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Police watchdog recommends legal action against officers in protest crackdown

George PsyllidesOctober 14, 2021October 14, 2021

By George PsyllidesOctober 14, 2021October 14, 202101236

The independent police watchdog is recommending the launch of criminal and disciplinary procedures against police officers in connection with a violent crackdown on an anti-corruption...

Cyprus

Anti-corruption video attacks ‘rotten’ government

Gina AgapiouSeptember 3, 2021

By Gina AgapiouSeptember 3, 202101110

A short video released on Friday by a local artist who was injured by a police water cannon during an anti-corruption protest aims to break...

Cyprus

Girl injured by police water cannon releases protest video

Gina AgapiouAugust 24, 2021August 27, 2021

By Gina AgapiouAugust 24, 2021August 27, 202103541

A local artist injured by a police water cannon during an anti-corruption protest earlier this year gave a bold answer to injustice on Tuesday by...

Cyprus

Coronavirus: Probe into police violence at rally takes further step

Staff ReporterJuly 27, 2021

By Staff ReporterJuly 27, 20210902

The findings of a probe into complaints against police violence during a protest in Nicosia last February against the restrictive pandemic measures were delivered on...

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Woman injured by water cannon undergoes eye operation (Updated)

Gina AgapiouFebruary 15, 2021February 15, 2021

By Gina AgapiouFebruary 15, 2021February 15, 202104897

A 25-year-old woman who was injured by a police water cannon during a protest in Nicosia on Saturday underwent an eye operation on Monday. Local...

Africa

Two killed as Kenyan police disperse opposition supporters

Reuters News ServiceNovember 17, 2017November 17, 2017

By Reuters News ServiceNovember 17, 2017November 17, 20170142

Two people were killed on Friday as Kenyan police tried to disperse supporters cheering a convoy carrying opposition leader Raila Odinga from the airport to central...

World

U.N. chief ‘shocked’ by treatment of refugees on Hugarian-Serbian border (Updated)

FORMER STAFFSeptember 16, 2015September 17, 2015

By FORMER STAFFSeptember 16, 2015September 17, 201593 137

By Maja Zuvela and Krisztina Than Riot police fired water cannon and tear gas on Wednesday at migrants demanding to be let through Hungary’s newly...

World

Indian police storm religious leader’s compound to find six dead

FORMER STAFFNovember 19, 2014

By FORMER STAFFNovember 19, 20140115

By Rupam Jain Nair Indian police on Wednesday deployed water cannon and a baton charge in storming the hermitage of a self-styled religious leader who...

Asia World

Thai PM calls for talks as police use rubber bullets on protesters

CyprusMailDecember 2, 2013November 3, 2016

By CyprusMailDecember 2, 2013November 3, 20160110

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Aubrey Belford Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Monday she would “open every door” to find a peaceful solution...

World

Standing still to move on

FORMER STAFFJune 30, 2013June 30, 2013

By FORMER STAFFJune 30, 2013June 30, 20134 193

By Simon Bahceli WITH FOREIGN media attention now largely off Turkey’s anti-government demonstrations, people could be forgiven for thinking protesters had given up and gone...

Turkey World

Turkish president urges dialogue after police clear square

CyprusMailJune 12, 2013November 2, 2016

By CyprusMailJune 12, 2013November 2, 20160146

By Humeyra Pamuk and Ayla Jean Yackley Turkey’s president called on Wednesday for dialogue with legitimate demonstrators after riot police cleared the Istanbul square at...

Turkey World

Turkish riot police enter Istanbul’s Taksim Square

CyprusMailJune 11, 2013November 2, 2016

By CyprusMailJune 11, 2013November 2, 20160138

By Nick Tattersall Hundreds of Turkish riot police entered Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Tuesday, firing water cannon and teargas to scatter small numbers of protesters...