Man arrested, allegedly after trying to set fire prosecutors’ offices
Police early on Wednesday arrested a man who allegedly attempted to set fire to the building housing the offices of prosecutors in Nicosia/ The suspect...
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Coronavirus: binman files complaint against police for brutality during check (with video)
A 29-year-old binman from Nicosia on Friday said he filed a complaint of police brutality claiming he was attacked and arrested by officers doing routine...
Man claims police brutality, police say injuries self-inflicted
Police arrested a 24-year-old man for assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest in the Paphos district on Wednesday evening. At around 9.10pm, police officers...
Investigation launched after man alleges was beaten up by police
The police watchdog has launched an investigation into a complaint from a Limassol farmer who said officers violently beat him up and shot at him...
Protests erupt in California after shooting of black man
About 200 demonstrators squared off with police in riot gear overnight in California’s capital and more protests are planned for Saturday, after a autopsy on...
Video of police shooting unarmed black man sparks protests in Sacramento
Newly released video footage of police killing an unarmed black man in a barrage of gunfire in Sacramento, California, left the mayor “horrified” and sparked...
AG to decide on police brutality charges
Police on Tuesday said they respect a Nicosia district court decision which acquitted a 28-year-old man who reported he was beaten by officers in 2012...
Cops to be sentenced next week for Polis beating
THE sentence of the two police officers who were found guilty after they were caught on tape beating up a man in a Polis Chrysochous holding cell in February...
Polis cops found guilty of brutality (Updated)
TWO police officers caught on tape beating up a man in a Polis Chrysochous holding cell in February 2014 were on Monday found guilty by...
Greece must pay former Cypriot student 450,000 for police beating
The Greek state must pay 450,000 euros to a Cypriot man who was the victim of police brutality in Thessaloniki during a demonstration in 2006...
Cell beating officers plead not guilty
Two police officers accused of beating a detainee inside a holding cell in Paphos in 2014 pleaded not guilty on Monday and the case was adjourned for next month. The...
Protesters seek firing of Texas officer who threw girl to ground
By Mike Stone Hundreds marched through the Dallas-area city of McKinney on Monday calling for the firing of a police officer seen in a video...
Police incident ‘a wake up call’ for us all, says ombudswoman
By Poly Pantelides A probe into whether police used racial profiling and excessive force that resulted in an Ivorian man breaking his leg, raises bigger...
Probe into use of excessive force (Updated)
By Poly Pantelides VIDEO footage released by migrant support group KISA shows police officers apparently trying to subdue an Ivorian man and breaking his leg...
Police accused of breaking migrant’s leg (video)
Video footage released by migrant support group KISA shows police officers apparently trying to subdue an Ivorian man and breaking his leg in the process...
