#sexual harassment

Police on Tuesday said they have so far handled 36 cases of sexual harassment, with 22 already filed in court. Police spokesperson Eleni Constantinou said the number of cases investigated, or currently ...

One more sexual harassment case has been filed in court, police said on Thursday, as the force continued its investigation into a flurry of complaints filed recently. Police spokesperson Eleni ...

The criminal route for a sexual harassment case has been blocked, but other possible actions exist By Achilleas Demetriades The #MeToo Movement that had started off in the US also ...

A former MEP who was accused by a Cypriot woman of sexual harassment while he was in office will be called to answer to the charge of indecent assault on ...

Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis on Monday said the police complaint filed by member of Cyprus’ women’s national shooting team Andri Eleftheriou, who said she was sexually abused twice by ...

Police have received a new sexual harassment complaint and will also be pressing charges against a former bishop for two separate complaints, spokesman Christos Andreou said on Tuesday. Andreou told ...

Police confirmed Monday they have received a new sexual harassment complaint from a woman, reportedly a teacher. Spokesman Christos Andreou said the woman reported the case through her lawyer. “We ...

An updated code of conduct for the prevention and combating of sexual harassment in the field of theatre was presented on Wednesday by the Cyprus Theatre Organisation (Thoc). The new ...

Police said Tuesday they were close to completing the investigation of several cases relating to sexual offences, which would be then forwarded to the attorney-general for instructions. The force has ...

The law office of Republic has instructed police to file sexual harassment charges against a former politician, police spokesman Christos Andreou told CyBC on Friday. He would not identify the ...

The house human rights committee on Monday debated a bill to increase penalties for sexual harassment and assault in the workplace. The proposal, tabled by Disy’s Mariella Aristidou and ...

A total of twenty complaints of sexual harassment are being currently investigated by the police, spokesman Christos Andreou said on Thursday. He added that the number might increase in the ...

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 ...

Police said they have received 16 complaints relating to potential sexual offences with about half already filed in court. Three of the 16 were lodged in the past 10 days alone, a police ...

French actor Gerard Depardieu was placed under formal investigation on charges of rape and sexual violence in December last year, a judicial source told Reuters on Tuesday. A lawyer representing ...

A woman claiming she had been raped by a senior cleric in 2011 had been deemed unreliable by the archbishop, according to a Church source quoted by the Cyprus News Agency. ...

A March trial date has been set for the doctor accused of sexually harassing a female patient, police confirmed on Monday. The complaint was brought to the spotlight by Politis ...

The Cyprus Medical Association (Cyma) said on Sunday it would await the outcome of legal proceedings concerning allegations of sexual harassment against a Nicosia doctor before taking its own appropriate ...

Police are investigating two more male sports coaches for sexual harassment following complaints by five women, it emerged on Wednesday. Four different track athletes reported their coaches for sexual harassment. ...

The man accused of sexual abuse by sports shooter Andri Eleftheriou gave a statement to the police on Monday, more than two weeks after the complaint was filed. His two-hour ...

Sex education is critical to protecting children from sexual abuse and must be offered at all levels of the education system, the House human rights committee underlined on Monday. 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 ...

The passing of a law obligating employers to adopt a code dealing with sexual harassment at work has been recommended by the Cyprus’ democratic labour federation (Deok). Their announcement on ...

A female sport shooter who filed a sexual harassment complaint against a man she said sexually harassed her more than ten years ago, is calling on more people to come ...