‘Domestic violence appears to be on the rise’
Domestic violence is on the rise with over 11,000 cases reported in five years, but it appears that police do not always respond speedily to incidents involving foreign nationals.
Police have ...
Law grants free legal aid to abuse victims
The House plenum on Thursday greenlit a law that affords free legal aid to women who are victims of abuse and to victims of domestic violence.
Under the legislation, women ...
Funding boost for managing migration
Cyprus and Switzerland signed on Monday two funding agreements amounting to over €10 million over migration management, as well as domestic violence.
The agreements fall under the framework of the Second ...
‘Panic button’ to be rolled out for domestic violence cases
There is a steep rise in domestic violence cases, and efforts to roll out a ‘panic button’ to help victims should be ready in the next three months, Justice Minister ...
Man and three sons arrested for attacking ex’s new man and police
A 47-year-old man and his three sons, aged 24, 22 and 19 years old respectively, were remanded in custody for six days, having been arrested for attacking the man’s ex-wife’s new ...
MPs table bill for ‘panic button’ to combat domestic abuse
Three MPs on Thursday jointly tabled a bill aiming to introduce the use of a ‘panic button’ for prevention of domestic abuse and violence against women.
The bill is co-sponsored ...
Suspect in wife’s killing in psychiatric care (Updated)
A 48-year-old man who allegedly killed his 41-year-old estranged wife in Tremithousa, near Paphos, was transferred to the Athalassa psychiatric hospital on Monday after being discharged from the Paphos general, ...
Attempted murder in Nicosia
A 30-year-old woman jumped out of the first-floor balcony to escape her violent husband, Nicosia district court heard on Sunday.
The woman was found injured on a street in Nicosia’...
Man arrested for assault and ‘inciting terror’
A 32-year-old man appeared in court on Sunday accused of causing actual bodily harm and “using a weapon to incite terror” in Xylotymbou.
He is being investigated for a total ...
Warnings over abusive relationships among university students
Almost 500 calls were made to a domestic violence helpline in the span of 16 days it emerged on Friday, after research revealed that 25 per cent of university students in Cyprus feel ...
Cyprus police investigate 500 domestic violence cases in just two months
The police investigated nearly 500 cases of domestic violence and issued 93 arrests during the months of September and October, statistics released on Tuesday showed.
According to data provided to the Cyprus ...
Harmanci fury as ‘ministry’ strikes Istanbul convention from violence against women protocol
Turkish Cypriot Nicosia Mayor Mehmet Harmanci has reacted furiously after the north’s ‘labour ministry’ removed the Istanbul convention from northern Nicosia’s violence against women protocol.
The Istanbul convention ...
Violence against women a pandemic, domestic abuse committee says
Violence against women is one of the most widespread human rights violations in the world with statistics that show it as a pandemic, the advisory committee for the prevention and ...
Paphos police registers 32 cases of domestic violence in October
Paphos police dealt with thirty-two cases of family violence in October.
According to Paphos CID chief Michalis Nikolaou, of the 32 cases, 13 were registered for trial before the Paphos District Court; ...
Women should ‘not accept violence and be strong’
Victims of domestic of violence were on Monday encouraged to speak out and not hesitate to file complaints by chief the Turkish Cypriot police’s Violence against women intervention unit ...
Domestic violence reports up by over 300% since 2018
The number of domestic violence reports in Cyprus has soared in recent years, with a 319 per cent increase in reports seen since 2018.
In 2022, the number of domestic violence reports reached 3,082, ...
Number of domestic abuse victims who won’t testify is growing
The legal service has become increasingly concerned over the growing number of domestic abuse victims who pull back from court trials leading to perpetrators walking away scot-free.
A spokesperson from ...
Over 3,000 cases of domestic violence reported in 2022
Domestic violence prevention services handled over 3,000 cases of domestic violence in 2022, the association of domestic violence prevention services (Spavo) said.
The total of 3,122 incidents handled shows an increasing trend, up ...
13 cases of domestic violence investigated by Paphos police in April
Thirteen cases of domestic violence in Paphos were dealt with by the family violence unit in April, police said on Friday.
According to Paphos police spokesman and head of CID ...
Girls and women the majority of victims of violence and abuse
Around 75 per cent of victims of family violence and abuse of minors in Cyprus are girls and women, according to data released by the police.
According to the statistics, there ...
Forest in memory of abuse victims
Environment Commissioner Clelia Vassiliou on Wednesday said her last act in office will be the planting of 100 trees in Aronas, near Aglandjia in honour of the over 3,800 cases of domestic ...
Fifteen arrests for domestic violence in Paphos in January
Fourteen cases were investigated by the family violence unit of the Paphos police in January, resulting in 15 arrests and the issuance of restraining orders for six people.
According to police, ...
Five years for man who killed his baby
The Limassol criminal court on Wednesday sentenced a 37-year-old man to five years in jail for manslaughter after he was found guilty of shaking his two-month-old baby to death on ...
Paphos police investigated 147 domestic violence cases in 2022
Over 100 people have been arrested in Paphos in the past year for offences related to domestic violence while six more remain wanted, police said on Tuesday.
Paphos CID chief and ...