Prime Minister Ünal Üstel issued a message to mark World Human Rights Day.

In his message the Premier wrote: “On the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly, attacks on human rights continue in many countries of the world.

What is happening in Gaza is just one of the most painful examples of this.

The embargoes imposed on Turkish Cypriots are one of the saddest examples of human rights violations.

I celebrate December 10, ‘World Human Rights Day’ with a heavy heart and wish for a world where human rights are actually protected.”