Cyprus - 2012
Have public servants been reported as being perpetrators of racist violence/hate crime?
- Code:
- RED32
- Key Area:
- Anti-racist Crime Legislation & Implementation
- Strand(s):
- Racism
| Short Answer |
No |
| Qualitative Info |
No, although police officers and particularly immigration officers have been repeatedly criticised by both ECRI and the equality body for heavy handedness against migrants and for arbitrary and unlawful actions that lead to discrimination against migrants |
| Data | n/a |
| Groups affected/interested | Refugees, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Asylum seekers |
| Type (R/D) | Extremism - organised Racist Violence, Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Anti-roma/zinghanophobia, Religious intolerance, Inter-ethnic, Intra-ethnic, Nationalism |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Policing - law enforcement, Employment - labour market |
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