More restrictions to be placed on released child-sex offenders
CONVICTED child-sex offenders will be more strictly supervised after their release from prison, according to a draft legislative amendment prepared by the House legal affairs...
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Arrest after man gets naked videos of kids using fake ID online
A 28-year-old man has been arrested as part of an investigation into the sexual abuse of children, possession of child pornography and using a false...
‘Everything will come to light’ says ombudswoman of probe into teen’s suicide
The ombudswoman’s office will prioritise its independent investigation into last week’s suicide of a 15-year-old boy, ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottidis said on Thursday. She said she...
Released child molester fined after tormenting victim’s family
A man convicted of sexually abusing a minor, who was released early from prison in September last year by presidential pardon continues to torment the...
Support centre for adult victims of child abuse approved
The cabinet on Wednesday gave the green light to open a centre offering support to adults who were victims of sexual abuse or exploitation as...
Father of baby doctors thought was abused, is released without charge
The man arrested in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of his five-month-old daughter was released on Monday without being charged. The arrested man was...
Shock and outrage over baby abuse claim
THE 22-year-old father of a five-month-old baby girl was in custody on Wednesday as authorities sought to establish allegations by the baby’s mother, 25, with...
Tighter controls on sex offenders in the works, Nicolaou says
A bill to amend the existing law on the Prevention and Combating of Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Exploitation of Children and Child Pornography, provides for victims...
Anastasiades apologises for paedophile pardon, will not repeat mistake
By Evie Andreou President, Nicos Anastasiades, apologised on Tuesday for granting indiscriminate pardons to molesters of children over 13 and gave reassurances the same mistake would...
Protest against early release of paedophile (Updated)
Around 40 people of all ages gathered outside the presidential palace on Friday to protest the early release from prison earlier this month of a...
Child watchdog tasked with drafting criteria for release of child molesters
The head of a child watchdog has been tasked with drafting strict criteria relating to the release of convicted child molesters from prison after one...
Aussie court convicts archbishop for concealing child sex abuse
An Australian archbishop was found guilty on Tuesday of concealing child sex abuse by a priest, which Australian media said made him the most senior...
Parents of dead baby remanded again
The Paphos district court on Monday remanded the parents of the three-month old baby boy who died on February 22 from head injuries for another...
Court hears concerns that dead baby was abused
The parents of the three-month old baby boy who died last week from head injuries were remanded on Tuesday for six days by Paphos district...
Parents of dead baby arrested
Police in Paphos on Monday arrested the parents of a three-month-old baby who died from head injuries last week after suffering a fall. The 29-year-old...
More children becoming victims of ‘brutal’ online sex abuse
Children are being sexually exploited, trafficked and sold online on an unprecedented scale as technological advances enable abusers to target victims with impunity, a coalition...
Stronger action needed to protect children online
Stronger action is needed to protect children from sexual exploitation online, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Stella Kyriakides said...
Seven years for sexual abuse of girl aged 10
A 37-year-old man was sentenced by the Nicosia criminal court to six years in prison on Friday after being found guilty for sexually abusing his...
Pervert, 72, gets seven years for abusing granddaughter aged 9
Nicosia criminal court sentenced a 72-year-old man to seven years in jail on Friday for sexually abusing his nine-year-old granddaughter. He was found guilty by...
Polis man arrested on suspicion of beating his children
A 39-year-old man was arrested on Monday evening in Polis Chrysochous after his two children reported that he had beaten them up. The two boys,...
