#Cyprus : 'KISA - Official disputes the version of events offered by the police over the Limassol raid that led to the death of a migrant worker [who].. attempted to escape, jumping from the window.. 19yo #AnisurRahman .. from Bangladesh.. [an]other man suffered severe injuries'. 1/

Conditions at the police holding centre in Limassol are miserable –congestion, inadequate ventilation, rundown toilet facilities– report released on Tuesday by the Cyprus Ombudsman office said, after an unannounced visit to the facility on March 26.
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The Προεδρία της ΚΔ is not interrested why Syrians can not any more stay in 🇱🇧 . They are only interested 1. how the government of lebanon 🇱🇧 can stop them from leaving the country and 2. how they can send back to 🇸🇾 those refugees already in 🇨🇾. They don't care about refugees!

Ανακοίνωση KISA - Official: Οι πρόσφυγες δεν είναι “εισβολείς”  αλλά άνθρωποι που δικαιούνται προστασία - go.shr.lc/3xtrjfK via @shareaholic

Erstes Treffen mit KISA - Official: ihr Büro wurde am 5. Januar mit einem Sprengkörper attackiert. Die Explosion hat erheblichen Schaden angerichtet. Volle #Solidarität mit KISA. Angriffe auf die Zivilgesellschaft sind immer ein Angriff auf die Demokratie.
➡️kisa.org.cy/kisa-offices-b…

Ready for the final day of our flagship Anti-racism and Diversity Week in European Parliament? Join us, ARDI and European Commission as we bring racial justice to the forefront of the conversation!

Tune in from 9.30 CET⏩europeanparliament.webex.com/wbxmjs/joinser…

Italian authorities are detaining the #SeaWatch5 for twenty days - an outrageous administrative decision. But we will fight back. We are working to challenge the measure in court: no more obstruction of people on the move, no more obstruction of civil search and rescue.

After the rescue of 56 people, Italian authorities detain the #SeaWatch5 for 20 days. Previously, a 17-year-old boy had died on board after Italy, Malta and Tunisia refused to evacuate him. Our press release: sea-watch.org/en/sea-watch-5…

GRECO notes that while the legislation has some strong features on paper, its effectiveness is compromised by institutional flaws including the proliferation of committees with little coordination, resources, expertise and authority. coe.int/en/web/greco/-…

NikosChristodoulides Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project Irene Charalambides Stelios Orphanides Sara Farolfi Ann Marlowe Αστυνομία Κύπρου George L. Savvides Odysseas Michaelides Drew Sullivan Paul Radu ELENI THEOCHAROUS Sana Sbouaï Rita Trichur Frederik Obermaier National Crime Agency (NCA) U.S. Department of Justice U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission RCMP Police Scotland Treasury Department Department of State Cyprus Ombudsman KISA - Official #Cyprus faces a substantial erosion of #public #trust in its #government , with 94% of Cypriots, according to a #European #opinion #survey believe that #corruption is rampant in the country, almost 30% higher than the EU average.
in-cyprus.philenews.com/local/cyprus-n…
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Just one month to go until the #EURightsAgency #RightsForum24 .

On 11-12 March, it promises a full agenda with diverse speakers on how to rise to the challenges of:
🌱Climate change
⚖️Protecting democracy
💻Digitalisation

⚠️Programme due next week
🔗fundamentalrightsforum.eu

The Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, noted a worrisome trend of escalating harassment against individuals and organizations assisting asylum seekers, including direct threats, in her report, with references to Cyprus. in-cyprus.philenews.com/local/council-…

'A recent example was the bombing on 5 January of the office of Kisa, an NGO assisting refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in Cyprus.'
theguardian.com/law/2024/feb/2….

Urgent steps proposed by Commissioner for Human Rights to Council of Europe states to protect human rights defenders assisting refugees, asylum seekers and migrants European Commission in Cyprus Κυβερνητικός Εκπρόσωπος Κωνσταντίνος Λετυμπιώτης Niyazi Kızılyürek, MEP Προεδρία της ΚΔ Irene Charalambides Cyprus Ombudsman

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41 organisations, dont Migreurop, appellent les autorités chypriotes à mettre fin à l’escalade de harcèlement et d’attaques contre l’association KISA - Official - membre de Migreurop - et à protéger l’espace civique à #Chypre .
migreurop.org/article3234.ht…

يدعم مركز سيدار للدراسات القانونية دعوة المنظمات الـ 41 التي تحث السلطات القبرصية على وقف المضايقات والهجمات المتصاعدة ضد KISA - Official. نطلب من مقرري الأمم المتحدةUN Special Rapporteur Freedom of Association و Mary Lawlor UN Special Rapporteur HRDs التدخل والضغط على السلطات القبرصية للتحرك بشأن هذه القضية.