Prison congestion much improved after intervention, Lottides says
Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides said Friday that after her office had intervened, the central prisons were decongested as part of measures to battle the spread of...
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Teen suffers serious burns in suspected torture case
A 21-year-old Greek Cypriot man was arrested in Limassol on Monday on suspicion of physically abusing an 18-year-old Romanian man who is now in serious...
Torture issues in Cyprus to be reviewed by the UN
The UN Committee against Torture is due to review issues that have arisen in Cyprus on November 15 and 18 during its upcoming session. The...
One of the Eoka vets died only days before news of deal with UK (Updated)
Andreas Voudaskas, one of the 33 elderly Greek Cypriot torture victims whom the UK agreed to pay £1m earlier this week, sadly died last weekend...
British army was given ‘free rein’ to torture Eoka suspects
Military historian supports claims by Eoka veterans, saying torture was a ‘key part’ of British government’s counterinsurgency efforts By Jean Christou A military historian, Dr...
The naked truth is not the whole truth Mr Erdogan
By Alper Ali Riza The Turks should share the evidence of torture contained in the audio recordings in the Khashoggi case with all the law...
Retired British soldier spills 60-year-old secret about Eoka suspect’s death and cover-up
A former British soldier who served in Cyprus during the Eoka struggle against colonial rule has spoken out for the first time after 60 years...
Justice ministry says report on prevention of torture ‘positive’
The justice ministry said it was satisfied with the report of the European Commission on the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or...
UN investigator decries Iran clampdown, torture, floggings
Iran has arrested activists and political opponents in a clampdown on freedom of expression as use of torture continues despite promises of reform, a United Nations...
Eoka fighters win first historical torture battle in UK court
The UK’s Royal Courts of Justice on Friday rejected an attempt by the British government to try under Cypriot law a historical torture and abuse...
Eoka vets in UK torture claim await initial court decision on Friday
Thirty-four Greek Cypriots will learn on Friday at the Royal Courts of Justice in the UK if they have achieved an initial victory in their...
Trump breaking torture taboo, laws threatened – UN rights boss
The United Nations’ top rights official has accused US President Donald Trump of breaking taboos by suggesting bringing back torture, and warned world powers against...
The world is divided on the use of torture
Torture: the action or practice of inflicting severe pain on someone as a punishment or in order to force them to do or say something....
Australia-bound refugees ‘driven to suicide on Nauru’
Australia on Tuesday rejected a claim by rights group Amnesty International that conditions on a tiny South Pacific island where about 400 Australian-bound asylum seekers...
Hundreds face torture and enforced disappearance in Egypt – Amnesty
Egyptian security agents have abducted and tortured “at least several hundred people”, some as young as 14, in an unprecedented spike in enforced disappearances aimed...
Torture and cruel treatment ‘has not disappeared’
UNNECESSARY and disproportionate use of violence and resorts to abuse and torture are not only a painful affront to human dignity, but call in question...
Most Americans support torture against terror suspects -poll
By Chris Kahn Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe torture can be justified to extract information from suspected terrorists, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, a level...
British resident held in Guantanamo Bay says UK officers witnessed torture
The last British resident to be held at the U.S. prison camp in Guantanamo Bay has told a newspaper that British security officers witnessed him...
ECHR decision on deported Syrians expected on Tuesday
By Andria Kades THE European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is expected to issue a decision today for 17 Syrian Kurds who applied for asylum...
EOKA veterans ready to take on British government over torture claims
By Jean Christou A British legal team representing a number of EOKA fighters is to fire its first volley at the UK government on June...