United Democratic Youth Organisation (Cyprus)

The United Democratic Youth Organisation (Greek: Ενιαία Δημοκρατική Οργάνωση Νεολαίας), commonly referred to by its transliterated initials EDON, is the youth wing of the Progressive Party of Working People (transliterated initials AKEL), a communist political party in Cyprus.

It responded negatively to the Annan Plan and supports rapprochement with the Turkish Cypriots.

[2] The organization takes part in events organised by AKEL and annually demonstrates on the days around 15 and 20 of July to commemorate its opposition to the 1974 Cypriot coup d'état and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.

It takes part in the main conferences of AKEL, which are held every five years and are attended by thousands of supporters.

In June 2020, as part of the worldwide protests against racist police brutality in the United States, around 250 EDON members demonstrated peacefully outside the U.S. embassy in Nicosia.