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
Graham Island (Mediterranean Sea) protective enamel", and in silver "with protective enamel". While this Italian-made coin fittingly bears the Italian name for the island, the conflicted piece also features a bust of “Elizabeth II D.G.R.” and bears a British denomination. During its emergence it was visited by Sir Walter Scott, and it provided inspiration for James Fenimore Cooper's "The Crater, or Vulcan's Peak", Alexandre Dumas, père's "The Speronara" and Jules Verne's "Captain Antifer" and "The Survivors of the Chancellor". Graham Island (Mediterranean Sea) Graham Island (also Graham Bank or Graham Shoal; ) is a submerged volcanic island in the Mediterranean Sea. It was discovered