Asylum-seekers were detained in substandard conditions in Pournara refugee camp. Several incidents of pushbacks of refugees and migrants were reported.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL and the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) Responding to pogrom-like demonstrations and violent attacks against racialized people, including migrants and refugees, in Limassol and Chlorakas in recent weeks, in which migrant-owned shops were...

As the European Court of Human Rights considers a landmark case on climate change brought by six young people from Portugal against 33 European countries, Amnesty International and other human rights organizations and academics have intervened in the case today. They have provided the Court with...

As the European Court of Human Rights considers a landmark case on climate change brought by six young people from Portugal against 33 European countries, Amnesty International and other human rights organizations and academics have intervened in the case today. They have provided the Court with...

As Cyprus human rights situation comes under scrutiny following the brutal repression of anti-corruption protesters in the past weeks, Amnesty International is further concerned that the right to freedom of association in the country is also under threat. Prominent organization KISA, an association...

Ahead of tomorrow’s official announcement by the Cyprus government on the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, Amnesty International is urging Cypriot authorities to lift an unlawful and disproportionate blanket ban on demonstrations.  The call comes just days after authorities, enforcing the ban,...

Ahead of tomorrow’s official announcement by the Cyprus government on the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, Amnesty International is urging Cypriot authorities to lift an unlawful and disproportionate blanket ban on demonstrations.  The call comes just days after authorities, enforcing the ban,...

Amnesty International is profoundly concerned over reports supported by audio-visual material of police using excessive and otherwise unlawful force against peaceful protesters during an anti-corruption demonstration in Nicosia, Cyprus on 13 February 2021. The organization urgently calls the Cyprus...

In response to the questionnaire of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants on “pushback practices and their impact on the human rights of migrants”, this document provides Amnesty International’s input on select patterns of pushbacks of migrants and refugees in Europe with a focus...

On 11 March, the World Health Organisation declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic and called on states to take urgent measures to tackle it. This report covers 12 countries and exposes how the enforcement of the ‘lockdown measures’ adopted by many European states have...

People’s rights are being violated by governments in Europe and Central Asia, who are cracking down on protests and seeking to erode the independence of the judiciary to avoid accountability, Amnesty International said today as it published its annual review of human rights in the region. The...

One month ago, we received the happy news that Ahmed H was finally being flown home to his family in Cyprus, after four long years of being detained in Hungary. We’ve been catching up with Ahmed on what it’s like to be home, getting back to family life and what kept him going in that […]

Ahmed H. was finally able to return home to his family in Cyprus on 28 September. He had been separated from his Cypriot wife and two daughters for almost four years, after being wrongfully convicted in Hungary.