#sexual harassment

The 73-year-old private doctor held in custody since Friday in a sexual harassment case was released on Monday with conditions, to be summoned to court at a later date. A 24...

A 73-year-old doctor in Paphos was arrested on Friday after he was reported for sexually harassing a 24-year-old trainee. Police spokesman and CID chief Michalis Nicolaou said the doctor works ...

The guide to preventing harassment at work can become a beacon for consolidating awareness towards equal treatment of men and women, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Wednesday. The minister ...

A secondary education teacher who was accused of sexually harassing several teenage students has been suspended from his post at a state school. According to Cyprus Mail information, the Limassol ...

Toni Minichiello, who guided Britain’s Jessica Ennis-Hill to the heptathlon gold at London 2012, has been banned for life after a disciplinary panel appointed by the UK Athletics (UKA) Board ...

The education ministry, which had initially rejected a student’s claims that she was sexually abused at the school, on Thursday confirmed police were investigating the incident. “Regarding the incident ...

The journalists’ union (ESK) has demanded that investigations of sexual harassment in media spaces be prompt and thorough. In a statement, the PSC called for a speedy investigation into the ...

Sigma TV on Saturday said they had suspended a male journalist after a formal police complaint was filed against him last week by a female journalist who had worked with ...

Police on Tuesday said they have so far handled 36 cases of sexual harassment, with 22 already filed in court. Police spokesperson Eleni Constantinou said the number of cases investigated, or currently ...

One more sexual harassment case has been filed in court, police said on Thursday, as the force continued its investigation into a flurry of complaints filed recently. Police spokesperson Eleni ...

The criminal route for a sexual harassment case has been blocked, but other possible actions exist By Achilleas Demetriades The #MeToo Movement that had started off in the US also ...

A former MEP who was accused by a Cypriot woman of sexual harassment while he was in office will be called to answer to the charge of indecent assault on ...

Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis on Monday said the police complaint filed by member of Cyprus’ women’s national shooting team Andri Eleftheriou, who said she was sexually abused twice by ...

Police have received a new sexual harassment complaint and will also be pressing charges against a former bishop for two separate complaints, spokesman Christos Andreou said on Tuesday. Andreou told ...

Police confirmed Monday they have received a new sexual harassment complaint from a woman, reportedly a teacher. Spokesman Christos Andreou said the woman reported the case through her lawyer. “We ...

An updated code of conduct for the prevention and combating of sexual harassment in the field of theatre was presented on Wednesday by the Cyprus Theatre Organisation (Thoc). The new ...

Police said Tuesday they were close to completing the investigation of several cases relating to sexual offences, which would be then forwarded to the attorney-general for instructions. The force has ...

The law office of Republic has instructed police to file sexual harassment charges against a former politician, police spokesman Christos Andreou told CyBC on Friday. He would not identify the ...

The house human rights committee on Monday debated a bill to increase penalties for sexual harassment and assault in the workplace. The proposal, tabled by Disy’s Mariella Aristidou and ...

A total of twenty complaints of sexual harassment are being currently investigated by the police, spokesman Christos Andreou said on Thursday. He added that the number might increase in the ...

Fear of losing their job is holding back women in private businesses from reporting sexual harassment, which is why most complaints concern the public sector, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides said on ...

Police said they have received 16 complaints relating to potential sexual offences with about half already filed in court. Three of the 16 were lodged in the past 10 days alone, a police ...

French actor Gerard Depardieu was placed under formal investigation on charges of rape and sexual violence in December last year, a judicial source told Reuters on Tuesday. A lawyer representing ...

A woman claiming she had been raped by a senior cleric in 2011 had been deemed unreliable by the archbishop, according to a Church source quoted by the Cyprus News Agency. ...