Racism and coronavirus are both enemies that need fighting, Ombudswoman says
The Commissioner for Administration and Human Rights Maria Stylianou-Lottidou urged people on Saturday to remain united in the fight against racism as much as the...
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Parking lot abuse pair to face racism charges
Police said Tuesday they intended to charge two Greek Cypriot women in connection with racially abusing a Russian woman in a parking lot in Larnaca...
The ‘easy targets’ for robbery and abuse
Food delivery workers not only have to put up with weather, traffic and abusive customers, but they’re increasingly become the victims of crime By Jonathan...
Call by union to probe verbal abuse of Greek doctors at Paphos A&E
Public servants union Pasydy on Friday called on the health service organisation Okypy to investigate what they called a case of serious racism after a...
Sorry, but you are racist and not a democrat
I refer to the letter from Geoffrey Evans (Peyia) (Sunday Mail, October 6, ‘To describe a realist as a racist is the last resort of...
Privacy concerns after video of verbal racist attack goes viral (Updated)
Police said on Monday they were examining video evidence and CCTV footage of a verbal racist attack by three Greek Cypriot women against a Russian...
Police take statements from women in racist car-park incident
The four women involved in a racist attack in Larnaca which was recorded on a mobile phone and posted on social media were questioned by...
Ex-MP loses long libel battle with newspaper over anti-gay comments
Former Disy MP Andreas Themistocleous on Saturday lost a long-running legal battle against Politis newspaper and journalist Costas Constantinou, who Themisocleous accused of libel in...
Cyprus needs to do more on racism and intolerance, CoE body says
Cyprus has only partially implemented recommendations made by the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), a Council of Europe body in 2016 the body...
Players should speak out against racism but walking off is not ideal – Sterling
Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling said more players need to speak out when they suffer racism if the problem is to be eradicated from the...
Disy councillor expelled from party for racist comments
The Larnaca municipal councillor Georgios Lakkotrypis was expelled from ruling party Disy on Wednesday after racist comments made on social media where he referred to...
New bill to shutdown racist or xenophobic websites
A bill tabled before parliament seeks to grant authority to courts to order the shutdown of websites containing racist or xenophobic content, rendering them inaccessible...
Facebook user fined for insulting couple who adopted Asian girl
A woman has been fined €800 after being found guilty of spreading racist and xenophobic material online for describing a couple as ‘idiots’ on Facebook...
The University of Frederick is a key partner in a programme to tackle racism and xenophobia
Frederick University is one of the partners of the ‘Hate Interrupter Teams: Youth Countertraining Hate speech to Migrants and Minorities through Participatory and Creative Campaign’...
Black men arrested in Philadelphia Starbucks reach agreement on compensation
Two black men arrested while waiting at a Philadelphia Starbucks store reached a confidential financial settlement with the coffee chain and dropped legal claims against...
Facebook removes, then restores anti-immigrant video in Hungary
Facebook on Wednesday reversed a decision to take down a video posted by a Hungarian political aide that blamed crime on immigrants, saying it was...
Migrants march in Florence after Italian kills street vendor
African immigrants marched through the streets of central Florence late on Monday chanting “no more racism” after an Italian man shot dead a Senegalese street...
School seminars raise awareness of racism
The first round of the ‘Aware’ campaign, spreading the message of acceptance, respect and participation in the fight against racism has been completed, it was...
Media watchdog says some journalists risk creating hate and bigotry
A number of journalists have violated the code of ethics, risking the creation of hate, bigotry, and racism, the island’s media watchdog has said. According...
We have a collective duty to stand against racism, Foreign Minister points out
Far too many people continue to be discriminated against because of the colour of their skin or their ethnic background, Chair of the Committee of...
