Police officer remanded in domestic abuse case
A 45-year-old Limassol police officer was remanded in custody for three days on Tuesday in connection with domestic abuse. The officer was arrested on Monday...
Domestic abuse
Plans to extend shelters for domestic abuse victims
The House human rights committee said on Monday that recent programmes and measures will help ensure that women who face domestic violence will receive support...
Creation of police domestic abuse unit ‘an important step’
The new Nicosia and Limassol police units for the investigation of domestic abuse cases arrested 52 people in three months, police told the Cyprus Mail...
Police have investigated 181 cases of potential child abuse this year
Police on Wednesday said it had investigated 181 complaints concerning the treatment of 206 children so far this year. In a written statement on the...
App to help abuse victims
By Jonathan Shkurko A new app aimed at helping victims of abuse is set to be released in the next days, the president of NGO...
Coronavirus: Domestic abuse cases almost double during isolation
Reports of domestic violence have almost doubled during the coronavirus pandemic due to confinement to homes, the association for the prevention and handling of violence...
Police chief launches probe into alleged domestic-abuse cover-up
POLICE Chief Zacharias Chrysostomou has launched a probe into alleged police misconduct after a domestic violence exposé in Politis newspaper implicated members of the force...
Increase in calls for help from victims of domestic violence
Over 1,500 cases of family violence were recorded in Cyprus last year while 7,769 calls were made to a helpline, indicating that abuse victims felt...
Paphos police investigate case of domestic abuse
POLICE are investigating a case of domestic violence after a 25-year-old Bulgarian woman in Paphos visited a medical centre on Wednesday night having suffered...