https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-kept-in-the-dark-as-rape-case-dropped
A woman who has accused a Larnaca politician of rape ten years ago says she was left in the dark over a recent decision not to prosecute the case, asking publicly the state attorney general to explain why his office dropped the case...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/charalambidou-need-for-coordination-of-support-services-for-victims-of-sexual-violence
The Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights and Equal Opportunities for Men and Women, Ms. Irini Charalambidou, stated that a holistic approach is needed and that cross-sectoral cooperation and the coordination of all support services for victims of sexual harassment is needed....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/former-bishop-acquitted-of-rape-charges
Former Kition bishop Chrysostomos has been acquitted of rape charges after a criminal court found his female accuser made contradictory statements and outlandish allegations during the closed trial...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/r-b-star-r-kelley-convicted-of-sex-trafficking
Well known R&B superstar R. Kelly was convicted on Monday of of sex trafficking and sexual harassment against young women and minors....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/appeal-in-ayia-napa-rape-case
An appeal in the Cyprus Supreme Court to overturn the sentence against a young British woman is underway. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/british-woman-to-appeal-conviction-in-rape-trial
Lawyers are launching an appeal on behalf of a British woman who was convicted of lying about being gang raped back in July 2019....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bishop-s-defense-rests-case-in-rape-trial
Former Kition Bishop Chrysostomos pleaded not guilty to rape charges on Monday, with his signed unsworn testimony read in the courtroom during a closed session after he was previously found fit to stand trial...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-gang-raped-and-robbed-in-hotel
A local woman says she was raped and robbed by at least two men in a hotel room in Nicosia, with police arresting three suspects including an acquaintance of the accuser whose name and photo was published earlier this week...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bishop-s-mental-fitness-raised-before-rape-trial
The lawyer for former Kition Bishop Chrysostomos, who has yet to be arraigned on rape charges, says his client is not mentally competent to stand trial, as more women speak out against the metropolitan...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/british-rape-accuser-lost-in-translation
The Supreme Court in the Republic of Cyprus has blocked an appeal request by the British teen’s defense team which sought to present two post-conviction sworn statements in Ayia Napa rape case, with the Judges siding with prosecutors who pointed fingers at the rape accuser’s behavior as well as one of her lawyer’s own words...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/prosecutors-seek-murder-trial-without-body
Prosecutors in a key witness disappearance investigation are asking a judge to modify felony conspiracy charges to murder, despite having no body to prove evidence in court...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/damning-state-dep-report-highlights-cyprus-human-rights-issues
A US State Department country report on human rights practices in 2020 proved damning for Cyprus which was found to have had significant human rights issues last year....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/college-student-says-she-was-raped
A man has been arrested in Nicosia on rape charges following a complaint by a university student, who said she was sexually assaulted under knife threat...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/perverted-uncle-denied-sentence-reduction
The Supreme Court has called on authorities to reevaluate a prison release programme for sex offenders, citing a case where a convicted man under a restraining order had preyed on his niece while another case was pending against him...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/‘sugar-daddy-loses-appeal-in-child-rape
The Supreme Court has upheld the sentence of an elderly man who was convicted of having paid sex with a teenage girl, with the bench declaring that punishment for sexual crimes against children ought to be severe as well as act as a deterrent...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/sexual-abuse-complaints-hit-double-digits
Police say over ten official complaints involving sexual abuse allegations were under investigation, as one case after the other came forward in Cyprus’ own MeToo movement...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/high-school-student-says-she-was-gang-raped
Three male teens are in custody after a high school student in Limassol told police she was raped last year, with the boys denying the allegations and saying sexual intercourse was consensual...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/15-days-of-hell-in-varosha-in-the-summer-of-74
Varosha. August 19, 1974. Appartments, Block 10, apartment 2. There lived Michalakis Hadjipavlou, 30 years old, with his wife, Xenia Hadipavlou, aged 25, and two of their three children. Their firstborn, four-year-old Thomas, and two-year-old Marios, while their three-year-old daughter Maria was at a friend’s house in Larnaca....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-gets-six-years-in-ayia-napa-rape
A man has been sentenced to six years in prison for the rape of a British girl in Ayia Napa, after prosecutors said DNA evidence linked him to the crime...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-police-face-fresh-accusations-of-mishandling-rape-claim
Cyprus police are faced with fresh accusations of mishandling a rape claim filed by a young UK national last May whilst on holiday in the Famagusta district’s resort town of Protaras....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bill-to-update-definition-of-rape-tighten-penalty-to-life
A bill tightening the penalty for rape to life in prison is set to be tabled before Parliament next week....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/sex-ed-video-draws-mixed-reactions
A video on consent received hundreds of comments and went viral in Cyprus, with many social media users saying it was funny and useful while others finding it distasteful...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-gets-35-years-in-‘all-in-one-sentence
A criminal court sentenced a man to a total of 35 years for taking part in two attempted murders in Larnaca and Ayia Napa...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-gets-eight-years-for-raping-roommate
A man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after being found guilty on rape charges following a complaint filed by his female housemate...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-jailed-for-raping-exchange-student
A young man has been sentenced to six years in prison for the rape of an Erasmus student at a party in Larnaca almost two years ago...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ayia-napa-rape-case-on-appeal-path
The lawyers of a British young lady, who was accused by Cypriot police of fabricating rape allegations in Ayia Napa last year, have submitted documents to the Supreme Court for an appeal hearing expected later this year...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-jailed-in-another-ayia-napa-rape-case
A man has been sentenced to eight years for the rape of a young British woman, who said she was raped after being driven in a dark remote area outside Ayia Napa last year...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bill-calls-for-videotaping-police-interrogations
The House is looking into legislation that would make mandatory the videotaping of custodial interrogations, a move that would allow the Republic of Cyprus to join other modern states in the way suspects are being treated by police...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/migrant-camp-declared-‘local-infected-area
Human rights advocates in the Republic of Cyprus are crying foul over the government's handling of asylum seekers at Pournara camp, after the health ministry declared the migrant centre a “local infected area” citing public health laws due to an infestation...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-in-paphos-says-she-was-raped
A woman in Paphos told police she was raped in her own apartment by an unknown male who was staking her out...
