Abuse of power and state violence against migrant women
KISA – Equality, Support, Antiracism publicly expresses grave concern for the increase of incidents of abuse of power and violence by the authorities against migrant women. A fitting example of such abuse of power and state violence is the case of the wife of a...Ψηφίστε με γνώμονα την ισότητα των ανθρώπων
Η ΚΙΣΑ – Κίνηση για Ισότητα, Στήριξη, Αντιρατσισμό απέστειλε προς τους υποψήφιους για την προεδρία ερωτηματολόγιο σε θέματα που άπτονται της μετανάστευσης και του ασύλου, της ίσης μεταχείρισης και ένταξης των μεταναστριών/ών και προσφύγων, της καταπολέμησης του...Vote on the principle of equality for all people
KISA – Action for Equality, Support, Antiracism sent a questionnaire to the presidential candidates on the issues of migration and asylum, equal treatment and integration of migrants and refugees, combating nationalism, racism, hate speech and hate crime, as well as...A victim of human trafficking and asylum seeker in detention and at risk of being deported
KISA reports that a victim of human trafficking who is also an asylum seeker is being detained with a view to being deported, instead of being offered protection as the law predicts. More specifically, W.A. came to Cyprus during the second semester of 2017 to study at...Θύμα εμπορίας προσώπων και αιτητής ασύλου στα κρατητήρια με κίνδυνο να απελαθεί
Η ΚΙΣΑ καταγγέλλει την κράτηση με σκοπό την απέλαση θύματος εμπορίας προσώπων και αιτητή ασύλου αντί να τον προστατεύσουν όπως προβλέπει ο νόμος. Πιο συγκεκριμένα, ο Β.Α. ήλθε στην Κύπρο το δεύτερο εξάμηνο του 2017 για να φοιτήσει στο Τμήμα Πολιτικών Μηχανικών του...Cyprus Mail – Kisa
The Supreme Constitutional Court on Monday technically reinstated Kisa, the organisation rallying against racism and discrimination, ruling that a decision five years ago by the court of first instance to scrap the NGO from the register had not been justified. Following the ruling, Kisa will be demanding its immediate implementation with the re-registration of the […] [...]
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 […] [...]