https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/brothers-deny-charges-in-murders-of-russian-women-in-cyprus
Two brothers who are facing charges in the double murder of two Russian women in Cyprus pleaded not guilty on Friday, after both admitted being at the cottage where the bodies were found in December but denied being involved in murder or conspiracy...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/op-ed-the-case-of-the-british-woman-raped-in-ayia-napa-showed-a-deeply-sexist-society
On the occasion of the acquittal of the young Brit on charges of public mischief announced by the Supreme Court of Cyprus last Monday 31/1, we spoke with Dr. Christina Kailis from the Mediterranean Institute for Gender Studies about the decision, the legal components and the steps that still need to be taken to properly deal with complaints such as rape.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/prince-andrew-loses-military-titles-and-use-of-hrh
The Duke of York's military titles and royal patronages have been returned to the Queen, Buckingham Palace has said....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/prince-andrew-will-face-a-civil-sex-case-trial-later-this-year
A judge has rejected Prince Andrew's attempt to have the sexual assault lawsuit against him thrown out....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/supreme-court-overrules-judge-in-paid-sex-case
Two men in Cyprus accused of pimping and rape under a new trafficking law have been ordered to remain in pretrial detention after the attorney general appealed the release of all three defendants in the country’s first ever case, where paying for sex could land someone in prison...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/suspect-turns-prosecution-witness-in-double-murder
A former suspect in the deaths of two missing Russian women in Cyprus has been released with no charges, with reports saying he will testify for the prosecution against two brothers already in custody...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/prosecutors-plan-for-quick-trial-in-double-murder
Two more people have been questioned by police in connection with the deaths of two missing Russian women in Cyprus, after it emerged they had been at the cottage, while prosecutors plan to speed up the trial of the prime suspect who purportedly confessed to double murder...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-probe-family-ties-in-double-murder
Police have arrested a third suspect in the double murder of two Russian women in Cyprus, where investigators are said to be relying on witness statements and phone data to crack the crack the case...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/three-face-trial-in-sexual-exploitation-of-young-female
Police say a young woman is accusing three men of sexual exploitation, with reports saying she has been transported to a safe house before a Nicosia judge ordered the suspects free on bail...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-all-over-the-map-in-double-murder-case
Cyprus police have detained a second suspect in the double murder of two Russian women, saying the man has been linked to the cottage in rural Limassol where the bodies were found but denies any part in the crime...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/double-murder-prosecutors-back-to-the-drawing-board
New details suggest the main suspect in the double murder of two Russian women may be covering up for someone else, after it was reported that the shooter was far closer to the victims than previously thought and questions remained about a car passenger...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/suspected-motive-in-double-murder-draws-skepticism
A top criminologist in Cyprus says machismo and ethnicity were proximate causes in the double murder of two Russian women who had gone missing last month, but a suspected motive in the case has drawn public disbelief and some parliament members are calling for investigation into possible sex trafficking...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/joint-action-to-defend-and-promote-democracy
Across the globe, democracy and human rights are increasingly under siege. Far from being an issue isolated to the “developing” world, democracies new and old are combatting existential crises of creeping authoritarianism, rising inequality, and malign influence both domestically and from abroad. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/electronic-ankle-bracelets-in-lieu-of-incarceration
Stefi Drakou, Minister of Justice and Public Order, announced today that she is in favor of introducing legislation that allows the use of ankle bracelets to monitor prisoners in lieu of incarceration...
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/suspected-pimp-detained-in-cyprus
A suspected prostitution recruiter from Ukraine is awaiting trial in the Republic of Cyprus following his arrest on Monday at Larnaca International Airport...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-arrested-in-prostitution-bust-in-limassol
Limassol police are keeping a lid on a prostitution bust in Yermasoyia, where two apartments were raided after being suspected of operating as illegal brothels...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/video-pulled-after-critics-said-it-was-sexist
Tourism officials in the Republic of Cyprus have pulled a video from their playlist on social media, after critics said the clip as part of a campaign to keep the country clean was 'sexist' and failed to get the message across...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/athienou-murder-suspect-gives-statement
There are new developments in the Athienou murder investigation after local media said the main suspect was purported to have given a statement to police implicating himself in the killing of a foreign woman, whose official identity still remains a mystery...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/investigators-puzzled-over-athienou-case
Officials in Cyprus still remain in the dark over the identification of a woman whose body was discovered in a field in the buffer zone, with reports saying investigators are seeking answers from abroad based on a tip that led to the launch of a murder probe...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lawyer-says-al-jazeera-took-him-out-of-context
Cypriot attorney Andreas Pittadjis, who was targeted in an Al Jazeera undercover investigation into allegations of corruption over golden passports, took to social media to reiterate his position he did nothing illegal, accusing the foreign network of being dishonest...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cops-arrest-six-women-in-brothel-raid
Six sex workers were detained Friday during a police raid in Nicosia, with officers arresting one of them on prostitution-related charges...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/four-women-detained-in-brothel-raid
A man in Limassol has been arrested on pimping charges following a raid at a suspected brothel in Germasoyia, while four women were also detained for questioning...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/prisoners-released-early-as-part-of-roc-60th-anniversary
Fourteen prisoners have been released early after President Nicos Anastasiades moved to reduce the sentence of a number of prisoners to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus, the Central Prisons announced Wednesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/roxy-s-charo-takes-cyprus-to-echr
A Dominican woman, who was recognized as a sex trafficking victim after her ordeal in the capital’s Roxy strip club over a decade ago, is taking the Republic of Cyprus to the European Court of Human Rights, after the country’s Supreme Court sided with a lower court judge who threw out her lawsuit seeking damages...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/apollo-ceo-investigated-over-epstein-ties
The CEO of Apollo Global Management, whose affiliates acquired billions of bad debt in Cyprus, is being investigated over alleged financial ties to Jeffrey Epstein...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/suspect-rearrested-in-filipina-abuse-case
A retired police officer who was accused last month of abusing his Filipina housemaid has been detained again, with police saying his new warrant include new charges of human trafficking...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/women-in-brothel-raid-under-arrest
Seven women in Nicosia previously described by police as possible victims of trafficking have been arrested, with a judge ordering them in remanded custody for multiple offences related to prostitution...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hostel-manager-says-he-is-not-a-pimp
A male suspect facing pimping charges in a recent brothel investigation in downtown Nicosia says he was only renting single rooms to women and charging a lodging fee...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-raid-brothel-in-nicosia
Nicosia police arrested a local man and took seven women into protective custody following a raid at an old hotel described as a front for prostitution...