Condemnation of police violence and arbitrary detention
KISA condemns an incident of serious mistreatment, humiliating and degrading treatment by a police officer of a Turkish citizen, aged about 60, at the Ledra Palace check point, which took place on 31/8/2017. According to indisputable testimony of the complainant...Οι σκληρές συνθήκες στη Κύπρο σπρώχνουν τους πρόσφυγες στην απόγνωση
Με λύπη μας πληροφορηθήκαμε τον θάνατο του M.D., νεαρού πρόσφυγα από την Σομαλία, ο οποίος αυτοκτόνησε την Πέμπτη, 29/8/17, ουσιαστικά απελπισμένος από τους χειρισμούς των αρμόδιων αρχών σε σχέση με την υπόθεση ασύλου και τις περιστάσεις του. Πιο συγκεκριμένα, ο M.D....Harsh conditions in the Republic of Cyprus are driving refugees to despair
We were sorry to hear about the death of M.D., a young refugee from Somalia, who committed suicide on Thursday, 29/8/17, essentially distressed due to the way the competent authorities handled his application for asylum and his particular circumstances. More...Οι διαμαρτυρόμενοι απάτριδες Κούρδοι αναστέλλουν την απεργία πείνας τους
Εκτιμώντας τη θετική ανταπόκριση του Γενικού Διευθυντή του Υπουργείου Εσωτερικών και την υπόσχεση του να εξεταστούν αμερόληπτα και σε βάθος τα αιτήματα των διαμαρτυρόμενων απάτριδων Κούρδων από τη Συρία, την Τρίτη, 1 Αυγούστου 2017, καθώς και τις προσπάθειες και...Cyprus Mail – Kisa
Parliament’s passing of a bill to create a deputy ministry for migration was met with dissatisfaction by non-governmental organisation Kisa’s executive director, Doros Polykarpou, on Friday. Speaking to the Cyprus Mail he described the creation of such a deputy ministry as “constitutionally questionable,” asking “where does political power lie in terms of government with such […] [...]
A demonstration will be held condemning the attack on the offices of refugee non-governmental organisation (NGO) Kisa on Monday, the alliance against the far-right, racism and fascism said. Kisa’s offices were attacked on Friday, when an improvised explosive device went off outside their offices, smashing windows, destroying computers and photocopiers. In their statement, the protest […] [...]
The offices of migrant support group Kisa were destroyed on Friday after an explosive device shattered the glass, destroyed equipment, and all of its records The group said it had received threats by groups driven by “racist and nationalist motives” who it believes carried out the attack. Akel was quick to condemn the incident saying […] [...]