Cypriot says British officers raped her in 1956

More allegations are piling up in an ongoing case in the UK against British forces, who are accused of torture and even rape during the Greek Cypriot insurgency between 1955 and 1959.

An elderly Cypriot woman, who was suspected of being an EOKA member when she was 15, says she was arrested in her home in 1956 and later tortured in the hands of British interrogators.

EOKA, a secret Greek Cypriot organisation fighting for independence and union with Greece, had people from all walks of life as members, ranging from teenagers to senior citizens, men and women, even priests, with British soldiers continuously rounding up people on intelligence or suspicion.

The woman is alleging in her court case that on the way to the police station she was driven to a forest area by British officers, beaten, and gang raped before being taken officially into custody.