Unrest at migrant reception centre
Three foreign nationals were arrested on Wednesday morning at the Pournara reception centre in Kokkinotrimithia and police are investigating the case on charges of damaging...
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50 people held in Menoyia detention centre stage hunger strike
Around 50 people held at the Menoyia detention centre went on hunger strike on Tuesday citing unjustified detention and a corrupt system. One of the...
Iran confirms death of blogger held on security charges
Iranian authorities have confirmed the death of a social media activist jailed on security charges, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported on Sunday, after Western...
UNHCR says some members of hunger-striking Kurd family critical in hospital
The UNHCR said on Wednesday it was gravely concerned about the family of stateless Kurds from Syria who have been protesting outside the interior ministry...
Turkey begins trial of hunger striking teachers amid protests
Turkish police used tear gas to disperse protesters outside a courthouse in Ankara on Thursday at the start of the trial of two teachers who...
Film director ends hunger strike after dialogue with Kadis
Film director Panicos Chrysanthou on Tuesday ended his hunger strike which began 13 days ago as a protest over discrimination and exclusion in the field...
Filmmaker’s troubles not our fault, ministry says
The education ministry’s cultural services on Thursday denied claims of discrimination by film director Panicos Chrysanthou who went on a hunger strike over the debt...
Kurds in Limassol join wider hunger strike
Kurds residing in Limassol have started a two-day hunger strike in solidarity with Kurdish prisoners in Turkish prisons who have been on hunger strike since...
Pensioner calls off hunger strike after Hasikos assurances
Demetris Constantinou, 65, a resident of Chlorakas on Tuesday began an indefinite hunger strike outside a Paphos school because he said the government owes him...
86-day Palestinian hunger strike challenges Israeli detention policy
By Maayan Lubell A three-month hunger strike by a Palestinian journalist accused of militancy on behalf of Hamas has prompted stern questions from the United...
