#Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides

More than two dozen unaccompanied minors remain stranded at the Pournara reception centre despite all procedures for their transfer being completed, human rights commissioner Maria Stylianou-Lottides said on Tuesday. She ...

Owners are up in arms over the state-sanctioned dispossession of their land without proper notification nor compensation, leaving their properties in limbo, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides revealed on Monday. Speaking to ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides presented three reports on Wednesday to President Nikos Christodoulides, informing him that over 3,000 complaints had been processed by her office in 2024. The reports on work done ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides has blamed “procrastination” for the failure to recover state land illegally exploited in Paralimni for the past 39 years. In a report made public on Thursday and forwarded ...

Cyprus is in danger of creating a “digital divide” that leaves less tech-savvy groups such as the elderly and disabled behind in the race toward e-government services, the Commissioner for ...

Homophobic, transphobic and biphobic incidents should not be treated as isolated incidents and should not be underestimated, Commissioner for the Administration and Protection of Human Rights, Maria Stylianou-Lottides said on ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides on Tuesday blasted the veterinary services for negligence or failure to take the necessary steps as the competent agency to examine complaints regarding the uncontrolled importation of ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides ordered disciplinary proceedings against a male employee at the Nicosia Water Board on Thursday after three women who work there reported him for sexual harassment. Lottides ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides on Saturday released a statement marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, underlining how many women around the world are the subject of ...

A report into the “multi-year delay” in installing lifts in government-owned apartment buildings has been released by Human Rights Commissioner Maria Stylianou Lottides. The report highlights the impact on elderly ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides is investigating a complaint about a last-minute adjustment in the passing-grade of preliminary entrance exams to Greek military schools that allowed dozens of failed candidates to ...

Two working groups on preventing torture and inhumane treatment should be re-established, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides said on Monday, marking the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. In a ...

Making sure they don’t have new partners living with them Government services seem to be taking an almost Orwellian approach when choosing to scrutinise the eligibility of single parents ...

More Cypriot women than their EU counterparts say they were impacted financially and psychologically by the pandemic, according to an extraordinary Eurobarometer carried out ahead of Women’s Day 2022. Citing ...

The state has a crucial role in protecting the rights of refugees, Ombudswoman and Commissioner for Administration and Protection of Human Rights Maria Stylianou-Lottides said on Sunday. In a statement ...

Fear of losing their job is holding back women in private businesses from reporting sexual harassment, which is why most complaints concern the public sector, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides said on ...