#Maria Stylianou Lottides

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides on Friday urged the interior ministry to speed up its processes over granting children of mixed couples a citizenship, in cases where one parent is Cypriot. Delays ...

Human Rights Commissioner Maria Stylianou Lottides on Friday raised concerns over the rising number of racially motivated attacks against foreign food delivery workers, despite the existence of laws and regulations ...

Human Rights Commissioner Maria Stylianou Lottides on Wednesday called for an end to the practice of police carrying out searches of prisons and prisoners without informing them as to the ...

The customs office has failed to be transparent over rules affecting the public on transporting fuel from the north, ombudswoman Maria-Stylianou Lottides said on Tuesday. In a report, she specified ...

There are challenges in ensuring human rights in the digital age, particularly where social media is concerned, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides cautioned on Thursday. In her speech at a conference called ‘...

Human Rights Commissioner Maria Stylianou Lottides on Wednesday called for every prisoner to have a bed on which to sleep, and not just a mattress on the floor of their ...

The ombudswoman’s independent investigation into the death of 24-year-old Bangladeshi national Anisur Rahman has been put on hold, it emerged on Friday. Maria Stylianou Lottides told the Cyprus Mail ...

Members of the public have been waiting for up to three years to hear back from the social welfare department, which takes an excessively long time to address appeals and ...

Increasing figures of forced displacement are a tragic reality for humanity, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides said on Tuesday, in light of World Refugee Day. She stressed the importance of more solidarity ...

Men who served the army in Greece are discriminated against in Cyprus where public service promotions are concerned, a report by Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides revealed on Thursday. Poeple working ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides on Wednesday said the auditor general had mounted a sexist attack against her for six years. “Today was the pinnacle of a sexist behaviour ongoing for six ...

The subcommittee of accreditation (SCA) urged the government to allocate additional funding to the ombudswoman as it upgraded the institution’s status as a national human rights authority. The relevant ...

More effective measures need to be adopted in an effort to crack down and eradicate human trafficking, said Commissioner for Administration and Human Rights Protection, Maria Stylianou-Lottides on Tuesday on ...

Commissioner for Administration and Protection of Human Rights, and Ombudswoman, Maria Stylianou Lottides, met with Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew during a visit to Turkey this weekend. She also had ...

Collective stigma and discrimination against Roma persists to this day, Commissioner for Administration and Protection of Human Rights Maria Stylianou Lottides said on Friday. In an announcement to mark international ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides send a message of solidarity to all refugees on Monday, to mark the international day for the elimination of racial discrimination. In a written statement, Lottides ...

The ombudswoman said Thursday she has asked the Limassol-based university of technology (Tepak) to reverse a decision banning unvaccinated students from physically attending classes saying it was discriminatory. Maria Stylianou ...

Applicants for minimum guaranteed income are sometimes subjected to delays and impersonal treatment from the government department responsible for welfare payments, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides has found. In a report published ...

The internet has played a role in fostering xenophobia and racism in Cypriot society, Ombudswoman and Commissioner for Administration and Protection of Human Rights Maria Stylianou-Lottides said on Thursday. Lottides ...

People with certain disabilities cannot access the guaranteed minimum income (GMI) scheme or an allowance because they are classified as having mild or moderate disabilities and not serious or total ...

Amid a public outcry over police’s heavy-handed handling of an anti-corruption demonstration in Nicosia last Saturday, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides has asked police to explain their actions. In a ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides on Saturday expressed her disappointment and sorrow over what she described as the official failure – once again – to properly assess a domestic situation that led to the ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides has launched an awareness campaign to report sexual harassment in the workplace. The campaign includes a recorded message with the results of a recent survey carried out ...