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Significant progress in tackling racial discrimination in Cyprus has been made over the past decade, Law Commissioner Sofia Kleopa Hadjikyriakou told a United Nations committee in Geneva. She was speaking ...

E-bikes were supposed to help Cyprus move into a cleaner transport era, instead, lately they have been making headlines for a very different reason. In recent weeks, police have stepped ...

Foreigners in Cyprus are three times more likely than Cypriots to report discrimination when accessing public services, according to data published on Friday by Eurostat. “At EU level, data show ...

President Donald Trump condemned but did not apologize for a video on his social media account depicting Democratic former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as apes, a ...

Although hate crime and hate speech remain relatively rare in Cyprus, the general climate of tolerance and respect has deteriorated in recent years, the Council of Europe said on Friday. ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday his centre-left government would consider the recommendations of an independent report on Islamophobia, which suggests anti-Muslim sentiment in the country had hit “...

Racially motivated crimes are on the rise in Cyprus, the House human rights committee heard on Monday Deputy police chief Ioannis Georgiou told the committee that there were a total ...

Racial discrimination remains one of the most destructive social issues, Human Rights Commissioner Maria Stylianou-Lottides emphasised in her statement on Friday, March 21, marking the International Day for the Elimination of ...

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Limassol on Friday evening, as rival demonstrations sparked fierce divisions over migration and national identity, prompting a heavy security response. Far-right party ...

Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis on Monday said it would be ineffective to adopt a nationwide anti-racism strategy, despite being urged to do so by the EU Commission, ombudswoman’s office, ...

Tottenham Hotspur’s Rodrigo Bentancur has been banned for seven matches after the Uruguayan made a racist remark about South Korean people when talking about teammate Son Heung-min during a ...

A Somali woman and her husband have alleged inhumane and racist treatment in an incident that unfolded in central Nicosia on Tuesday night. Thirty-year-old Kamga Kengne was expecting his wife, ...

Police Chief Themistos Arnaoutis met with his department heads on Friday to address the recent attacks on migrant delivery drivers, emphasising the need for sensitivity in handling these cases. The ...

Delivery drivers were partially resuming work in Limassol but only until 8pm on Monday, as part of their plea to end racist attacks against them. They said the assaults in ...

Scores of delivery drivers are set to protest in Limassol’s city centre on Friday, amid increasing attacks against them and allegations of police inaction. The protest will begin at 11:30 ...

Parties from across the north’s political spectrum roundly condemned the lifeguard who had said earlier in the week he had banned Pakistanis and “blacks” from the beach at which ...

A row over racism has erupted in the north on Tuesday night and Wednesday after a lifeguard at Famagusta’s popular Glapsides beach said he had banned Pakistanis and “blacks” ...

Cyprus’ treatment of asylum seekers and pushbacks were included in a number of significant human rights issues in the latest US Department of State report published on Tuesday, which included ...

A 61-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Saturday after harassing a 38-year-old man with racist and threatening content on the internet. The man arrested had allegedly posted a photo ...

Hundreds of protestors gathered in Limassol on Saturday slamming racism outside the apartment where Bangladeshi national Anis Rahman jumped to his death to escape a police raid. Riot officers were ...

Thursday March 21 was International Day Against Racism and Discrimination. Racism which is a form of prejudice that includes negative emotional reactions to members of a group, and racial discrimination against ...

Human rights commissioner Maria Stylianou-Lottides on Thursday said that the fight against racism and the promotion of principles of equality and mutual respect are “collective responsibilities”. Speaking on International Day ...

An anti-racism event took place Wednesday afternoon in the old city of Nicosia. The event was organised on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, ...

A man accused of carrying out a racially motivated assault was charged in writing at the Paphos District Court and released pending summons on Tuesday. Police on Monday arrested the 44...