Discussion starts of bill to up penalties for domestic violence (Updated)
Against a backdrop of an increase in violence against women, MPs on Monday started to review of a new bill incorporating the Istanbul Convention as...
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Women’s support group accuses government of human rights violations
A Facebook group on Tuesday accused the government of human rights violations after two female victims of physical abuse were put in a psychiatric clinic....
Sheltered housing for abused women due to be operational by year end
Sheltered housing for abused women is expected to be fully operational before the end of the year, Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis announced on Tuesday. Responsibility...
Parents of abused toddler plead not guilty
The parents of a 19-month-old boy on Thursday pleaded not guilty to charges of physically abusing the toddler, with Limassol district court referring them to...
Police hunting man seen beating woman and dog
Police said Tuesday they are searching for a 26-year-old man, suspected of hitting his partner and a dog on a balcony in Paphos two days...
Police investigating possible abuse of four-year-old girl
Police are investigating the possible abuse of four-year-old girl with special needs by her foster parents after she was taken to hospital seriously injured and...
App to help abuse victims
A new app aimed at helping victims of abuse is set to be released in the next days, the president of NGO Phoni, Anastasia Papadopoulou...
‘Shock’ over reported Gesy abuse by doctors
One private-sector cardiologist scrutinised for demanding €407,000 for five months By Evie Andreou State doctors’ union Pasyki expressed bewilderment on Thursday over reports that the...
Call by union to probe verbal abuse of Greek doctors at Paphos A&E
Public servants union Pasydy on Friday called on the health service organisation Okypy to investigate what they called a case of serious racism after a...
Help at hand for abused Filipino workers
A GROUP of women from the Philippines living in Cyprus has offered to translate Owaat’s self-help website on filing for emergency civil protections into Filipino...
Church in Australia rejects abuse reporting, defying new laws
The Catholic church in Australia said on Friday it would oppose laws forcing priests to report child abuse when they learn about it in the confessional, setting...
Man jailed for abusing stepdaughter
A 50-year-old man from Nicosia was sentenced on Thursday to seven years in prison for each of the 68 charges he was found guilty of...
The neglect and abuse of elders
By Andonis Vassiliades The elderly woman fell off her wheelchair. Three residential home carers were sitting in the office just opposite chatting and smoking in...
Eyes wide shut: post-mortem of an abuse case
By Michael Pyrgas Doctor: You see her eyes are open. Gentlewoman: Ay, but their sense is shut (Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 5, scene 1). I chose...
Police probe domestic violence case
Police are investigating a case involving the possession of a weapon, interference in court proceedings and family violence in Paphos. According to police, a woman...
Predator priest says he’s being crucified, insists he’s innocent
By Andria Kades A priest who served time in prison for sexually harassing his foster daughter, Elena Frantzi, defended himself on Wednesday following a huge...
Millennials leading the way in gender politics even in Cyprus
By Helen Sage The week that the Harvey Weinstein story surfaced, I immediately thought – as I guess many women did – of the personal...
Link between drug use and violence is complex
THE link between drug use and domestic violence is complex and strong, and international studies suggest that 61 percent of those who commit domestic violence...
Paphos mayor attracts abuse at lunch
Paphos Mayor Phedonas Phedonos was verbally abused earlier this week while taking EU guests to lunch and has since reported the incident, police confirmed on...
Report claims Turkish Cypriot service knew of property abuses
Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos’ claims of rampant corruption at the Turkish Cypriot Properties’ Administration Service of the Republic of Cyprus were corroborated in an internal...