Commissioner calls for action to stamp out hate speech
There is a need to establish a strategy to address hate speech and hate crimes, with the participation of all competent authorities and civil society with an emphasis on education, ...
MPs discuss criminalising hate speech towards elderly people and disabled
The parliament proposed to make hate speech towards disabled and elderly people an offence on Wednesday.
The suggestion was proposed by independent MP Alexandra Attalides and Akel MP Giorgos Koukoumas, ...
MP reports racist rape comment
Police were investigating a racist rape comment against independent MP Alexandra Attalides on Wednesday, as she called on the attorney general to take a stand on whether it was hate ...
Government set to expand offensive internet material law to include hate speech
The government is set to expand the current laws regarding offensive material on the internet, such as child pornography and terrorism, to include racism, xenophobia, and hate speech.
Speaking to ...
AG’s office unlikely to lift MP’s immunity
The attorney-general’s office is unlikely to proceed with a request to the supreme court to lift the parliamentary immunity of controversial independent MP Andreas Themistokleous, it was reported on ...
Your LGBTI editorial totally missed the point
I read your ‘Anti-LGBTI comments are nasty but are part of free speech’ (Our View, June 15) in both shock and disbelief.
You argued that “nasty” comments should not warrant investigation ...
Up to president to decide on sex education law says Prodromou
The future of the contentious sex education law lies in the hands of President Nicos Anastasiades who will decide whether to sign it into effect or return it to parliament, ...
Russian man remanded after hate posts against pro-Russia protesters
A man from Russia has been remanded for four days on suspicion of racism and xenophobia, as well as incitement to commit criminal offences, it was reported on Saturday.
The ...
Hate rhetoric is a real and growing problem in European societies, Lottides says
The internet has played a role in fostering xenophobia and racism in Cypriot society, Ombudswoman and Commissioner for Administration and Protection of Human Rights Maria Stylianou-Lottides said on Thursday.
Lottides ...
Progress but LGBTI discrimination remains ‘a tragic reality’
Despite gradual progress in protecting the rights of the LGBTI community, discrimination against them remains a tragic reality, ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides said in a written statement marking international day ...