World Refugee Day
On the occasion of the World Refugee Day, KISA notes that, despite some positive steps and improvements in recent years, there persist substantial problems in the approach to refugees and their rights. KISA reiterates that the Cypriot government is not effectively...Απεργία πείνας απάτριδων προσφύγων – Η υπηκοότητα είναι ανθρώπινο δικαίωμα!
Μέλη της οικογένειας απάτριδων προσφύγων που βρίσκονται σε διαμαρτυρία έξω από το Προεδρικό Μέγαρο από τις 07/04/2017 κλιμάκωσαν τη διαμαρτυρία τους με απεργία πείνας από τις 6/6/2017. Η οικογένεια Hassan-Janbali είναι Ατζανίμπ (απάτριδες Κούρδοι από την Συρία) και...Stateless refugees on hunger strike – Citizenship is a human right!
Members of the family of stateless refugees who have been demonstrating outside the Presidential Palace from the 07/04/2017 stepped up their protest to a hunger strike from the 06/06/2017. The Hassan-Janbali family are Ajanib (stateless Kurds from Syria) and have been...Το εφετείο του Η.Β. δικαιώνει τους πρόσφυγες των Βάσεων: Παράνομη η απόφαση της Theresa May
Με ομόφωνη απόφαση, το Εφετείο του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου (Η.Β.) αποφάνθηκε στις 26.05.2017[1] ότι η Υπουργός Εσωτερικών κατά το έτος 2014, Theresa May, ενήργησε παρανόμως αρνούμενη να εξετάσει το ενδεχόμενο να επιτρέψει την είσοδο στο Η.Β σε μια ομάδα προσφύγων που...The UK’s Court of Appeal vindicates the British Bases refugees: Theresa May’s decision deemed unlawful
On 26.05.2017 the United Kingdom’s Court of Appeal[1] unanimously ruled that the Home Secretary of 2014, Theresa May, acted unlawfully by refusing to examine the possibility to allow the entrance of a group of refugees, which had arrived at the British Bases in Cyprus...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 […] [...]