Cyprus among countries respecting ECHR payment deadlines
Cyprus is among the Council of Europe member states that respects payment deadlines vis-à-vis damages awarded by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), contrary...
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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...
Cyprus must pay €17,800 in damages awarded by the ECHR in first four months of 2018
Cyprus must pay €17,800 in damages awarded by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for various cases brought against it during the first four...
Turkey and Cyprus in court battle over family murder
Cyprus and Turkey battled it out inside the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Wednesday, each blaming each other...
Turkey’s compensation debt to refugee tops 200,000 euros
Turkey still owes refugee Titina Loizidou more than €200,000 as part of damages awarded to her by the European Court of Human Rights for not...
Europe top court rejects free speech defence of extremist videos
Europe’s top human rights court ruled on Thursday that online videos considered by a Belgian court to be Islamist hate speech were not protected under...
The human cost of not cooperating
HOPES of bringing to justice the murderers of George Low, a British tourist stabbed to death in Ayia Napa last summer, are virtually non-existent, due...
Not even a child’s murder could make us work together
European court ruling highlights worrying extent of bad faith between Cyprus and Turkey By Alper Ali Riza Five top European judges decided this week...
Justice delayed, justice denied in human rights court
By Alper Ali Riza There was a brutal triple murder in Cyprus twelve years ago in January 2005. A Turkish Cypriot family, Elam Guzelyurtlu, his...
CMP must be granted access to all data relating to missing persons
The Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) must be granted free and unlimited access to all information data regarding missing persons, such as burial...
Cabaret owner, ex-policemen on trial 15 years after artiste’s death
Fifteen years after the death of Oxana Rantseva, a 20-year-old Russian brought over to work in a cabaret, and five years after a damning European...
Cyprus must pay damages to ill-treated prisoner
The Cyprus government must pay €12,700 in damages to Kone Sehana Seagal, a French-born man currently living in Cyprus, for ill-treatment by prison guards and...
Next Cypriot judge to ECHR to be selected on January 26
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will on January 26 select the next Cypriot judge to the European Court of Human Rights...
ECHR decisions have prompted positive changes in Cyprus – study
The decriminalisation of homosexuality, improvements in court delays, and the right of Turkish Cypriots to vote in parliamentary elections have been used as positive examples...
Turk’s denial of any Armenian genocide not a crime – European Court
The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday Switzerland had violated a Turkish politician’s right to freedom of speech by convicting him for denying...
Court ruling on women refugees could open door to mass compensation
By Evie Andreou THE state should consider compensating people that could have received refugee benefits if discriminatory treatment had not been in place, the lawyer...
CoE calls on Turkey to pay compensation to Cyprus with interest due
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has asked Turkey to pay compensation awarded by the European Court of Human Rights to applicants...
ECHR accepts objector’s plea against Turkey
By Evie Andreou CONSCIENTIOUS objector Murat Kanatli, who was jailed in the north for refusing to report for reservist duty, saw his petition against Turkey...
Italy failing same-sex couples says European court
The European Court of Human Rights condemned Italy on Tuesday for failing to provide legal recognition to same-sex couples and said the country should introduce...
ECHR decision on deported Syrians expected on Tuesday
By Andria Kades THE European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is expected to issue a decision today for 17 Syrian Kurds who applied for asylum...