Parliaments are ‘crucial’ in upholding democracy and human rights, Demetriou says
Parliaments are crucial in upholding the European values of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law, House President Annita Demetriou said on Friday while...
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First annual ‘Stella Soulioti’ human rights awards kicks off
The foreign ministry has launched its first annual competition for the Stella Soulioti human rights award, named after the island’s first woman attorney-general (AG). It...
Coronavirus: Is the SafePass legally safe?
Is the SafePass forcing us to get vaccinated? Why is it so selectively applied? A look at the balancing act between public interest and private...
Coronavirus: Lawyers, officials condemn ‘Orwellian’ Covid pass
Prominent lawyers came out guns blazing on Monday over the government’s intention – not law for the moment – to impose what effectively amounts to...
Vaccine passports unlawful unless proportionate
Not since the 1930s and World War II have states arrogated to themselves such wide powers impinging on human rights and fundamental freedoms as they...
Corruption, gender violence, discrimination the focus of US human rights report
Cyprus has been cited in the latest US State Department Human Rights Report for lapses on certain human rights issues including “serious acts of corruption”...
US joins West in rare criticism of Egypt on human rights abuses
Western countries on Friday called on Egypt to end the prosecution of activists, journalists and perceived political opponents under counter-terrorism laws, and to unconditionally release...
Coronavirus: Legal challenges to government decrees
There are three routes to fighting the decrees and all three would likely end up in Strasbourg By Achilleas Demetriades More than a year has...
Cyprus applies to join UN Human Rights Council
For the first time in its history, Cyprus is applying to join the UN Human Rights Council from 2025 to 2027, it was announced on...
‘We did it, sisters’: Argentina Senate votes to legalize abortion
Argentina‘s Senate voted on Wednesday to legalize abortion, a first for a big country in Latin America and a triumph for women’s rights campaigners achieved...
Turkish Cypriot side slams Cyprus’ ‘baseless accusations’ on human rights
The Turkish Cypriot side on Friday lambasted the Republic’s foreign ministry’s message marking the Human Rights Day, citing “attacks and baseless accusations” against Turkey. The...
Coronavirus worsens human rights problems says Lottides
The coronavirus constitutes an “invisible enemy” that has exacerbated human rights issues, Commissioner for Administration and the Protection of Human Rights, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides said...
Hope for Children marks Human Rights Day
Hope for Children marked Human Rights Day with a free online transnational conference on Thursday. The conference was organised under the European HIT programme which...
Ministry to honour Stella Soulioti’s legacy with human rights award
The foreign ministry is to establish a human rights award under the name ‘Stella Soulioti Award”, the island’s first woman attorney-general (AG). Soulioti was born...
Cavusoglu takes swipe at Swedish counterpart
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Tuesday took a swipe at his Swedish counterpart Anna Linde during a joint press conference in Ankara, castigating her...
People with disabilities demonstrate outside palace
A delegation of people with disabilities gathered outside the presidential palace on Tuesday morning expecting to see the president and submit a written statement with...
Time does not dilute Turkey’s human right violations in Cyprus says UN ambassador
Turkey’s human rights violations in Cyprus cannot be normalised just because they have been in place for a long time, permanent representative at the UN...
Battling unlawful profiling
A workshop on how to identify and battle unlawful profiling was hosted at the office of the Commissioner for Administration and Protection of Human Rights...
Politicians won’t solve the Cyprus problem, but individuals can
By Alper Ali Riza Political leaders in Cyprus cannot agree the time of day let alone how to share a small island surrounded by a...
The misinformation of cowardly online commentators
Half-truths, cherry-picking and mud-throwing By Christos P Panayiotides I recently found myself at the receiving end of a mud-smearing campaign from a handful of anonymous...