Ombudswoman’s status upgraded
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...
Maria Stylianou Lottides
Measures to wipe out human trafficking need to be ramped up, says Lottides
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,...
Lottides meets Patriarch Bartholomew
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...
Collective stigma and discrimination against Roma persists
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...
Ombudswoman marks anti-racial discrimination day
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....
Coronavirus: Tepak ban on unjabbed students discriminatory, Lottides says
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...
Lottides castigates red tape inconvenience for minimum guaranteed income applicants
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...
Hate rhetoric is a real and growing problem in European societies, Lottides says
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...
Lottides highlights discrimination against the moderately disabled
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...
Ombudswoman calls on police to explain their heavy-handedness at demo
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...
