Man arrested trying to smuggle drugs into detention centre
Police arrested a 24-year-old man on Sunday after he was allegedly found trying to smuggle methamphetamine inside the detention cells at Limassol police station when...
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Man in detention found dead in cell
A 37-year-old being detained in custody at the Lakatamia police station was found dead in his cell on Thursday morning. He been arrested on Wednesday...
ECHR orders Cyprus to pay €30,000 to Iranian national
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Cyprus to pay €30,000 in non-pecuniary damages for the unlawful detention and degrading treatment of an...
Turkey detains main opposition leader’s lawyer over coup links
Turkey detained the main opposition leader’s lawyer on Friday for alleged links to the network accused of carrying out last year’s failed coup, in a...
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party spokesman ‘briefly detained’ (Update)
Turkish authorities briefly detained the spokesman of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) for insulting police on Friday, a party lawmaker said, the latest detention...
EU body in Cyprus to evaluate treatment of detainees
Cyprus has made important changes as regards policies and with regard to the operation of the state prisons and is awaiting the remarks of the...
Ombudswoman says cases of police misconduct and abuse ongoing
Ombudswoman Eliza Savvidou said on Wednesday that her office continues to identify cases of police misconduct and abuse towards citizens. Savvidou was present at the...
Iranian boxing champ facing deportation issues plea to stay in Cyprus
A 32-year-old Iranian, former boxing champion who won medals for Cyprus in the past, and has been detained this past month for deportation, is pleading...
Mistreatment of people in custody and asylum seekers most significant human right violations, US report says
Trafficking in persons for sexual exploitation and labour, police abuse and degrading treatment of people in custody, and asylum seekers, in addition to violence against...
Australian hospital refuses to release baby for detention on Nauru
PERTH, Australia, Feb. 13 (Reuters) – Doctors at an Australian hospital are refusing to release a baby girl facing repatriation to an offshore immigration detention...
Detention centre protest
Constantinos Psillides Four men, 3 Iranians and 1 Afghan, climbed on the roof of Menoyia Detention Center in Larnaca and threatened to kill themselves unless...
UNHCR calls for immediate resolution of asylum problems
The UN High Commission for Refugees on Wednesday called for the immediate resolution of the problems concerning migrants and asylum seekers, highlighted in a damning...
