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Woman gives first TV interview and maintains she was coerced into retracting allegations Cyprus police have denied they mishandled investigations into the rape claim of a British teenager, who said in her first TV interview that she was forced to withdraw her complaint.The tourist, who recounted her ordeal in an ITV documentary broadcast on 14 April, maintained she was gang-raped by 12 Israelis in...

Island has been a backwater for women’s rights, but Briton’s case has emboldened activists Until recently, gender politics had appeared to have passed Cyprus by; the women’s movement, too. But with astonishing speed both have taken the country by storm in an outpouring of support for a British teenager convicted of fabricating her own rape by 12 Israeli youths.On an island where feminism is...

Foreign Office under pressure to get Cypriot authorities to move case to front of queueThe British teenager allegedly gang-raped in Cyprus could face a three-year wait to exhaust the legal process relating to her conviction for lying. The long delay increases pressure on the Foreign Office to lobby Cyprus to expedite the appeal process.The student, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was ruled...

British girl convicted of lying about Cyprus gang-rape pleads with PM for action, not wordsA British teenager found guilty of lying about being gang-raped in Cyprus has pleaded with Boris Johnson to “bring me home”.The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said she was raped by up to 12 Israeli tourists in a hotel room in the town of Ayia Napa on...

Mother of British teenager found guilty of lying about rape is among those who have publicly rejected the verdictPressure is mounting on the Cypriot authorities to reassess the case of a British teenager found guilty of lying about being gang-raped as anger rises over the verdict.Calls for a tourism boycott of the country were backed by the woman’s mother, who said Ayia Napa, the...