calder

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The Mother of a British woman raped for lying about the gang, she needed treatment for PTSD

The Mother of a British woman sentenced in Cyprus about raped by 12 Israeli men, calls for tourists to boycott the country.

The 19-year-old was speaking at the invitation of the Federal foreign office's "serious concerns" about the case in Ayia Napa .

critics of the judgment in order to avoid, for the people of Cyprus.

The Woman 's mother told the BBC That the Ayia Napa - where was your daughter on a working holiday, was uncertain.

The 19-year-old was found guilty following a trial after recanting a claim That she was raped in a Hotel room In July .

The teenager was told Cypriot police to confess the wrong, refused to lie about The Incident in a Hotel - Something police.

Speak, the teenage mother -who told the BBC the appointment, they believe, to experience your daughter, in Ayia Napa is not an Isolated Incident .

you said: "The Place is not Safe - it is not absolutely certain. And if you go and report That Something happened, you're laughing either, so far as I Can tell, or to happen in the Worst Case Something like what happened to My Daughter . "

The Independent travel editor, Simon Calder , said about one in three visitors to Cyprus, the British, with More Than 1. 3 million Britons on Cyprus in the year 2019.

he said He had told his two daughters and their friends, you would not have to travel to Ayia Napa , adding: "I Can Imagine That it is similar to hold conversations around the dining table in many households with teenage children. "

However, he said, he doubted The Foreign office to implement, would be a travel ban, because Cyprus is generally a very Safe country for British travellers".

lawyers representing The Woman to criticize the faith, and the way the case was treated by the Cypriot police and The Judge Michalis Papathanasiou.

they say it was delivered to your Declaration of withdrawal, if not a lawyer or a translator was present, and point to the fact That The Judge refused to confirm whether the alleged rape took place.

The Foreign office described the sentencing as "deeply disturbing" and pledged, the question with the Cypriot authorities.

Several senior legal figures in Cyprus have signed will be asked to write to The Attorney -General Costas Clerides to intervene, it in the case, including the former justice Minister Kypros Chrysostomides .

Mr Chrysostomides said the teen had expected, suffered "a lot" and he, That a judgment in the "very forgiving".

He added: "she's already in detention for four and a half weeks, and they had been prevented from travelling for five months already. "

The teenager faces up to a year in prison and a £1,500 Fine , as she was sentenced, on 7. January, but he said such penalties were "disproportionate in the circumstances".

The Woman 's mother said she didn't want to hear That personally from The Foreign office, but added, to get involved, That you "would love" to foreign Minister Dominic Raab .

She Said she understood That the court had followed a procedure, but "what time begins always broken", it was necessary for The Authorities to step in and added That her daughter had experienced, the violations of Human Rights "during" The Process .

demonstrators from The Network Against violence Against women were said outside the court

the authenticity of their daughter, turned to the Statement of the local police, it was written by your daughter, but you quoted a reviewer who said it was "highly unlikely" That it was made by a native speaker of the English language.

In the delivery of The Guilty verdict on Monday, The Judge said, his decision was supported by the video evidence, The Woman , the consensual sex.

But her mother said the video showed their daughter with consensual sex with a man, And Then he pointed to a group of people trying to enter The Room .

"[The video] shows you and the guy, to tell you, Get Out of The Room ," She Said . "This gives them a very strong flavor, what is going to happen. "

The 12 men arrested, released in connection with the alleged rape and later released and returned home. A lawyer That some of them welcomed The Guilty verdict, said The Woman , "refused, to This Day , the responsibility for the terrible acts against the young".

'Re-think your options,'

The Woman said The Mother , her daughter was with post-traumatic stress disorder, hallucinations, and slept 18 or 20 hours A Day because of a condition called hypersomnia.

"you must get back to England to be treated - this is my absolute focus. You Can 't be treated, because here, hear foreign men speak loudly, it will trigger an episode.

"you have to dissolve It, otherwise she is going to this for the rest of your life. "

The Woman is also revealed to The Mother That her daughter had planned to start University this year, after you have accepted advertised in all universities.

"she was offered a scholarship at one of them - you would provides got three unconditional.

"So, no question, you would have gone to Uni, but it was a career, you will not be able to do with this "public mischief" decision, so again, it is life-changing for you - you have to completely rethink your options. "

The Woman 's legal representatives have already plan said, you know, against The Conviction .

The Woman 's mother said That you are planning, the case of the Cyprus Supreme Court, but there is a long waiting list.

"have a look of Our lawyers what Can be done to speed, and this is perhaps Something That The Foreign office could help us, so That we, as soon as we Can . "

Ayia Napa is a popular holiday destination, known for its nightlife and its beaches

the hob has A GoFundMe page for The Process costs More Than £80,000 in a target of£ 100,000.

The Woman 's mother said she was "surprised" about the support, but most likely legal costs at the end even More Than That .

"Unfortunately, we are going to have to increase, the opponent also has a bit of appeal with the complaint Process .

"I'm not quite sure what to do, the figure is, but we have to do. "

Human Rights activist Joan Smith told the BBC, The Foreign office, the strong reaction to the ruling was a "very unusual" and "welcome" intervention.

She Said : "you would not have done if you had not felt That there are serious questions about the fairness of The Process That you went through, but also the events in the run-up to this Process . "

The Cyprus government has responded to the criticism by saying That he had "full confidence in the justice system and the courts".

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Source of news: bbc.com