LGBT rights in Cyprus not recognised or mentioned in the law. With independence from Britain in 1960, Cyprus retained British colonial law on the island almost in its entirety, with the relevant parts of the "Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885" becoming articles 171 to 174 of Chapter 154 of the Cypriot Criminal Code. The articles were first challenged in 1993, when Alexandros Modinos, a Cypriot architect and gay rights activist won a legal court case against the Government of Cyprus, known as "Modinos v. Cyprus", at the European Court of Human Rights. The Court ruled that Section 171 of the Criminal Code of Cyprus
Independence Day (State of Somaliland) if the Federal Republic of Somalia. Independence Day (State of Somaliland) Independence Day of State of Somaliland is a public holiday in Somaliland and Somalia that commemorates the proclamation of independence of British Somaliland as the State of Somaliland on June 26, 1960. There were Somali tribes living there in Northeast Africa. In the late 19th century, the territory of what is now Somaliland and Somalia was divided between Great Britain and Italy. During the Second World War, British Somaliland was invaded by Italian troops, but Britain eventually regained control of it. After the war, British Somaliland remained a protectorate